Journalism and Mass Communication, B.A.

This is the first version of the 2023-24 General Catalog. The final edition and the historical PDF will be published during the fall semester.

Media writing and visual storytelling form the core of the undergraduate major in journalism and mass communication. Students are required to take introduction, foundation, application, and advanced or capstone courses offered by the school; they develop professional skills while studying the historical, legal, cultural, and institutional roles of media in society. They also complete extensive academic work outside the school, consistent with the university's commitment to the liberal arts and sciences.

First-year students completing a major in journalism and mass communication are advised at the Academic Advising Center. Students who have earned 30 s.h. or more and have declared the journalism and mass communication major are advised in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication by one of the journalism and mass communication academic advisors.

Transfer Students

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication may accept transfer credit earned at other institutions. A maximum of 9 s.h. of approved transfer credit may be applied to the major in journalism and mass communication unless the transfer institution has an approved articulation agreement with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication to count additional coursework. Some journalism coursework taken at other schools may be used to fulfill the GE CLAS Core and/or second area of study requirements.

Students who wish to apply transfer credit toward School of Journalism and Mass Communication requirements must discuss the proposed transfer credit with a journalism advisor and must have approval from the head of undergraduate studies.

Learning Outcomes

Law and Ethics

Students will:

understand and apply the principles and laws of freedom of speech and press in real space and cyberspace; and
demonstrate an understanding of professional ethical principles and their historical development.

Media Literacy

Students will:

understand the principles of media literacy; and
develop the skills necessary to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media messages across multiple media domains.

Writing and Storytelling

Students will:

understand that clear, concise, and correct writing is at the heart of journalistic expression and that reporting and communicating effectively requires knowledge and achievement of the highest, professionally accepted standards in all work.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Students will:

understand and value the diversity of groups (including communities defined by gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion, and sexual orientation) and experiences in a global society;
recognize structural racism and inequalities that impact and affect marginalized communities and how our work perpetuates or challenges these systems; and
enhance their ability to effectively serve and communicate with people from different backgrounds and experiences.

Media Culture and Industries

Students will:

understand the history of media in the context of industries and identify transformations in audiences, engagement, and business practice over time;
grasp the significance of advances in mass communication technology for cultural production in domestic and global media markets from the printing press to the latest digital platforms; and
trace the production of cultural meanings across historical periods as well as connections between business models and news consumption.

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in journalism and mass communication requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including at least 43 s.h. in journalism and mass communication courses, plus a second major, certificate, or minor. See "Second Area of Study" below. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 2.00 in the major. All students must complete the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences GE CLAS Core.

Students may count a maximum of 52 s.h. earned in School of Journalism and Mass Communication courses (prefix JMC) toward the 120 s.h. required for the degree.

Students may choose to complete the B.A. with a major in journalism and mass communication without a track or declare one of three optional tracks: multimedia production and design, reporting and writing, or strategic communication. All students must complete the introduction and foundation course requirements. Application and capstone course requirements vary for each optional track.

Each student works with an assigned educational advisor and/or faculty advisor to develop a study plan that meets the major's requirements. Requirements for the major are consistent with the program's accreditation requirements; the school cannot make exceptions.

The B.A. with a major in journalism and mass communication requires the following coursework.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Introduction Courses		7
Foundation Courses		15
Application Courses		18
Advanced or Capstone Course		3
Second Area of Study
Total Hours		43

Introduction Courses

Students must complete these courses before they enroll in JMC:2010 Reporting and Writing, JMC:2020 Multimedia Storytelling, and JMC:2030 Visual Communication and Design.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these completed with a grade of C-minus or higher:
JMC:1100	Introduction to Media Effects	3
JMC:1200	Introduction to Media and Culture	3
JMC:1500	Introduction to Social Media	3
Both of these completed with a grade of C-minus or higher:
JMC:1300	Introduction to Journalism and Strategic Communication	3
JMC:1600	Writing Fundamentals	1

Foundation Courses

Before students enroll in a Writing/Storytelling course, they must complete JMC:2010 and JMC:2020. Before students enroll in a Designing/Producing course, they must complete JMC:2020 and JMC:2030.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
All three of these completed with a grade of C-minus or higher:
JMC:2010	Reporting and Writing	3
JMC:2020	Multimedia Storytelling	3
JMC:2030	Visual Communication and Design	3
And both of these:
JMC:2600	Freedom of Expression	3
JMC:2700	Media Ethics and Diversity	3

Application Courses

Managing/Planning

This requirement varies according to optional tracks.

Managing/Planning—No Optional Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:3500	Topics in Managing/Planning	3
JMC:3510	Audience Engagement: Marketing Research in the Digital Age	3
JMC:3520	Business of Media: Profits, People, and Power	3
JMC:3530	Social Media Marketing	3
JMC:3540	The Business of Sport Communication	3
JMC:3550	Editing	3
JMC:3720	Nonprofit Communications	3

Managing/Planning—Multimedia Production and Design Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:3500	Topics in Managing/Planning	3
JMC:3510	Audience Engagement: Marketing Research in the Digital Age	3
JMC:3520	Business of Media: Profits, People, and Power	3
JMC:3530	Social Media Marketing	3
JMC:3540	The Business of Sport Communication	3
JMC:3550	Editing	3
JMC:3720	Nonprofit Communications	3

Managing/Planning—Reporting and Writing Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:3500	Topics in Managing/Planning (advisor input required for course topic)	3
JMC:3520	Business of Media: Profits, People, and Power	3
JMC:3540	The Business of Sport Communication	3
JMC:3550	Editing	3

Managing/Planning—Strategic Communication Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:3500	Topics in Managing/Planning (advisor input required for course topic)	3
JMC:3510	Audience Engagement: Marketing Research in the Digital Age	3
JMC:3530	Social Media Marketing	3
JMC:3720	Nonprofit Communications	3

Understanding Media

All students must complete this requirement.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:3116	Media and Global Cultures	3
JMC:3122	Digital and Gaming Culture	3
JMC:3123	Advocacy Communication	3
JMC:3124	Entertainment Media	3
JMC:3135	Digital Media and the Future of Sport	3
JMC:3142	Social Media for Social Change	3
JMC:3150	Media and Health	3
JMC:3165	African Americans and the Media	3
JMC:3175	Gender and Mass Media	3
JMC:3182	Sport, Scandal, and Strategic Communication in Media Culture	3
JMC:3183	Sport and the Media	3
JMC:3184	Narrative Sports Journalism	3
JMC:3185	Topics in Understanding Media	3

Designing/Producing

This requirement varies according to optional tracks.

Designing/Producing—No Optional Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Two of these:
JMC:3600	Topics in Designing/Producing	3
JMC:3603	Newscast Production	3
JMC:3610	Graphic Design	3
JMC:3611	Interactive Design	3
JMC:3630	Photography	3
JMC:3640	Information and Data Visualization	3
JMC:3650	Video Production	3
JMC:3660	Audio Production	3

Designing/Producing—Multimedia Production and Design Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Three of these:
JMC:3600	Topics in Designing/Producing	3
JMC:3603	Newscast Production	3
JMC:3610	Graphic Design	3
JMC:3611	Interactive Design	3
JMC:3630	Photography	3
JMC:3640	Information and Data Visualization	3
JMC:3650	Video Production	3
JMC:3660	Audio Production	3

Designing/Producing—Reporting and Writing Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:3600	Topics in Designing/Producing	3
JMC:3603	Newscast Production	3
JMC:3610	Graphic Design	3
JMC:3611	Interactive Design	3
JMC:3630	Photography	3
JMC:3640	Information and Data Visualization	3
JMC:3650	Video Production	3
JMC:3660	Audio Production	3

Designing/Producing—Strategic Communication Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Two of these:
JMC:3600	Topics in Designing/Producing	3
JMC:3603	Newscast Production	3
JMC:3610	Graphic Design	3
JMC:3611	Interactive Design	3
JMC:3630	Photography	3
JMC:3640	Information and Data Visualization	3
JMC:3650	Video Production	3
JMC:3660	Audio Production	3

Writing/Storytelling

This requirement varies according to optional tracks.

