B.A. Degree Requirements

Overview

  • 120 total units to complete degree
  • Minimum 39 units in the major (48 units maximum)
  • 42 of upper-division units total
  • Minor (or dual-major) required

Printable Checklist (Requirements for majors enrolled Fall 2025 - presENT)

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Journalism Requisites

  • To declare a journalism major you must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
  • Students must maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher to remain in the major.
  • Students must pass university English Composition Foundations requirements before enrolling in JOUR 205.

Journalism Major - 39 units

The listed requirements are for the 2025-26 catalog year. All students should talk to their adviser about their degree requirements. Click here to schedule an appointment.
 

Journalism Core - 21 units

JOUR 105: Principles of Journalism
JOUR 203: Photojournalism
JOUR 205: Reporting the News
JOUR 313: Reporting Public Affairs
JOUR 318: Media Law and Ethics and Diversity
JOUR 406: Advanced Reporting
JOUR 407: Principles of Multimedia

Putting it Together

Take one course:

JOUR 308: Sports Journalism
JOUR 411: Feature Writing
JOUR 433: Digging with Data
JOUR 455: Environmental Journalism
JOUR 472: Science Journalism
JOUR 473: Reporting in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
JOUR 480: Advanced Multimedia

Professional Practice

Take one course:

JOUR 393: Internship
JOUR 490C: Arizona Sonoran News Broadcast (Arizona Cat’s Eye)
JOUR 490F: Arizona Sonoran News

Journalism Electives

Take four electives:

BJP 410: Latinx & the News Media in the United States
BJP 411: Global Latinxs: Diasporic Transnationalism and Media in Latin America, Europe and Asia
GLO 402: The Future of Media and Technology
GLO 403: Media & Global Terrorism
GLO 405: Media & Climate Change
GLO 430: Social Movement Media in a Global Context
GLO 435: Media Ethics and Representation in a Global Context
GLO 440: Freedom of Expression and the Right to Information
GLO 445: Media, War & Peace
GLO 450: Media & the Environment
GLO 455: Media & Human Rights
GLO 460: Disinformation & Information Security in a Global Media Context
GLO 470: Documentary Studies
GLO 480: Digital Media Law in a Global Context: Frameworks & Perspectives
GLO 490: Media and Humanitarian Crises
JOUR 280: Beginning TV Writing
JOUR 303: Sports and the Media
JOUR 308: Sports Journalism
JOUR 320: Editing
JOUR 385: Beginning Television Reporting and Production
JOUR 401B: Travel Writing (1 unit)
JOUR 405: Media Apprenticeship
JOUR 420: Digital Communications Law
JOUR 424: Magazine Photography: Documentary Storytelling for Publication
JOUR 428: Product Development in Journalism
JOUR 432: Social Justice Movement Media: History, Functions, and Theory
JOUR 433: Digging with Data
JOUR 435D: Food Journalism: The literature of growing, cooking and eating our meals
JOUR 447: Art of Access: Info Sleuthing
JOUR 455: Environmental Journalism
JOUR 458: Opinion Writing
JOUR 460: International Media Systems
JOUR 465: Issues in Covering Science and the Environment
JOUR 472: Science Journalism
JOUR 473: Reporting in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
JOUR 480: Advanced Multimedia
JOUR 482: Drone Zone: Become a licensed drone pilot
JOUR 484: Mobile App Development
JOUR 486: Health Journalism
JOUR 489: Survey of Research Methods
JOUR 490C: Arizona Sonoran News Broadcast (Arizona Cat’s Eye)
JOUR 490F: Arizona Sonoran News
JOUR 493: Part-Time Internship (2 unit)
JOUR 497B: Advanced Photojournalism
JOUR 497S: Sports Broadcast Journalism: Friday Night Lights! (1 unit)

Please see your adviser for planning, as not all courses are offered each semester.