DRAFT Advising Handbook 2025-2026 
    
    Jul 10, 2025  
DRAFT Advising Handbook 2025-2026

Journalism & Documentary Storytelling


Journalism & Documentary Storytelling
Academic Bulletin

Area of Study: Languages, Literature, & Culture
Program: Minor
Major/Minor Exclusion: A student cannot minor in both Journalism & Documentary Storytelling and Filmmaking

Minor suggested timeline (24 credits):

  Fall Semester Spring Semester Either Semester
Year 1 (4-8 credits) JOURN 100 or FILM 171 FILM 171 or JOURN 100  
Year 2 (4-8 credits) JDS elective
Year 3 (4-8 credits) FILM 3751 FILM 4002 JOURN 3103
Year 4 (4-8 credits)

1FILM 375 is scheduled to be offered every Fall
2FILM 400 is scheduled to be offered every other Spring, beginning Spring 2026
3JOURN 310 is scheduled to be offered every Spring

Journalism & Documentary Storytelling Electives (take a total of 4 credits)

JOURN 501 + 502 Internship0 with the Campus (2 cr each) ART 171, Photography 1
FILM 300, Filmmaking 2  COMM 256, Power, Politics & Communication
FILM 350, Filmmaking Techniques  COMM 261, The Business of Media
ENGL 210, Creative Nonfiction POLSC 318, Politics and the Media

Students interested in declaring a minor in Journalism & Documentary Storytelling should speak with Mike Keeley (Journalism & Documentary Storytelling faculty) or the Department Chair of Communication, Media, and Performance.