Writing/Storytelling—No Optional Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Two of these:
JMC:3400	Topics in Writing/Storytelling	3
JMC:3410	Magazine Reporting and Writing	3
JMC:3411	Newscast Reporting and Writing	3
JMC:3412	Strategic Communication Writing	3
JMC:3413	Sports Writing	3
JMC:3414	Basic Elements of Book Writing	3
JMC:3415	Writing Across Cultures	3
JMC:3420	Content Marketing	3
JMC:3425	Personal Branding and Building a Niche	3
JMC:3430	Political Public Relations	3
JMC:3440	Multimedia Narratives	3
JMC:3445	Journalistic Writing in Spanish	3
JMC:3460	Arts and Culture Reporting and Writing	3
JMC:3470	Narrative Journalism	3
JMC:3490	Feature Reporting and Writing	3

Writing/Storytelling—Multimedia Production and Design Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:3400	Topics in Writing/Storytelling	3
JMC:3410	Magazine Reporting and Writing	3
JMC:3411	Newscast Reporting and Writing	3
JMC:3412	Strategic Communication Writing	3
JMC:3413	Sports Writing	3
JMC:3414	Basic Elements of Book Writing	3
JMC:3415	Writing Across Cultures	3
JMC:3420	Content Marketing	3
JMC:3425	Personal Branding and Building a Niche	3
JMC:3430	Political Public Relations	3
JMC:3440	Multimedia Narratives	3
JMC:3445	Journalistic Writing in Spanish	3
JMC:3460	Arts and Culture Reporting and Writing	3
JMC:3470	Narrative Journalism	3
JMC:3490	Feature Reporting and Writing	3

Writing/Storytelling—Reporting and Writing Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Three of these:
JMC:3400	Topics in Writing/Storytelling (advisor input required for course topic)	3
JMC:3410	Magazine Reporting and Writing	3
JMC:3411	Newscast Reporting and Writing	3
JMC:3413	Sports Writing	3
JMC:3414	Basic Elements of Book Writing	3
JMC:3415	Writing Across Cultures	3
JMC:3440	Multimedia Narratives	3
JMC:3445	Journalistic Writing in Spanish	3
JMC:3460	Arts and Culture Reporting and Writing	3
JMC:3470	Narrative Journalism	3
JMC:3490	Feature Reporting and Writing	3

Writing/Storytelling—Strategic Communication Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
This course:
JMC:3412	Strategic Communication Writing	3
And one of these:
JMC:3400	Topics in Writing/Storytelling (advisor input required for course topic)	3
JMC:3420	Content Marketing	3
JMC:3425	Personal Branding and Building a Niche	3
JMC:3430	Political Public Relations	3
JMC:3440	Multimedia Narratives	3

Advanced or Capstone Course

This requirement varies according to optional tracks.

No Optional Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:4100	Advanced Topics in Writing/Storytelling	3
JMC:4125	Advanced Strategic Storytelling	3
JMC:4300	Advanced Photography	3
JMC:4310	Advanced Topics in Designing/Producing	3
JMC:4315	Advanced Strategic Communication	3
JMC:4325	Advanced Newscast Writing and Production	3
JMC:4350	Advanced Graphic Design	3
JMC:4360	Advanced Interactive Design	3
JMC:4400	Capstone	3

Multimedia Production and Design Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:4300	Advanced Photography	3
JMC:4310	Advanced Topics in Designing/Producing	3
JMC:4325	Advanced Newscast Writing and Production	3
JMC:4350	Advanced Graphic Design	3
JMC:4360	Advanced Interactive Design	3
JMC:4400	Capstone (advisor input required for course topic)	3

Reporting and Writing Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:4100	Advanced Topics in Writing/Storytelling (advisor input required for course topic)	3
JMC:4325	Advanced Newscast Writing and Production	3
JMC:4400	Capstone (advisor input required for course topic)	3

Strategic Communication Track

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
One of these:
JMC:4100	Advanced Topics in Writing/Storytelling (advisor input required for course topic)	3
JMC:4125	Advanced Strategic Storytelling	3
JMC:4315	Advanced Strategic Communication	3
JMC:4400	Capstone (advisor input required for course topic)	3

Optional Journalism Electives

Students may earn elective credit by completing additional journalism and mass communication coursework (prefix JMC), but they may not exceed a maximum of 52 s.h. earned in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication toward the 120 s.h. required for the degree.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
JMC:1000	First-Year Seminar	1-2
JMC:1050	Sport and the Media	3
JMC:1800	Twenty-first-Century Science: Environmental Communication in the Digital Age	3
JMC:2100	Journalism Internship	1-3
JMC:2150	News and Knowledge: Chinese Culture, History, and Journalism	1
JMC:2500	Community Media	3
JMC:3025	Iowa Policy and Opinion Lab	1-3
JMC:3700	Nonprofit Internship	3
JMC:3710	Fundraising Fundamentals	3
JMC:4900	Special Projects in Mass Communication	arr.
JMC:4910	Readings in Communication and Mass Communication	1-3
JMC:4955	Honors Project	3

Second Area of Study

Every student majoring in journalism and mass communication must complete a second area of study. The second area of study enables students to acquire a substantial body of knowledge or expertise in a relevant area, learn how another discipline views the world, and/or develop a companion set of skills to those in journalism and mass communication.

Requirements for the Second Area of Study

Students must complete the requirements for the journalism and mass communication major (at least 43 s.h.) and must satisfy the school's second area of study requirement in one of three ways.

Option 1

Students complete a second major.

Option 2

Students complete an undergraduate certificate. Students may not double count courses for their journalism and mass communication major and a certificate being used as their second area of study.

Option 3

Students complete an undergraduate minor. Students may not double count courses for their journalism and mass communication major and a minor being used as their second area of study. The minor in media management may not be used as the second area of study.

Honors in the Major

Students majoring in journalism and mass communication have the opportunity to graduate with honors in the major. Students in the school's honors program must have a grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.50 in work for the major and a UI cumulative GPA of at least 3.33. To graduate with honors in the major, they complete JMC:4955 Honors Project, earning 3 s.h. of credit in work guided by a faculty member. The honors project may be a thesis or a professional project and typically is completed during the last semester of the senior year.

National Honor Society

The school's chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha, the national society honoring scholarship in journalism and mass communication, was founded in 1936 and is named for former director Leslie G. Moeller. Students are considered for membership if their GPA places them in the top 10% of their class and they have completed at least five semesters of university work, including a minimum of 9 s.h. in journalism and mass communication skills courses. Contact the school's Kappa Tau Alpha advisor for details.

University of Iowa Honors Program

In addition to honors in the major, students have opportunities for honors study and activities through membership in the University of Iowa Honors Program. Visit Honors at Iowa to learn about the university's honors program.

Membership in the UI Honors Program is not required to earn honors in the journalism and mass communication major.

All majors with a UI cumulative GPA of at least 3.33 are encouraged to take any journalism and mass communication course for honors credit and to make use of other honors opportunities in the school. Visit Honors in Journalism on the school's website or contact the school's honors advisor for details.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences GE CLAS Core requirements provide students with a broad foundation of knowledge and a focused practice of transferable skills necessary for a lifetime of learning.

GE CLAS Core courses are particularly valuable for students making the transition into the University of Iowa. They help students understand the academic expectations of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences while providing the knowledge and skills needed for more advanced work in the major.

All students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who wish to earn an undergraduate degree—Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), or Bachelor of Music (B.M.)—must complete the requirements of the GE CLAS Core.

GE CLAS Core Areas and Requirements

The GE CLAS Core has 11 required areas, grouped into three categories. Students must fulfill the requirements in each GE CLAS Core area. The requirements below are for students who entered the University of Iowa during Summer 2023 or after. Students who entered during a previous semester are held to different requirements as indicated on a student's degree audit.

