Telecommunication
Courses required of all telecommunication majors:
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Credits |
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SYG 2000 Principles of Sociology |
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* RTV 3000 Intro to Telecommunication. |
3 |
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* RTV 2100 Writing For Electronic Media. |
3 |
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RTV 3405 Television and the American Family |
3 |
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RTV 4931 Ethics and Problems in Telecommunication |
3 |
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MMC 4200 Law of Mass Communication. |
3 |
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Total |
18 |
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* Only grades of C or higher are acceptable. |
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SPECIALIZATIONS — Select one area:
Telecommunication News
Entry into the broadcast news sequence is limited to students in the Department of Telecommunication who have passed a typing exam and a test to evaluate writing ability. Contact the department office to deter-mine when typing and writing tests are given.
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Credits |
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* RTV 3304 Radio News 1 |
3 |
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* RTV 3301C Television News 1. |
3 |
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RTV 3303 Radio News 2. |
3 |
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RTV 4302 Television News 2 |
3 |
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RTV 3305 Investigative Reporting for Broadcast News. |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
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Telecommunication Production |
Credits |
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RTV 3101 Advanced Writing for Electronic Media. |
3 |
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RTV 3200 Fundamentals of Production |
3 |
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RTV 3320 Electronic Field Production |
3 |
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RTV 4500 Telecommunication Programming. |
3 |
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Complete one: |
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RTV 4605 Electronic Communications for Business. |
3 |
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RTV 4221 TV Studio Production/Directing. |
3 |
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Total |
12 |
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Telecommunication Operations |
Credits |
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RTV 3200 Fundamentals of Production |
3 |
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ADV 3000 Elements of Advertising |
3 |
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RTV 4500 Telecommunication Programming |
3 |
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RTV 4506 Telecommunication Research |
3 |
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RTV 4800 Telecommunication Planning and Operations. |
3 |
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Take one professional elective: |
Credits |
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RTV 3101 Advanced Writing for Electronic Media. |
3 |
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RTV 4420 New Media Systems |
3 |
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RTV 5702 Telecommunication Regulations |
3 |
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ADV 3502 Advertising Sales. |
2 |
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ADV 4300 Media Planning. |
3 |
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Total |
17-18 |
Any professional work beyond 34 hours must be added to the 124 hours required for graduation, unless a student has earned 90 credit hours of non-college work.
Minimum grade of C required.
Telecommunication Curriculum
Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication.
Critical tracking courses appear in bold. These courses may be taken in any order in semesters 1-4.
TELECOMMUNICATION – NEWS
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FRESHMAN YEAR |
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Semester 1 - Fall |
Credits |
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* ENC 1101 Composition (GE). |
3 |
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POS 2041 American Federal Govt. (GE-S). |
3 |
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Physical or Biological Science (GE) |
3 |
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* MGF 1202 Concepts of Mathematics (GE-M) . |
3 |
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AMH 2010 U.S. Until 1877 (GE-H) |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
Critical Tracking Criteria:
• Minimum 2.25 GPA
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Semester 2 - Spring |
Credits |
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Mathematics (GE) |
3 |
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ECO 2013 |
3 |
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Physical or Biological Science (GE) |
3 |
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* AML, ENL, LIT Humanities |
3 |
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AMH 2020 U.S. Since 1877 (GE-H). |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
Critical Tracking Criteria:
• Complete two tracking courses
• Minimum 2.5 GPA
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SOPHOMORE YEAR |
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Semester 3 - Fall |
Credits |
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Foreign Language or Quantitative option. |
3-5 |
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* AML, ENL, LIT Humanities (GE). |
3 |
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* RTV 3000 Intro to Telecommunication. |
3 |
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Electives (GE). |
6 |
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Total |
15-17 |
Critical Tracking Criteria:
• Complete one additional tracking course
• Minimum 2.5 GPA
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Semester 4 - Spring |
Credits |
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Foreign Language or Quantitative option |
3-5 |
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POS 2112 Amer. State, LocalGovt. (GE-S) |
3 |
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SPC 2600 Speech |
3 |
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*RTV 2100 Writing for Electronic Media |
3 |
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Elective |
3 |
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Total |
15-17 |
Critical Tracking Criteria:
• Complete two additional tracking courses
• Minimum 2.5 GPA
* C or better required in these courses
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JUNIOR YEAR |
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Semester 5 - Fall |
Credits |
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* RTV 3304 Radio News l |
3 |
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RTV 3405 TV and the American Family |
3 |
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Outside Concentration |
3 |
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Electives outside JM College |
6 |
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Total |
15 |
Critical Tracking Criteria:
• All critical tracking courses completed
• Minimum 2.5 overall GPA
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Semester 6 - Spring |
Credits |
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* RTV 3301 Television News 1 |
3 |
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RTV 3303 Radio News 2 |
3 |
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Elective outside JM College |
3 |
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PSY 2013 or SYG 2000 (GE-S) |
3 |
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Outside Concentration |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
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SENIOR YEAR |
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Semester 7 - Fall |
Credits |
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RTV 3305 Investigative Reporting |
3 |
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MMC 4200 Law of Mass Communication |
3 |
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Outside Concentration |
3 |
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Elective outside JM College |
6 |
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Total |
15 |
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Semester 8 - Spring |
Credits |
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RTV 4302 Television News 2 |
3 |
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RTV 4931 Ethics/Problems in Telecomm. |
3 |
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Outside Concentration |
3 |
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Elective outside JM College |
6 |
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Total |
15 |
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* Minimum grade of C required. |
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