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
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Required Courses : Aesthetics: Theories and Practices
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Elective Courses: Media & Society(Media Literacy), Sociology, Psychology, Political
Science, Cultural
Anthropology, Economics, Introduction
to Civil Law, Introduction
to Criminal Law
2. Basics in journalism
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Required Courses: Journalism, History of
Domestic Press, The Western
History of Communication, Theories of MassCommunication, Research Methods in communication, Communication Statistics, Communication Law
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Elective Courses: Methods of Thesis Writing
3. Basics in speech communication
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Required Courses:Principles and Practice of Interviewing, Principles
of Speech Communication, General Semantics, Theories of
Rhetoric.
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Elective Courses:Methods of Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetoric
of Social Movement, Gender
Roles and Communication
4. News Writing, reporting and editing
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Required Courses:News
Reporting and Writing, Advanced News
Reporting and Writing, Newspaper Editing, , Media
Workshop(Vita
News, Xinzhuang Report)
.
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Elective Courses:Magazine Editing, Proposal
Writing, Newspaper Editing, Sport and
Media, Medical and Media, Editorial
and Critical Writing, Internship
5. Audio and visual storytelling
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Elective Courses:Photojournalism, Picture
Editing, Documentry Photography, Radio News
and Program Production, Digital
Images of Journalism, TV News
Production, Documentary
and narrative storytelling
6. International communication
· Elective Courses:Advanced Journalistic English, International Communication, Analysis of International Affairs, Seminar on European Studies
7. Media organization and production
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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
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Elective Courses: Social Media and Virtual Community Management,
Data Visualization, Communication and Social Innovation, Media Innovation
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