Communication and Literacy:

Diversity and Inclusion: a minimum of 3 s.h.
Interpretation of Literature: a minimum of 3 s.h.
Rhetoric: a minimum of 4 s.h.
World Languages: required credit varies by language (see "World Languages" below)

Sustainability:

Students complete this requirement by choosing an approved GE CLAS Core course that integrates Sustainability (with no additional semester hours) with a course from the Natural, Quantitative, and Social Sciences category or the Culture, Society, and the Arts category.

Natural, Quantitative, and Social Sciences:

Natural Sciences: a minimum of 7 s.h.; must include one lab
Quantitative or Formal Reasoning: a minimum of 3 s.h.
Social Sciences: a minimum of 3 s.h.

Culture, Society, and the Arts:

Historical Perspectives: a minimum of 3 s.h.
International and Global Issues: a minimum of 3 s.h.
Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts: a minimum of 3 s.h.
Values and Culture: a minimum of 3 s.h.

Students may count transfer credit and/or credit by exam toward some GE CLAS Core requirements. See CLAS Core Policies for details regarding use of transfer credit, credit by exam, and other policies for how GE CLAS Core requirements may be fulfilled.

Communication and Literacy

Diversity and Inclusion

Courses in the Diversity and Inclusion area help to develop students’ recognition of their positions in an increasingly pluralistic world while fostering an understanding of social and cultural differences. Students reflect critically on their own social and cultural perspectives while increasing their ability to engage with people who have backgrounds or ideas different from their own. Students also explore the historical and structural bases of inequality and the benefits and challenges of diversity.

Transfer credit is not accepted for the Diversity and Inclusion requirement; students must complete this requirement with coursework taken at the University of Iowa.

All students must complete at least 3 s.h. of coursework in the Diversity and Inclusion area. The following courses are approved for the area.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
AFAM:1020/AMST:1030	Introduction to African American Culture	3
AFAM:1030	Introduction to African American Society	3
AFAM:1130	The History of African American Film	3
AFAM:1241/MUS:1741	The Soundtrack of Black America	3
AFAM:2064/SOC:2064	African American Families: Urban and Suburban	3
AFAM:2070/COMM:2069	Black Television Culture	3
AFAM:2500	Black Culture and Experience: Contemporary Issues	3
AMST:2025	Diversity in American Culture	3
ANTH:2151/GWSS:2151/IS:2151	Global Migration in the Contemporary World	3
ANTH:2165/AMST:2165/NAIS:2165	Native Peoples of North America	3
ARTS:2100	Printmaking and Politics of Protest	3
ASIA:2222/GWSS:2222/WLLC:2222	Women in Premodern East Asian Literature	3
CCCC:2220	Foundations of Critical Cultural Competence	3
CINE:1195	Video Games and Identity	3
CINE:1625	Race, Gender, and Sexuality on Screen	3
CLSA:1415	Ancient Origins of Religious Conflict	3
CLSA:2620/RELS:2620	Sex and the Bible	3
CLSA:2800	Race and Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean World	3
COMM:1168	Music and Social Change	3
COMM:1898/LATS:1898	Introduction to Latina/o/x Communication and Culture	3
DANC:2065	Performing Power/Performing Protest: The Body, Identity, and the Image	3
DANC:2085	Introduction to African Caribbean Dance Practices	3
DST:1101	Introduction to Disability Studies	3
EDTL:2670	Peacebuilding, Singing, and Writing in a Prison Choir	3
EDTL:4900	Foundations of Special Education	3
EPLS:1240	Finding Your Path in Higher Education	3
GRMN:2600	Witch Hunts in Fact and Fiction: A Global History of Exclusion	3-4
GRMN:2620/WLLC:2620	Anne Frank and Her Story	3-4
GRMN:2675	The Politics of Memory: Holocaust, Genocide, and 9/11	3-4
GWSS:1001	Introduction to Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies	3
GWSS:1002	Diversity and Power in the U.S.	3
HHP:1045	Diversity and Inclusion in Healthy Living	3
HHP:2280	Cultural Competency and Health	3
HIST:1040	Diversity in History	3
HIST:2267/AFAM:2267	African American History to 1877: From Slave Cabin to Senate Floor	3
HIST:2268/AFAM:2268	African American History Since the Civil War	3
IS:2020	World Events Today!	3
ITAL:2660	The Italian American Experience	3
JMC:2500	Community Media	3
JMC:2600	Freedom of Expression	3
LATS:2280/HIST:2280	Introduction to Latina/o/x Studies	3
LING:1070	Language Attitudes: Is How You Sound How You Are Seen?	3
MATH:1210	Diverse Perspectives in the Mathematical Sciences	3
NAIS:1290/AMST:1290/GHS:1290/HIST:1290	Native American Foods and Foodways (GE status effective fall 2022; students with a first degree-seeking session of summer 2017 and beyond may use this course for the Diversity and Inclusion GE requirement)	3
PHIL:2425	Sex, Marriage, Friendship, and the Law (GE status effective fall 2022; students with a first degree-seeking session of summer 2017 and beyond may use this course for the Diversity and Inclusion GE requirement)	3
POLI:1601	Introduction to Social Media and Politics	3
POLI:1800	Introduction to the Politics of Class and Inequality	3
POLI:1900	Introduction to the Politics of Race	3
POLI:1950	Introduction to the Politics of Religion	3
PSY:1501	Everyone's a Little Bit Biased: The Science Behind Prejudice	3
RELS:1015	Global Religious Conflict and Diversity	3
RELS:2000	Engaging Religious Diversity for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (GE status effective fall 2022)	3
RELS:2330	Wealth, Inequality, and Islam	3
RHET:2135/SJUS:2135	Rhetorics of Diversity and Inclusion	3
SJUS:1001/GWSS:1003	Introduction to Social Justice	3
SOC:1030	Contemporary Social Problems	3-4
SOC:2830	Race and Ethnicity	3
SPAN:2050	Spanish in the United States	3
SPST:1074/AMST:1074/GWSS:1074	Inequality in American Sport	3
THTR:2320	Playwriting in a Global World	3
THTR:2405	Staging Americans: U.S. Cultures Through Theatre and Performance	3
THTR:2605/EDTL:2963	Monsters, Victims, and Villains: Changing Perceptions	3
TRNS:2000	Translation and Global Society	3
WLLC:1200/DST:1200/GHS:1200/GRMN:1200	Disabilities and Inclusion in Writing and Film Around the World	3
WLLC:2001/ASIA:2001/FREN:2010/RUSS:2001/TRNS:2001	Global Science Fiction	3
WRIT:2100	Writing and Community Outreach	3

Interpretation of Literature

Courses in the Interpretation of Literature area focus on the major genres of literature (short and long fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama), improving students' abilities to read and analyze a variety of texts. Small group discussions in these courses challenge students to think critically, to share insights, and to listen thoughtfully to the arguments of others.

All students must complete at least 3 s.h. of coursework in the Interpretation of Literature area. The following courses are approved for the area.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
CLSA:1200	Interpretation of Ancient Literature	3
ENGL:1200	The Interpretation of Literature	3
FREN:1005	Texts and Contexts: French-Speaking World	3
FREN:1007	Nature/Ecology French Philosophy and Fiction	3
WLLC:1510/ASIA:1510	Ghost Stories and Tales of the Weird in Premodern Chinese Literature	3

Rhetoric

Rhetoric courses develop speaking, writing, listening, and critical reading skills and build competence in research, analysis, and argumentation.

All entering first-year students are required to complete RHET:1030 Rhetoric (4-5 s.h.). Because rhetorical skills lay the foundation for further study at the University, most students register for RHET:1030 during their first year at Iowa.

Students who must enroll in English as a Second Language (ESL) courses as determined by their English proficiency evaluation must complete all ESL courses before they may register for RHET:1030 Rhetoric.

Students who have transfer credit in composition, speech, and argumentation but have not been granted an A.A. degree must complete the equivalent of RHET:1030 Rhetoric and often must take RHET:1040 Writing and Reading or RHET:1060 Speaking and Reading in addition to their transfer courses in composition and/or speech.

