Course Requirements for the Journalism & Communication Bachelor's Program
Course requirements for the Journalism and Communication Studies bachelor’s program

Students must complete a minimum of 128 credits, including 32 required credits from the University, 64 to 69 required credits from our department, and credits from other elective courses. Our courses can be divided into 8 categories:

1. Social science and humanities
·         Required Courses : Aesthetics: Theories and Practices 



2. Basics in journalism
·         Elective Courses: Methods of Thesis Writing

3. Basics in speech communication
·         Required Courses:Principles and Practice of Interviewing, Principles of Speech Communication, General Semantics, Theories of Rhetoric.
·         Elective Courses:Methods of Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetoric of Social Movement, Gender Roles and Communication

4. News Writing, reporting and editing
·         Required Courses:News Reporting and Writing, Advanced News Reporting and Writing, Newspaper Editing, , Media Workshop(Vita News, Xinzhuang Report) .
·         Elective Courses:Magazine Editing, Proposal Writing, Newspaper Editing, Sport and Media, Medical and Media, Editorial and Critical Writing, Internship

5. Audio and visual storytelling
·         Required Courses:Principle and Practicum of Photography, Principles and Production of Elec Media          
6. International communication
·         Required Courses:Journalistic English
·         Elective Courses:Advanced Journalistic English, International Communication, Analysis of International Affairs, Seminar on European Studies

7. Media organization and production
·         Elective Courses:  Media marketing and advertising, Digital Convergence and Media Management, Introduction to Public Relations, Audience analysis and media Criticism, Public Relations Strategy & Planning, Political Public Relations, The Political Economy of Communication 

8. Media innovations
·         Required Courses:Digital Storytelling(Digital Communication), Digital Publishing and Design
·         Elective Courses: Social Media and Virtual Community Management, Data Visualization, Communication and Social Innovation, Media Innovation

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