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Click on the course numbers to view the catalog course descriptions. Courses listed in parentheses are suggested courses to meet that requirement.
| Core Requirement |
| Concentration Area Requirement |
| General Education Requirement |
| Elective |
| Freshman Fall Semester | ||
| GRA-118 | Electronic Publishing | 3 |
| JOU-121 | Newswriting & Reporting | 3 |
| JOU-140 | Newspaper Lab I | 2 |
| JOU-171 | Introduction to Photography | 3 |
| JOU-173 | Digital Photography | 3 |
| ENG-105 | English Composition I | 3 |
| SDV-090 | College 101 | |
| Total Credits - Fall Freshman | 17 | |
| Freshman Spring Semester | ||
| ENG-106 | English Composition II | 3 |
| JOU-180 | Digital Imaging for Professionals | 3 |
| JOU-141 | Newspaper Lab II | 2 |
| JOU-177 | News, Forensics and Advertising Photography | 3 |
| JOU-210 | Media Law & Ethics | 3 |
| JOU-200 | AP Style Editing | 3 |
| Total Credits - Spring Freshman | 17 | |
| Summer Semester | ||
| JOU-941 | Practicum or | 2 |
| Practicum | 5 | |
| Total Summer Credits | 2 or 5 | |
| Sophomore Fall Semester | ||
| GRA-234 | Dreamweaver Level I | 3 |
| JOU-240 | Newspaper Lab III | 2 |
| MMS-101 | Mass Media | 3 |
| SPC-101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communications | 3 |
| MAT-140 | Math (Finite Math) | 3 |
| BIO-105 | Science (Introductory Biology) | 4 |
| Total Credits - Fall Sophomore | 18 | |
| Sophomore Spring Semester | ||
| HIS-201 | Social Science (Iowa History) | 3 |
| HIS-110 | Humanities (Western Civ - Ancient to Early Modern) | 3 |
| ART-286 | Photography Portraiture | 3 |
| JOU-241 | Newspaper Lab IV | 2 |
| MKT-110 | Principles of Marketing or | 3 |
| MKT-150 | Principles of Advertising | |
| Total Credits - Spring Sophomore | 14 | |
| Photography Diploma | ||
| ENG-105 | English Composition I | 3 |
| JOU-180 | Digital Imaging for Professionals | 3 |
| JOU-177 | News, Forensics and Advertising Photography | 3 |
| JOU-171 | Introduction to Photography | 3 |
| JOU-173 | Digital Photography | 3 |
| JOU-941 | Practicum | 2 |
| SPC-101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communications | 3 |
| BIO-105 | Science (Introductory Biology) | 4 |
| ART-286 | Photography Portraiture | 3 |
| BUS-161 | Human Relations | 3 |
| MGT-110 | Small Business Management | 3 |
| MKT-150 | Principles of Advertising OR | 3 |
| MKT-140 | Principles of Selling | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