Each entering student's degree audit shows the course(s) that must be completed in order to fulfill the Rhetoric requirement.

The following courses are approved for the Rhetoric area.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
RHET:1030	Rhetoric	4-5
RHET:1040	Writing and Reading	3
RHET:1060	Speaking and Reading	3

Transfer of Credit for Rhetoric

Transfer students who have been granted an Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree from an Iowa community college, Waldorf College in Iowa, or Black Hawk College in Illinois have satisfied the Rhetoric requirement.

Transfer credit for students without an A.A. degree is evaluated as follows:

transfer students who have completed composition I, composition II, and speech at another institution have satisfied the GE CLAS Core Rhetoric requirement of RHET:1030 Rhetoric;
transfer students who have completed only composition I must complete RHET:1030 Rhetoric at the University of Iowa;
transfer students who have completed composition I and speech must complete RHET:1040 Writing and Reading at the University of Iowa;
transfer students who have completed only speech must complete RHET:1040 Writing and Reading at the University of Iowa;
transfer students who have completed composition I and II or only composition II must complete RHET:1060 Speaking and Reading at the University of Iowa;
for transfer students who have completed any other course at another institution that may be equivalent to RHET:1030 Rhetoric, the University of Iowa Office of Admissions examines the content of the course and decides on equivalency based on the content of that course, conferring with the Department of Rhetoric on the correct equivalency, if necessary.

World Languages

GE CLAS Core courses in World Languages provide the practice of important communication skills in a second language as well as the knowledge of the cultures in which the language is spoken. This in-depth study allows students to better understand how languages as a whole function, encouraging students to learn more about their own first language, including how it creates both inclusion and diversity. To fulfill the GE CLAS Core requirement in World Languages, students may choose one of the following options:

complete four years of a single world language in high school; or
achieve the fourth level of proficiency in a world language by completing the appropriate sequence of courses offered at the University of Iowa; or
achieve the fourth level of proficiency by completing appropriate courses at another college or university or through approved study abroad courses; or
achieve an equivalent score on a related Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or other approved college-level examination accepted by the University of Iowa and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (see Credit By Exam Options on the Office of Admissions website); or
earn an equivalent score on both a UI written placement test and on a UI oral proficiency exam in a language taught at the University of Iowa (see World Languages Placement Test (WLPT) on the New Student Services website); or
earn an equivalent score on a proficiency exam in a language that is not taught at the University of Iowa (see Proficiency Examinations for Languages Not Taught at UI on the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences website).

A fourth level of proficiency is equivalent to the successful completion of an intermediate II language course (or of a second-year second semester course, for example) as taught at the University of Iowa. Depending on a student's placement test results and the language taken, a student may need to take four semesters of a language, starting with a beginning course and ending with a second semester intermediate course. Other students may be able to start elsewhere in the language sequence and complete the GE World Language requirement by taking two or three courses. See "World Languages Placement Tests" under Placement Tests on the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences website.

Semester hours earned for these courses vary by language. Students should be sure to take the placement test for the language of interest and should be aware of the course sequence required to fulfill the GE requirement in World Languages for that particular language.

Once the World Languages requirement is completed, a student may earn up to an additional 8 s.h. of college credit while studying a world language. See Furthering Language Incentive Program (FLIP) on the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences website.

Students may use the following language course sequences to fulfill the World Languages requirement. To avoid duplication or regression, consult the appropriate language department before registering for courses.

American Sign Language

Courses in American Sign Language (ASL) are offered by the American Sign Language Program. The following sequence fulfills the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
ASL:1001	American Sign Language I	4
ASL:1002	American Sign Language II	4
ASL:2001	American Sign Language III	4
ASL:2002	American Sign Language IV	4

Students with previous knowledge of American Sign Language should consult the ASL program for placement.

Arabic

Courses in Arabic are offered by the Department of French and Italian. The following sequence fulfills the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
ARAB:1001	Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I	5
ARAB:1002	Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II	5
ARAB:2001	Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I	5
ARAB:2002	Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II	5

Students with previous knowledge of Arabic should consult the department for appropriate placement.

Chinese

Courses in Chinese are offered by the Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures. For students without previous knowledge of Chinese, the department recommends the following sequence to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
CHIN:1111	First-Year Chinese: First Semester	5
CHIN:1112	First-Year Chinese: Second Semester	5
CHIN:2101	Second-Year Chinese: First Semester	5
CHIN:2102	Second-Year Chinese: Second Semester	5

Students may use varied combinations of Chinese language courses approved to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement. Heritage learners and students who have studied Chinese abroad may be able to fulfill the requirement by substituting CHIN:2103 Accelerated Second-Year Chinese: First Semester and CHIN:2104 Accelerated Second-Year Chinese: Second Semester for CHIN:2101 and CHIN:2102. Consult the department for more information.

French

Courses in French are offered by the Department of French and Italian. For students without previous knowledge of French, the department recommends the following sequence to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
FREN:1001	Elementary French I	5
FREN:1002	Elementary French II	5
FREN:2001	Intermediate French I	5
FREN:2002	Intermediate French II	5

Students may use varied combinations of French language courses approved to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement. Those with previous knowledge of French may be able to fulfill the requirement by substituting FREN:1010 First-Year French Review for FREN:1001 and FREN:1002 in the sequence above. Some students may be evaluated as ready for FREN:2001 or FREN:2002. Consult the department for appropriate placement.

German

Courses in German are offered by the Department of German. For students without previous knowledge of German, the department recommends the following sequence to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
GRMN:1001	Elementary German I	4
GRMN:1002	Elementary German II	4
GRMN:2001	Intermediate German I	4
GRMN:2002	Intermediate German II	4

Students may use varied combinations of German language courses approved to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement. Those with previous knowledge of German may be able to fulfill the requirement by substituting GRMN:1010 First-Year German Review for GRMN:1001 and GRMN:1002 in the sequence above. Some students may be evaluated as ready for GRMN:2001 or GRMN:2002. Consult the department for appropriate placement.

The department also offers GRMN:2020 Intensive Intermediate German, which may be appropriate for students with strong language learning abilities or experience. The intensive course may be combined with other courses to create other sequences that may be used to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement. Consult the department to identify an appropriate course sequence.

Greek

Courses in Greek are offered by the Department of Classics. Students without previous knowledge of Greek should fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement with the following sequence.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
CLSG:1001	Classical and New Testament Greek I	5
CLSG:1002	Classical and New Testament Greek II	5
CLSG:2001	Second-Year Greek I	3
CLSG:2002	Second-Year Greek II	3

Students with previous knowledge of Greek should consult the department for appropriate placement.

Italian

Courses in Italian are offered by the Department of French and Italian. Students without previous knowledge of Italian should fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement with the following sequence.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
ITAL:1101	Elementary Italian I	5
ITAL:1102	Elementary Italian II	5
ITAL:2203	Intermediate Italian I	4
ITAL:2204	Intermediate Italian II	4

Students with strong language learning abilities or a background in another Romance language may be able to complete the requirement by substituting ITAL:1103 Intensive Elementary Italian for ITAL:1101 and ITAL:1102 in the sequence above. Consult the department for appropriate placement.

Japanese

Courses in Japanese are offered by the Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures. For students without previous knowledge of Japanese, the department recommends the following sequence to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
JPNS:1001	First-Year Japanese: First Semester	5
JPNS:1002	First-Year Japanese: Second Semester	5
JPNS:2001	Second-Year Japanese: First Semester	5
JPNS:2002	Second-Year Japanese: Second Semester	5

Students may use varied combinations of Japanese language courses approved to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement. Those with previous knowledge of Japanese should consult the department for appropriate placement.

Korean

Courses in Korean are offered by the Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures. For students without previous knowledge of Korean, the department recommends the following sequence to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
KORE:1101	First-Year Korean: First Semester	4
KORE:1102	First-Year Korean: Second Semester	4
KORE:2101	Second-Year Korean: First Semester	4
KORE:2102	Second-Year Korean: Second Semester	4

Students with previous knowledge of Korean should consult the department for appropriate placement.

