The Department of Journalism and Public Communication prepares students to engage
in the role that free expression and communication play in a global society. Every
semester our students create professional quality (and often published and broadcast)
projects in print, audio, and video mediums. They create websites, magazines, documentary
films, and strategic communication campaigns. This Department not only prepares students
for careers after graduation, our students are often already engaged in careers through
internships and hands on experience during the academic year.
Admission Requirements
Graduation Requirements
Major Requirements
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| JPC A201 | Reporting and Writing News | 3 |
| JPC A202 | First Amendment and Media Ethics | 3 |
| JPC A203 | Writing and Producing Media | 3 |
| JPC A204 | Media Literacy | 3 |
| 3 |
| Visual Literacy | |
| Editing in a Multimedia World | |
| Digital Imaging | |
| 3 |
| 1-6 |
| 3 |
| Communications and Media Research | |
| JPC Capstone Seminar | |
| 18 |
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| Radio News Reporting | |
| Television News Reporting | |
| Web Design | |
| Digital Audio Production | |
| TV Studio Production | |
| Digital Video Production | |
| Scriptwriting for Film and Television | |
| Multimedia Journalism | |
| Public Service Reporting | |
| Magazines | |
| TV Post-Production | |
| Motion Graphics and Animation | |
| Digital Film Production I | |
| Digital Film Production II | |
| Selected Topics in Journalism and Public Communications | |
| JPC Practica and Internships * | |
| | |
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| Web Design | |
| Principles of Strategic Communications | |
| Research Methods for Strategic Communications | |
| Planning and Writing for Strategic Communications | |
| Commercial Photography | |
| Corporate Communications | |
| Crisis Communications | |
| Development Communications | |
| Strategic Communications Campaigns | |
| Selected Topics in Journalism and Public Communications | |
| JPC Practica and Internships * | |
| | |
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| |
| Alaska Native Perspectives | |
| Introduction to Civic Engagement | |
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation | |
| Consumer Behavior and Relationship Management | |
| Marketing Media Analytics | |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | |
| Principles of Microeconomics | |
| Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | |
| Ethics | |
| History of the United States I | |
| Themes in World History | |
| Justice and Society | |
| Professional Ethics | |
| Comparative Political Economy | |
| Model United Nations | |
| Social Psychology | |
A minimum of 120 credits is required for the degree, of which 42 credits must be upper-division.
Honors in Journalism and Public Communications
Students majoring in journalism and public communications are eligible to graduate with departmental honors if they satisfy all of the following requirements:
- Meet the requirements for a BA in Journalism and Public Communications.
- Maintain a grade point average of 3.50 in JPC courses.
- Complete JPC A403 or JPC A492 with a grade of A or B.
