University of Missouri
Bachelor of Journalism
Transfer Guide for Metropolitan Community College
This plan is intended only as a general guide based on requirements in the 2013-2014 University of Missouri undergraduate catalog. Check the
following web sites for current course descriptions, prerequisites, course equivalencies and other specific details about the journalism degree:
1) College Catalog (http://registrar.missouri.edu)
2) Transfer Equivalencies (http://transfercourses.missouri.edu or http://transfer.org)
3) General Education (http://generaleducation.missouri.edu)
4) Missouri School of Journalism (http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergraduate)
Admission to the Upper-Class Status and Emphasis/Interest Area - Transfer students are admitted to upper-class status in Journalism on a spaceavailable basis when they complete 60 credit hours, fulfill all prerequisites on page 1 of this transfer guide and establish a cumulative GPA of at
least 3.0 in courses taken at MU. Completion of at least one semester at MU is required for transfer students to establish an MU GPA and qualify
for admission. Because of that, students who plan to major in journalism are encouraged to transfer to Missouri after taking no more than 45
credit hours elsewhere. Students who transfer to Mizzou without any lower-division journalism courses (JOURN 1100, 2000, 2100, or 2150) will
need at least three semesters to complete the lower-division journalism courses.
For more information about the journalism program, contact the Missouri School of Journalism Undergraduate Advising at (573) 882-1045 or
JournalismStudentServices@missouri.edu.
University of Missouri
COURSE
Metropolitan Community College
CREDITS
EQUIVALENT COURSE (CREDITS)
English Composition (3 credits)
ENGLSH 1000 Exposition and Argumentation
3
ENGL 102 Comp & Rdg II (3)
College Algebra (3 credits)
MATH 1100 College Algebra
3
MATH 120 College Algebra (3)
Foreign Language (12-13 credits in a single foreign language)
Requirement is waived if level 4 of a single foreign language was completed in High School
Foreign Language 1
5
Foreign Language 2
5
Select foreign language courses from the general education list.
Foreign Language 3
3
Biological, Mathematical, or Physical Science (9 credits)
MATH 115 Statistics (3) (Not MRP)
STAT 1200 Intro Statistical Reasoning or
STAT 1300 Elementary Statistics
(Fulfills MU’s Math Reasoning Proficiency (MRP) requirement)
3
This course satisfies the statistics requirement but it is not MRP at Metropolitan
Community College. If you take this course, you will also need to choose an MRP
course to fulfill MU’s MRP requirement.
Additional courses in biological anthropology, astronomy,
biology, chemistry, geology, math, and physics. One course
6
Select sciences from the general education list.
must be a laboratory course.
Social and Behavioral Science (15 credits)
HIST 1100 Survey of American History to 1865 or
HIST 1200 Survey of American History since 1865 or
HIST 120 US Hist to 1865 (3) or
HIST 1410 African-American History or
3
HIST 121 US Hist since 1865 (3) or
HIST 2210 Twentieth Century American or
HIST 140 Afro-Amer History (3)
HIST 2440 History of Missouri
POL SC 1100 American Government or
POLS 136 Intro Am Natl Pol (3) or
POL SC 1700 Intro to Political Science or
3
POLS 135 Intro Pol Sci (3) or
POL SC 2100 State Government
POLS 137 Intro State & Local Pol (3)
ECONOM 1014 Principles of Microeconomics and
ECON 211 Prin Econ II-Micro (3) and
6
ECONOMICS 1015 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 210 Macroeconomics (3)
ANTHRO (any course except 2050, 2052 or 2151) or
HDFS 2400 Principles of Human Development or
Select any anthropology (except biological or physical anthropology),
3
PSYCH (any course) or
psychology, or sociology course from the general education list.
SOCIOL (any course)
Humanistic Studies (6 credits)
Literature (Any literature course)
3
Select any literature course from the general education list.
Other Humanity
3
Select humanity from the general education list.
Lower-Division Journalism (13 credits) (Up to six lower-division journalism credits may be transferred)
JOURN 1010 Career Explorations
1
None
JOURN 1100 Principles of American Journalism
3
None
JOURN 2000 Cross-Cultural Journalism
3
None
JOURN 2100 News
3
ENGL 104 Newswriting & Report I (3)
JOURN 2150 Fundamentals of Multimedia Journalism
3
None
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University of Missouri
Metropolitan Community College
COURSE
CREDITS
Upper-Division Non-Journalism (18 credits)
Upper-Division Science - courses must be 3000 or 4000 level.
Courses in anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry,
geology, physics, psychology, sociology, or statistics.
Upper-Division Social Science - courses must be 3000 or 4000
level. Courses in economics, geography, history, or political
science.
Upper-Division Humanistic Studies - course must be 3000 or
4000 level. Courses in music or art history/appreciation,
classical humanities, literature, classics, philosophy, religious
studies.
Other Upper-Division Non-Journalism (13 credits)
Fifteen hours of non-Journalism courses beyond the 65
credits listed above. Courses must be 3000 or 4000 level.