Latin

Courses in Latin are offered by the Department of Classics. Students without previous knowledge of Latin should fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement with the following sequence. Students must take both CLSL:2001 and CLSL:2002 in order to fulfill the World Languages requirement. These courses require a similar knowledge of Latin, but one focuses on poetry and the other on prose. Other world languages permit a student to complete the last courses in the sequence to meet the GE CLAS Core requirement since the final course is more difficult than the previous ones. This is not true with the Latin sequence, and thus, both courses must be successfully completed.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
CLSL:1001	Elementary Latin I	5
CLSL:1002	Elementary Latin II	5
CLSL:2001	World of Cicero	3
CLSL:2002	Golden Age of Roman Poetry	3

Students with previous knowledge of Latin should consult the department for appropriate placement.

Portuguese

Courses in Portuguese are offered by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Two sequences in Portuguese are approved to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement. All courses are open to entering first-year students.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
PORT:2000	Accelerated Elementary Portuguese	5
PORT:2500	Accelerated Intermediate Portuguese	5

Students may also substitute PORT:2010 Elementary Portuguese I and PORT:2015 Elementary Portuguese II for PORT:2000 in the sequence above.

Students with previous knowledge of Portuguese should consult the department for appropriate placement.

Russian

Courses in Russian are offered by the Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures. Students without previous knowledge of Russian should fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement with the following sequence.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
RUSS:1111	First-Year Russian I	5
RUSS:1112	First-Year Russian II	5
RUSS:2111	Second-Year Russian I	4
RUSS:2112	Second-Year Russian II	4

Students with previous knowledge of Russian should consult the department for appropriate placement.

Spanish

Courses in Spanish are offered by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. For students without previous knowledge of Spanish, the department recommends the following sequence to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
SPAN:1001	Elementary Spanish I	4
SPAN:1002	Elementary Spanish II	4
SPAN:1501	Intermediate Spanish I	4
SPAN:1502	Intermediate Spanish II	4

Students may use varied combinations of Spanish language courses to fulfill the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement. Those with previous knowledge of Spanish may be able to fulfill the requirement by substituting SPAN:1003 Elementary Spanish Review for SPAN:1001 and SPAN:1002 in the sequence above.

The accelerated course SPAN:1503 Accelerated Intermediate Spanish, which combines SPAN:1501 and SPAN:1502, may be appropriate for some students.

The accelerated course SPAN:1505 Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers may be appropriate for other students.

Students with previous knowledge of Spanish should take the language placement test in Spanish to help determine proper placement.

Swahili

Courses in Swahili are offered by the Department of French and Italian. The following sequence fulfills the GE CLAS Core World Languages requirement. Each of these courses is open to entering first-year students.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
SWAH:1001	Elementary Swahili I	4
SWAH:1002	Elementary Swahili II	4
SWAH:2001	Intermediate Swahili I	4
SWAH:2002	Intermediate Swahili II	4

Students with previous knowledge of Swahili should consult the department for appropriate placement.

Other Course Sequences

A student who successfully completes a four-semester world language sequence that has not been approved for the GE CLAS Core may have the sequence substituted for a proficiency test to fulfill the GE CLAS Core requirement.

Students who complete a world language sequence this way should notify the department that offers the sequence; the department will contact Graduation Analysis in the Office of the Registrar, which will update a student's degree audit to show fulfillment of the World Languages requirement.

Sustainability

Courses in the Sustainability area focus on identifying concepts and terminology associated with sustainability and systems-thinking, investigating the interconnectedness of human and natural systems, and evaluating how students’ own actions affect and are affected by society’s ability to meet sustainability goals. Students also investigate institutional and/or cultural processes or natural systems processes.

Sustainability learning outcomes are integrated with the outcomes for another GE CLAS Core area so that one approved course satisfies this requirement without adding semester hours. Students complete this requirement by choosing one of the following courses that have been approved for Sustainability and another GE CLAS Core area.

Sustainability and Natural Sciences

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
EES:1080/ENVS:1080	Introduction to Environmental Science	3-4
EES:1085/ENVS:1085	Fundamentals of Environmental Science	4
EES:1400	Natural Disasters	3
GEOG:1020	The Global Environment	3
GEOG:1030	Our Digital Earth	3

Sustainability and Social Sciences

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
ANTH:2261	Human Impacts on the Environment	3
GEOG:2013/BUS:2013/SUST:2013/URP:2013	Introduction to Sustainability	3
SOC:1040	Energy, Sustainability, and Society	3
URP:2020/PBAF:2020	Environment and Society: Sustainability, Policy, and Politics	3

Sustainability and Historical Perspectives

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
EES:1115/ENVS:1115/GEOG:1115/HIST:1115	The History of Oil	3

Sustainability and International and Global Issues

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
GEOG:1070	Contemporary Environmental Issues	3
POLI:1510	International Politics of Environmental Issues	3
SPST:2170	Sport and Globalization	3

Sustainability and Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
TDSN:2210	Introduction to 3D Design	3

Natural, Quantitative, and Social Sciences

Natural Sciences

Courses in the Natural Sciences area explore the scope and major concepts of a scientific discipline. Students learn the attitudes and practices of scientific investigators: logic, precision, experimentation, tentativeness, and objectivity. In courses with a laboratory component, students gain experience in the methods of scientific inquiry.

All students must complete at least 7 s.h. of coursework in the Natural Sciences area, including at least one natural science lab component. The following courses are approved for the area; courses with a lab component are noted "(lab)."

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
ANTH:1301	Human Origins	3
ASTR:1060/BIOL:1060/EES:1060	Big Ideas: Origins of the Universe, Earth, and Life	3
ASTR:1070	Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe (with lab 4 s.h.; without lab 3 s.h.)	3-4
ASTR:1079	Introductory Astronomy Laboratory (lab only)	1
ASTR:1080	Exploration of the Solar System (lab)	4
ASTR:1085	Citizen Astronomy	3
ASTR:1771	Fundamental Astronomy I: The Solar System and Exoplanets (lab)	4
ASTR:1772	Fundamental Astronomy II: Evolution of Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe (lab)	4
BIOL:1140	Human Biology: Nonmajors (lab)	4
BIOL:1141	Human Biology: Health Professions (lab)	4
BIOL:1251	How the Brain Works (and Why it Doesn't)	3-4
BIOL:1260	Plants and Human Affairs	2-3
BIOL:1261	Introduction to Botany (lab)	4
BIOL:1370	Understanding Evolution (formerly Ecology and Evolution)	3
BIOL:1411	Foundations of Biology (lab)	4
BIOL:1412	Diversity of Form and Function (lab)	4
BIOL:2120	Good Genes Gone Bad: Genetic Disorders of Notable Celebrities	3
CHEM:1050	Chemistry of Our World	3
CHEM:1060	Technology and Society Laboratory (lab only)	1
CHEM:1070	General Chemistry I	3
CHEM:1080	General Chemistry II	3
CHEM:1100	Chemistry in Industry and the Economy	3
CHEM:1110	Principles of Chemistry I (lab)	4
CHEM:1120	Principles of Chemistry II (lab)	4
CHEM:1160	Principles of Chemistry Lab (lab only)	2
EES:1030/CEE:1030	Introduction to Earth Science (with lab 4 s.h.; without lab 3 s.h.)	3-4
EES:1031/CEE:1031	Introduction to Earth Science Laboratory (lab only; students must have previously completed EES:1030/CEE:1030 without the lab)	1
EES:1040	Evolution and the History of Life (with lab 4 s.h.; without lab 3 s.h.)	3-4
EES:1050	Introduction to Geology (lab)	4
EES:1070	Age of Dinosaurs (lab)	4
EES:1080/ENVS:1080	Introduction to Environmental Science (with lab 4 s.h.; without lab 3 s.h.; not for students who have taken EES:1085 or ENVS:1085)	3-4
EES:1081/ENVS:1081	Introduction to Environmental Sciences Laboratory (lab only)	1
EES:1085/ENVS:1085	Fundamentals of Environmental Science (lab; not for students who have taken EES:1080 or ENVS:1080)	4
EES:1290	Energy and the Environment	3
EES:1400	Natural Disasters	3
GEOG:1020	The Global Environment	3
GEOG:1021	The Global Environment Lab (lab only)	1
HHP:1100	Human Anatomy	3
HHP:1110	Human Anatomy Laboratory (lab only)	1
HHP:1300	Fundamentals of Human Physiology	3
HHP:1400	Human Anatomy and Physiology	3
HHP:2310	Nutrition and Health	3
PCOL:2220	Drug Use and Abuse	3
PHYS:1200	Physics of Everyday Experience	3
PHYS:1400	Basic Physics (with lab 4 s.h.; without lab 3 s.h.)	3-4
PHYS:1409	Basic Physics Lab (lab only)	1
PHYS:1410	Physics of Sound (with lab 4 s.h.; without lab 3 s.h.)	3-4
PHYS:1511	College Physics I (lab)	4
PHYS:1512	College Physics II (lab)	4
PHYS:1611	Introductory Physics I (lab)	4
PHYS:1612	Introductory Physics II (lab)	4
PHYS:1619	Introductory Physics II Lab (lab only)	1
PHYS:1701	Physics I (lab)	4
PHYS:1702	Physics II (lab)	4

