The news-editorial major prepares students for careers as reporters, editors and writers for newspapers, news services, magazines, trade and technical publications, company publications, the government and public relations firms. The curriculum includes required courses in reporting, editing and media law as well as electives ranging from photography and magazine writing to the digital newsroom and investigative reporting. Many students begin by working for the Campus Press student newspaper. CU news-editorial majors are awarded more Colorado Press Association scholarships and internships than students from any other college or university. They compete successfully for national internships including the Pulliam Fellowship, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, the Politics & Journalism Semester in Washington, D.C., the Association for Women in Sports Media and the Chips Quinn minority internship program. Students have recently interned at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsday, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest and Washington, D.C. news bureaus.

Course Requirements for News-Editorial Majors
A total of 120 credit hours with a minimum of 28 hours in journalism and 80 nonjournalism hours are required for graduation. Sixty-five of the 80 nonjournalism hours must be in arts and sciences course work. Forty of the 120 credit hours must be upper-division. Within the 80 credit hours of nonjournalism course work, 12 credit hours must be upper-division hours concentrated in a single area of study or a certified minor. The last 30 hours toward the degree must be taken after admission to the school.

Read the undergraduate application requirements.

New course requirements for students admitted for fall 2006 and after.
If you are a senior you must consult your academic adviser before registration.

Journalism Course Descriptions
Journalism Core Requirements (12 hours)
JOUR 1001 Contemporary Mass Media (Restricted to prejournalism students)
JOUR 2601 Principles of Journalism (or JOUR 1002)

After admission to SJMC
Journalism conceptual course
JOUR 4651 Mass Communication Law

News Editorial Course Descriptions
News-Editorial Requirements (12 hours)
JOUR 3001 Public Affairs Reporting (JOUR 2601 prerequisite)
JOUR 3552 News Editing (JOUR 3001 prerequisite)
JOUR 4002 Reporting 2 (JOUR 3001 prerequisite)
JOUR 4502 Reporting 3 (JOUR 3552, JOUR 4002 prerequisites)

Journalism Electives and Internships (4-16 hours)
4931 Internship (JOUR 3001, JOUR 3552 prerequisites)

Degree requirements are subject to change.

Where recent graduates are working. A partial list of job titles and companies of recent graduates.