These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.

Summary of Requirements

The degree of Bachelor of Arts may be conferred upon a student majoring in Journalism by recommendation of the faculty and upon satisfactory completion of a minimum of 124 semester hours of credit with a cumulative average of 2.0 overall and in the major.

Students must meet:

1. University requirements:
   1. All students are required to complete the General Education (GenEd) curriculum.
   2. All students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses in the major at Temple University. The specific writing-intensive courses required for this major are JRN 1196 and JRN 3696.
2. Lew Klein College of Media and Communication requirements, including KLN 1001 and KLN 1002.  
3. Minimum 46 credits in Journalism required. Maximum 62 credits in the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication permitted (excluding certain Communication and Social Influence courses). Students must complete 62 credits outside the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication.
   1. Students are cautioned to plan their program so they do not exceed the 62-credit hour limit (excluding certain Communication and Social Influence courses) that is set by our accrediting body.
   2. Below is the list of Communication and Social Influence courses that could be exempted from the ACEJMC accreditation cap:

      Course List

      Code	Title	Credit Hours
      CSI 1111	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
      or CSI 1911	Honors Introduction to Public Speaking
      CSI 1112	Introduction to Communication and Social Influence	3
      CSI 1113	Persuasion	3
      CSI 1201	Communication and Civic Engagement	3
      CSI 1401	Conflict and Communication Behavior	3
      CSI 1601	Communication and Behavior Change	3
      CSI 2111	Argumentation and Advocacy	3
      CSI 2112	Social Influence Inquiry	3
      CSI 2201	The Meaningful Enjoyment of Civic Life	3
      CSI 2296	Resistance, Protests, and Social Movements (WI)	3
      CSI 2401	Intercultural and Cross Cultural Conflict	3
      CSI 2403	Civil Disobedience	3
      CSI 2602	Rhetoric of Hate and Violence	3
      CSI 2696	Risk Communication (WI)	3
      CSI 3201	Rhetoric and Civic Culture	3
      CSI 3401	Social Activism and Community Organizing	3
      CSI 3402	Conflict and Influence: Identity, Emotion and Power	3
      CSI 3601	Misperceptions and Misinformation	3
      CSI 3602	Communicating Science in Today's World	3
      CSI 3701	Intercultural Communication	3
      CSI 3702	Communication, Culture and Identity	3
      CSI 3896	Rhetorical Criticism (WI)	3
      CSI 4402	Multiparty Conflict Proceses: Dialogue, Facilitation and Multiparty Mediation	3
      CSI 4601	Narrative Persuasion	3

4. For Journalism department courses to fulfill the 46-credit requirement in the Journalism major, students must earn a grade of C- or higher.
5. A maximum of 6 credits may be earned for internships and a maximum of 3 credits for independent studies. If students plan to take multiple internships, please keep in mind the six-credit maximum. Internships may be taken for 1-3 credits.
6. Only 8 credits will be accepted from Kinesiology and Dance activity courses.
7. No more than 30 credits may be taken in any single CLA department without special written permission from the Department of Journalism. These requirements are to ensure a broad-based liberal arts education for each major.
8. Journalism-related coursework must be evaluated for transfer (including courses taken through study abroad programs after enrolling at Temple University) by the Department Chair. No more than 12 credits in total will be accepted for transfer from an accredited journalism/mass communication program; maximum 9 credits from a non-accredited program. Under no circumstances will credit be allowed for duplicate courses.
9. The department does not award credit for academic or life experience. Students with extensive experience may present evidence and petition for a waiver of department course requirements.
10. Coursework taken in Business Education, lower-level credits in Military Science, and the Extern Program are not applicable towards graduation.

Departmental Requirements for the Major

It is the student's responsibility to meet all course prerequisite requirements.

¹

Completion of JRN 1111 and JRN 1196 with grades of C- or better is required before students enroll in any Journalism classes numbered higher than 1111.

²

Students required to take ENG 0701 Introduction to Academic Discourse must complete that requirement before enrolling in JRN 1196 Writing and Reporting.

Required Liberal Arts Courses for the Journalism Major