Quantitative or Formal Reasoning

Courses in the Quantitative or Formal Reasoning area help develop analytical skills through the practice of quantitative or formal symbolic reasoning. Courses focus on presentation and evaluation of evidence and argument; understanding the use and misuse of data; and organization of information in quantitative or other formal symbolic systems, including those used in computer science, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, and statistics.

All students must complete at least 3 s.h. of coursework in the Quantitative or Formal Reasoning area. Students also may fulfill this GE CLAS Core requirement by completing a course that lists an approved GE CLAS Core course as a prerequisite. The following courses are approved for the area.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
COMM:1117	Advocacy and Argument	3
CPH:1600	Public Health Science: Inquiry and Investigation in Public Health	3
CS:1020	Principles of Computing	3
CS:1110	Introduction to Computer Science	3
CS:1210	Computer Science I: Fundamentals	4
GEOG:1030	Our Digital Earth	3
LING:1050	Language and Formal Reasoning	3
MATH:1020	Elementary Functions	4
MATH:1120	Logic of Arithmetic	4
MATH:1250	Mathematics for Arts and Humanities	3
MATH:1260	PokeMath: The Mathematics of Pokemon Go	3
MATH:1340	Mathematics for Business	4
MATH:1350	Quantitative Reasoning for Business	4
MATH:1380	Calculus and Matrix Algebra for Business	4
MATH:1440	Mathematics for the Biological Sciences	4
MATH:1460	Calculus for the Biological Sciences	4
MATH:1550	Engineering Mathematics I: Single Variable Calculus	4
MATH:1850	Calculus I	4
PHIL:1636	Principles of Reasoning: Argument and Debate	3
POLI:1050/RELS:1050	Big Ideas: Introduction to Information, Society, and Culture	3
POLI:1700	Introduction to Political Analysis	3
PSY:2811	Research Methods and Data Analysis in Psychology I	3
STAT:1010	Statistics and Society	3
STAT:1015/DATA:1015	Introduction to Data Science	3
STAT:1020/PSQF:1020	Elementary Statistics and Inference	3
STAT:1030	Statistics for Business	4
STAT:2010	Statistical Methods and Computing	3

Social Sciences

Courses in the Social Sciences area focus on human behavior and the institutions and social systems that shape and are shaped by that behavior. Courses provide an overview of one or more social science disciplines, their theories, and their methods.

All students must complete at least 3 s.h. of coursework in the Social Sciences area. The following courses are approved for the area.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
ANTH:1101/IS:1101	Cultural Anthropology	3
ANTH:1401	Language, Culture, and Communication	3
ANTH:2100	Anthropology and Contemporary World Problems	3
ANTH:2136	Race, Place, and Power: Urban Anthropology	3
ANTH:2261	Human Impacts on the Environment	3
ASP:1800/CSD:1800/NURS:1800/SSW:1800/TR:1800	Aging Matters: Introduction to Gerontology	3
COMM:1170	Communication Theory in Everyday Life	3
COMM:1174	Media and Society	3
CPH:1400	Fundamentals of Public Health	3
CRIM:1410	Introduction to Criminology	3
CSD:3117/LING:3117	Psychology of Language	3
CSD:3118/LING:3118	Language Acquisition	1-3
ECON:1100	Principles of Microeconomics	4
ECON:1200	Principles of Macroeconomics	4
EDTL:2630	Introduction to the Psychology of Music	3
GEOG:1090	Globalization and Geographic Diversity	3
GEOG:2013/BUS:2013/SUST:2013/URP:2013	Introduction to Sustainability (GE status effective summer 2022; students with a first degree-seeking session of summer 2011 and beyond may use this course for the Social Sciences GE requirement)	3
GEOG:2110/GHS:2110	Eight Billion and Counting: Introduction to Population Dynamics	3
GEOG:2910	The Global Economy	3
JMC:1100	Introduction to Media Effects	3
LING:1010	Language and Society	3
LING:1060	Languages of the World	3
MUSM:3001/ANTH:3001/EDTL:3001/SIED:3001	Introduction to Museum Studies	3
POLI:1100	Introduction to American Politics	3
POLI:1200	Introduction to Political Behavior	3
POLI:1300	Introduction to Political Thought and Action	3
POLI:1400	Introduction to Comparative Politics	3
POLI:1401	Introduction to Russian Politics	3
POLI:1445	Introduction to Asian Politics: China	3
POLI:1449	Introduction to European Politics	3
POLI:1500	Introduction to International Relations	3
POLI:1501	Introduction to American Foreign Policy	3
POLI:1600	Introduction to Political Communication	3
POLI:2415/LAS:2415	Latin American Politics	3
PSQF:2115	Introduction to Counseling Psychology	3
PSY:1001	Elementary Psychology	3
PSY:2301	Introduction to Clinical Psychology	3
PSY:2401	Introduction to Developmental Science	3
PSY:2601	Introduction to Cognitive Psychology	3
SOC:1010	Introduction to Sociology	3-4
SOC:1040	Energy, Sustainability, and Society	3
SOC:1220	Principles of Social Psychology	3-4
TR:1070	Perspectives on Leisure and Play	3
URP:2020/PBAF:2020	Environment and Society: Sustainability, Policy, and Politics	3

Culture, Society, and the Arts

Historical Perspectives

Courses in the Historical Perspectives area help students comprehend the historical processes of change and continuity; develop the ability to generalize, explain, and interpret historical change; and understand the past in its own terms.

