The Newsgathering broadcast option is designed for students with limited academic or professional experience in news reporting and writing for television. It prepares students for careers in a wide variety of professional settings including broadcast cable media outlets and corporate communications.

Course Requirements for Newsgathering Broadcast Majors
A total of 36 credit hours for broadcast is required for graduation.

Journalism Core Requirements (9 hours)
JOUR 5511 Newsgathering 1, fall semester
JOUR 5521 Precision Journalism, fall semester
JOUR 6651 Press and the Constitution, second fall semester

Broadcast Sequence Requirements (18 hours)
JOUR 5514 TV Newsgathering, fall
JOUR 5502 Newsgathering 2, second fall, spring or summer

JOUR 5344 TV Documentary, or JOUR 5524 TV Investigative Reporting, or JOUR 5624 NewsTeam
JOUR 5851 Professional Project - Broadcast
JOUR 6661 Media Ethics or JOUR 6771 History of Mass Comm
One conceptual course. See Master's Courses

Required Electives (9 hours)
Outside SJMC related to area of interest
Outside SJMC related to area of interest
Inside SJMC related to professional emphasis

Professional Project 
Broadcast students will produce a major product typical of the work done by professionals in the field — e.g., a documentary or a magazine-length video or a series of television news reports.  Students will submit their products and accompanying support materials at an oral defense before their committee.

Degree requirements are subject to change.

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University of Colorado, Boulder
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