All students must complete at least 3 s.h. of coursework in the Historical Perspectives area. The following courses are approved for the area.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
ANTH:1201	World Archaeology	3
ARTH:1010	Art and Visual Culture	3
ARTH:1050	From Cave Paintings to Cathedrals: Survey of Western Art I	3
ARTH:1060	From Mona Lisa to Modernism: Survey of Western Art II	3
ARTH:1070	Asian Art and Culture	3
ARTH:1090	Earthly Paradises: A Global History of Gardens	3
ARTH:2320/CLSA:2226	Ancient Art from the Great Pyramids of Egypt to the Colosseum in Rome	3
ARTH:2920	Introduction to American Art	3
CLSA:1181/GHS:1181	Ancient Medicine	3
CLSA:1830	Greek Civilization	3
CLSA:1840	Roman Civilization	3
EES:1115/ENVS:1115/GEOG:1115/HIST:1115	The History of Oil	3
FREN:3120	French Civilization	3
HIST:1010	History Matters	3
HIST:1016	The History That Made Our World	3
HIST:1101	The Modern World	3
HIST:1261	American History to 1877	3
HIST:1262	American History 1877-Present	3
HIST:1401	The West and the World: Ancient	3
HIST:1402	The West and the World: Medieval	3
HIST:1403	The West and the World: Modern	3
HIST:1601/ASIA:1601	Civilizations of Asia: China from Origins to the 17th Century	3
HIST:1602/ASIA:1602	Civilizations of Asia: China from the 17th Century to the Present	3
HIST:1604/ASIA:1604	Civilizations of Asia: Japan	3-4
HIST:1606/ASIA:1606/RELS:1606	Civilizations of Asia: South Asia	3-4
HIST:1607/ASIA:1607	Civilizations of Asia: Korea	3-4
HIST:2461/CLSA:2461/RELS:2361	Middle East and Mediterranean: Alexander to Suleiman	3
HONR:1610	Honors Seminar in Historical Perspectives	3
ITAL:2550	Images of Modern Italy	3-4
JMC:1200	Introduction to Media and Culture	3
JPNS:2127/ASIA:2127/CLSA:2127	Global Manuscript Cultures	3
MUS:1303	Roots, Rock, and Rap: A History of Popular Music	3
MUS:2301	History of Western Music I	3
MUS:2302	History of Western Music II	3
PHIL:1033	The Meaning of Life	3
PHIL:1034	Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness	3
RELS:1001	Judaism, Christianity, and Islam	3
RELS:1225/HIST:1025	Medieval Religion and Culture	3
RELS:1250/HIST:1050	Modern Religion and Culture	3
RELS:2930/COMM:2079	Digital Media and Religion	3
RUSS:1531	Slavic Folklore	3
RUSS:1532	Traces of Ancient Russian Culture (IX-XVII Centuries): Vikings, Mongols, and Tsars	3
THTR:1400	Theatre and Society: Ancients and Moderns	3
THTR:1401	Theatre and Society: Romantics and Rebels	3
THTR:2410	History of Theatre and Drama I	3
THTR:2411	History of Theatre and Drama II	3
UICB:2190/ENGL:2901/HIST:2190	The Book in Global History	3

International and Global Issues

Courses in the International and Global Issues area focus predominantly on countries or issues outside the United States, encouraging students to understand contemporary issues from an international perspective. Students develop knowledge of one or more contemporary global or international issues, gain a greater awareness of varied international perspectives, and improve their skills of analysis and critical inquiry.

All students must complete at least 3 s.h. of coursework in the International and Global Issues area. The following courses are approved for the area.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
ANTH:1046/GEOG:1046/GWSS:1046/SJUS:1046	Environmental Politics in India	3
ANTH:2100	Anthropology and Contemporary World Problems	3
ANTH:2136	Race, Place, and Power: Urban Anthropology	3
ARTH:1040	Arts of Africa	3
FREN:1006	Global Sports and National Cultures	3
FREN:1510	Cultural Misunderstandings: France and U.S.A.	3
GEOG:1060	Geography of Asia: From Japan to Pakistan	3
GEOG:1070	Contemporary Environmental Issues	3
GEOG:1090	Globalization and Geographic Diversity	3
GEOG:2910	The Global Economy	3
GHS:2000/ANTH:2103	Introduction to Global Health Studies	3
GRMN:2720/HIST:2420	Germany in the World	3-4
HIST:1016	The History That Made Our World	3
HIST:1403	The West and the World: Modern	3
HIST:1601/ASIA:1601	Civilizations of Asia: China from Origins to the 17th Century	3
HIST:1602/ASIA:1602	Civilizations of Asia: China from the 17th Century to the Present	3
HIST:1604/ASIA:1604	Civilizations of Asia: Japan	3-4
HIST:1606/ASIA:1606/RELS:1606	Civilizations of Asia: South Asia	3-4
HIST:1607/ASIA:1607	Civilizations of Asia: Korea	3-4
IS:2000	Introduction to International Studies	3
IS:2560	Global Food Migrations	3
ITAL:2770	The Mafia and the Movies	3
LING:1040/ANTH:1040	Language Rights	3
POLI:1400	Introduction to Comparative Politics	3
POLI:1401	Introduction to Russian Politics	3
POLI:1445	Introduction to Asian Politics: China	3
POLI:1449	Introduction to European Politics	3
POLI:1500	Introduction to International Relations	3
POLI:1501	Introduction to American Foreign Policy	3
POLI:1510	International Politics of Environmental Issues	3
POLI:2415/LAS:2415	Latin American Politics	3
RELS:1130/HIST:1030	Introduction to Islamic Civilization	3
RELS:2852/GWSS:2052	Women in Islam and the Middle East	3
RUSS:1132	Russia Today	3
RELS:2955/IS:2955	Human Rights and Islam	3
RUSS:2050/WLLC:2050	Women from an Unknown Land: The Fight for Independence	3
SPST:2170	Sport and Globalization	3

Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts

Courses in the Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts area provide students with opportunities to appreciate the arts and to analyze them within their historical and theoretical contexts. They also help students develop the analytic, expressive, and imaginative abilities necessary for understanding, appreciating, and creating art.

All students must complete at least 3 s.h. of coursework in the Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts area. The following courses are approved for the area.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
AFAM:1240/MUS:1740	The Art of Listening to Jazz	3
AMST:1800	American Gothic: Film, Literature, and Popular Culture	3
ARTH:1010	Art and Visual Culture	3
ARTH:1020	Masterpieces: Art in Historical and Cultural Perspectives	3
ARTH:1030	Themes in Global Art	3
ARTH:1040	Arts of Africa	3
ARTH:1050	From Cave Paintings to Cathedrals: Survey of Western Art I	3
ARTH:1060	From Mona Lisa to Modernism: Survey of Western Art II	3
ARTH:1070	Asian Art and Culture	3
ARTH:1095/NAIS:1095	Native American Art	3
ARTH:2920	Introduction to American Art	3
ARTS:1010	Elements of Art	3
ARTS:1030	Elements of Jewelry and Metal Arts	3
ARTS:1050	Elements of Printmaking	3
ARTS:1080	Elements of Sculpture	3
CERM:2010	Ceramics I: Handbuilding	3
CHIN:1702	Chinese Popular Culture	3
CINE:1100	The Art of Smartphone Filmmaking	3
CINE:1602	Introduction to Film Studies	3
CINE:1610	Contemporary Cinema	3
CLSA:1010	Hero, God, Mortal: Literature of Greece	3
CLSA:1020	Love and Glory: The Literature of Rome	3
CLSA:1740/WRIT:1740	Writing Strategies: Word Origins and Word Choice	3
CLSA:1809	Ancient World on the Modern Screen	3
CLSA:2016	Classical Mythology	3
CNW:1620	Introduction to Creative Nonfiction	3
CW:1800	Creative Writing Studio Workshop	3
DANC:1010	Beginning Tap	3
DANC:1020	Beginning Jazz	3
DANC:1025	Beginning Hip Hop Dance	3
DANC:1030	Beginning Ballet	3
DANC:1040	Beginning Modern Dance	3
DANC:1110	Continuing Tap	3
DANC:1120	Continuing Jazz	3
DANC:1125	Continuing Hip Hop Dance	3
DANC:1130	Continuing Ballet	3
DANC:1140	Continuing Modern Dance	3
DANC:2020	Intermediate Jazz	3
DANC:2025	Intermediate Hip Hop Dance	3
DANC:2029	Intermediate Ballet for Nonmajors	2
DANC:2060	Dance and Society in Global Contexts	3
EDTL:2122	Creativity, Imagination, Play, and Human Development through the Arts	3
ENGL:1100	City of Literature	3
FREN:4100	French Cinema	3-4
GRMN:2275	Scandinavian Crime Fiction	3
GRMN:2630	German Cinema: Greatest Hits	3-4
GRMN:2666/WLLC:2666	Pact with the Devil	3
GRMN:2785	Cyborgs, Monsters, and the Uncanny	3
HONR:2992	Classic Cult Cinema	3
ITAL:2440	Italian Arts for International Success	3
MUS:1001	Group Piano I: Non-Music Majors	1
MUS:1009	Jazz Cultures in America and Abroad	3
MUS:1012	Creativity in Music	3
MUS:1020	Performance Instruction for Nonmajors	1
MUS:1066	Introduction to Film Music	3
MUS:1301	Concepts and Contexts of Western Music	3
MUS:1302	Great Musicians	3
MUS:1310	World Music	3
MUS:1720	History of Jazz	3
MUS:1800	World of the Beatles	3
MUS:2005	Issues in Popular Music: Women Who Rock	3
MUS:2301	History of Western Music I	3
MUS:2302	History of Western Music II	3
MUS:2311/LAS:2311	Music of Latin America and the Caribbean	3
PORT:2850/LAS:2850/SPAN:2850	Brazilian Narrative in Translation	3
SCLP:2810	Undergraduate Sculpture I	3
SPAN:1700/LATS:1700	Latina/o/x Literature in the United States	3
SPAN:1800	Contemporary Spanish American Narrative	3
TDSN:2210	Introduction to 3D Design	3
THTR:1140	Basic Acting	3
THTR:1400	Theatre and Society: Ancients and Moderns	3
THTR:1401	Theatre and Society: Romantics and Rebels	3
THTR:1412/DANC:1412	The Arts in Performance	3
THTR:2301	Playwriting I	3
THTR:2410	History of Theatre and Drama I	3
THTR:2411	History of Theatre and Drama II	3
TRNS:1240/CLSA:1040	World Literature in Translation I	3
TRNS:1241	World Literature: 1700 to Present	3

Values and Culture

Courses in the Values and Culture area focus on how culture shapes the human experience and the role of values in society, with students asking fundamental questions regarding the human experience while exploring their own values and beliefs.

All students must complete at least 3 s.h. of coursework in the Values and Culture area. The following courses are approved for the area.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
AMST:1010	Understanding American Cultures	3
AMST:1154	Food in America	3
AMST:2000	Introduction to American Studies	3
ANTH:1101/IS:1101	Cultural Anthropology	3
ARTH:1030	Themes in Global Art	3
ARTH:1045	Race and Art in America	3
ARTH:1095/NAIS:1095	Native American Art	3
ARTS:2000/ASP:2000/EDTL:2000/RHET:2000	Big Ideas: Creativity for a Lifetime	3
ASIA:2450	India Beat: The Aesthetics and Politics of India Today	3
CHIN:1504	Asian Humanities: China	3
CHIN:1800	Chinese Calligraphy and Culture	3
CLSA:1340	Magic in the Ancient World	3
CLSA:1875	Ancient Sports and Leisure	3
CLSA:2016	Classical Mythology	3
CLSA:2482/RELS:2182	Ancient Mediterranean Religions	3
CLSA:2651/GWSS:2651	Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World	3
COMM:1174	Media and Society	3
DANC:1150/LAS:1150	Brazilian Culture and Carnival	3
EPLS:4180	Human Relations for the Classroom Teacher	3
GRMN:2550/WLLC:2550	Mardi Gras and More: Cultures of Carnival	3-4
GRMN:2618/WLLC:2618	Film and Literature of the Holocaust	3
GWSS:1060/AMST:1060/ENGL:1410	Sex and Popular Culture in America	3
HHP:2200	Physical Activity and Health	3
HIST:1609/ASIA:1609	India Now! Surveying the World's Largest Democracy	3-4
HIST:1708	Civilizations of Africa	3
HONR:1670	Values and Culture	3
ITAL:2550	Images of Modern Italy	3
ITAL:2880	Italian Food Culture	3
JMC:1500	Introduction to Social Media	3
JPNS:1506	Ghostly Japan	3
LATS:1700/SPAN:1700	Latina/o/x Literature in the United States	3
LING:2900	Language, Gender, and Sexuality	3
MUS:1009	Jazz Cultures in America and Abroad	3
MUS:1720	History of Jazz	3
MUS:2311/LAS:2311	Music of Latin America and the Caribbean	3
NAIS:1049/AMST:1049/HIST:1049	Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies	3
PHIL:1401	Matters of Life and Death	3
PHIL:1861	Introduction to Philosophy	3
PHIL:2402	Introduction to Ethics	3
POLI:1300	Introduction to Political Thought and Action	3
RELS:1070	Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament	3
RELS:1080	Introduction to the New Testament	3
RELS:1130/HIST:1030	Introduction to Islamic Civilization	3
RELS:1350/AFAM:1250	Introduction to African American Religions	3
RELS:1404/ASIA:1040/HIST:1610	Introduction to Asian Religions	3
RELS:1506/ASIA:1060/HIST:1612	Introduction to Buddhism	3
RELS:1702	Religion in America Today	3
RELS:1810	Happiness in a Difficult World	3
RELS:1903	Quest for Human Destiny	3
RELS:2852/GWSS:2052	Women in Islam and the Middle East	3
RELS:2986	Religion and Women	3
RHET:2070	Persuasive Stories	3
RUSS:1082	Youth Subcultures After Socialism	3
RUSS:1131/WLLC:1131	Introduction to Russian Culture	3
RUSS:1132	Russia Today	3
RUSS:1531	Slavic Folklore	3
RUSS:1532	Traces of Ancient Russian Culture (IX-XVII Centuries): Vikings, Mongols, and Tsars	3
RUSS:2100	Russian Mindset: Sex, Business, and Politics	3
SOAS:1502/ASIA:1502/RELS:1502	Asian Humanities: India	3
SOC:1310/GWSS:1310	Gender and Society	3
SOC:2710	The American Family	3
SOC:2810	Social Inequality	3
SPAN:2901	Diversity and Cultures in Spain	3
SRM:1070	Recreation and Parks in the United States: Foundations and Impact	3
SRM:1072	Leisure and the Liberal Arts	3
SSW:1022/SOC:1022	Social Justice and Social Welfare in the United States	3
THTR:1411	Comedy and Society	3
THTR:1412/DANC:1412	The Arts in Performance	3

The major prepares students for careers in the field. Graduates find employment in a variety of areas, such as public relations, advertising, marketing, political communication, health communication, philanthropy and fundraising communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, online communications and social media, publication design, photojournalism, and media research.

The school's internship and assessment coordinator helps students seeking career guidance and employment opportunities. The school compiles and publicizes notices of professional jobs open to journalism and mass communication students and graduates. It also cooperates with the university's Pomerantz Career Center in providing career guidance and placement services as well as workshops and programs on seeking jobs.

Four-Year Graduation Plan

The following checkpoints list the minimum requirements students must complete by certain semesters in order to stay on the university's Four-Year Graduation Plan.

Students must declare the journalism and mass communication major by the first semester of their sophomore year in order to be eligible for the Four-Year Graduation Plan. The checkpoints below include the required work in journalism and mass communication plus a second area of study, but they do not include the requirements of a second major, since the Four-Year Graduation Plan does not apply to second majors.

Before the fifth semester begins: JMC:1100 Introduction to Media Effects or JMC:1200 Introduction to Media and Culture or JMC:1500 Introduction to Social Media, JMC:1300 Introduction to Journalism and Strategic Communication, JMC:1600 Writing Fundamentals, a second area of study chosen, and at least one-quarter of the semester hours required for graduation.

Before the sixth semester begins: JMC:2600 Freedom of Expression, JMC:2020 Multimedia Storytelling, and JMC:2010 Reporting and Writing or JMC:2030 Visual Communication and Design.

Before the seventh semester begins: JMC:2010 Reporting and Writing or JMC:2030 Visual Communication and Design (if not already taken), JMC:2700 Media Ethics and Diversity, one managing/planning course or one understanding media course, one writing/storytelling or one designing/producing course, and at least one-half of the semester hours required for graduation.

During the seventh semester: two additional writing/storytelling or designing/producing courses, one understanding media course or one managing/planning course, and at least three-quarters of the semester hours required for graduation.

During the eighth semester: one writing/storytelling or designing/producing course, one advanced or capstone course, all remaining GE CLAS Core courses, and a sufficient number of semester hours to graduate.

Sample Plans of Study

Sample plans represent one way to complete a program of study. Actual course selection and sequence will vary and should be discussed with an academic advisor. For additional sample plans, see MyUI.