Upper-Division Journalism (6 credits)
JOURN 3000 History of American Journalism or
JOURN 4568 History of Photojournalism
JOURN 4000 Communication Law
Interest Area (25 credits)
Courses in chosen interest area (see list of interest areas
below)
Minimum Credits for a Bachelor of Journalism
EQUIVALENT COURSE (CREDITS)
3
None
6
None
9
None
13
3
None
None
3
None
25
None
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Courses That Do Not Count - The School of Journalism accepts most courses from other MU divisions (or the equivalent transfer courses). Some
courses, however, are considered duplicative of offerings in the School of Journalism or viewed as journalism-related courses taught by other
divisions. Because accrediting standards limit the number of journalism credits a student may take, these journalism-related courses will not be
accepted for credit toward the Bachelor of Journalism degree:
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Science and Agricultural Journalism. All courses unless cross-listed as Journalism courses or as approved electives.
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Communication. All courses related to television, radio, production, public relations and media.
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Internship courses taken in other divisions if the internship is journalism-related.
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JOURNALISM 1000, The News Media: Journalism and Advertising in a Democratic Society, is for non-journalism majors.
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Non-college level courses. Courses in this category at MU are usually numbered below 1000 and are considered remedial in nature.
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Political Science. POLITICAL SCIENCE 4120 Politics and the Media.
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Sociology. SOCIOLOGY 3400 Politics of the Media.
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Student Success Center. STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER 2100 Career Explorations. (Considered duplicative of Career Explorations in
Journalism.)
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Miscellaneous. Generally, any course in another division with “advertising,” “public relations,” “media,” “communication,” “news”
or similar words in its title will not be accepted for credit toward the Bachelor of Journalism degree. If in doubt, check with your
academic advisor to make sure a course will count.
Journalism Interest Areas
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Arts and Culture Journalism
Business and Economics Journalism
Convergence Photojournalism
Convergence Radio Reporting and Producing
Convergence Television Reporting
Emerging Media
Entrepreneurial Journalism
International Journalism
International Strategic Communication
Magazine Design
Magazine Editing
Magazine Publishing and Management
Magazine Writing
Multimedia Producing
Multiplatform Design
News Design
News Editing
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News Reporting
Photojournalism
Radio-Television Producing
Radio-Television Reporting and Anchoring
Radio-Television Sports Journalism
Radio-Television Watchdog Journalism
Science and Health Journalism
Sports Journalism
Strategic Communication: Account Management
Strategic Communication: Art Direction
Strategic Communication: Copywriting
Strategic Communication: Interactive
Strategic Communication: Media Planning
Strategic Communication: Public Relations
Strategic Communication: Research
Visual Editing and Management
Watchdog Journalism
Special Offering: Individually Designed Interest Area
General Education Courses
Metropolitan Community College
Metropolitan Community College Course
MU Equivalent
Behavioral Sciences
ANTH 100 Gen Anthropology (3)
ANTH 110 Cultural Anthropology (3)
CRJU 165 Criminology (3)
PSYC 140 Gen Psychology (3)
PSYC 143 Psych African-Amer Exper (3)
PSYC 144 Adjust & Personality (3)
PSYC 148 Group Processes (3)
PSYC 162 Correctional Psych (3)
PSYC 210 Intervw & Interprsnl Comm (3)
PSYC 220 Psychology of Prejudice (3)
PSYC 230 Death and Dying (3)
PSYC 240 Child Dev (3)
PSYC 243 Human Lifespan Dev (3)
PSYC 245 Adolesc Psych (3)
PSYC 260 Social Psych (3)
PSYC 270 Soc Psych of Aging (3)
SOCI 101 Sex Roles & Sexuality (3)
SOCI 160 Sociology (3)
SOCI 164 Soc African-Amer Family (3)
SOCI 165 Criminology (3)
SOCI 168 Juvenile Delinquency (3)
SOCI 169 Fam Viol/Sexual Abuse (3)
SOCI 170 Gen Anthropology (3)
SOCI 210 Native Amer Comptemp Soc (3)
SOSC 171 Compar Eth/Cult Studies (3)
SOCI 271 Social Gerontology (3)
SPDR 103 Interpersonal Comm (3)
SPDR 133 Intercultural Comm (3)
ANTHRO 1000
ANTHRO 2030
SOCIOL 3600
PSYCH 1000
PSYCH BEH
PSYCH BEH
PSYCH BEH
PSYCH BEH
PSYCH BEH
PSYCH BEH
PSYCH BEH
PSYCH 2410
PSYCH BEH
PSYCH BEH
PSYCH 2310
PSYCH BEH
SOCIOL 1360
SOCIOL 1000
SOCIOL BEH
SOCIOL 3600
SOCIOL BEH
SOCIOL BEH
ANTHRO 1000
SOCIOL BEH
MISC BEH
SOCIOL 2230
COMMUN 3561
COMMUN 3470
Humanities
ART 100 Art Fund I (3)
ART 108 Survey of Art (3)
ART 150 History Art I (3)
ART 151 History Art II (3)
ART 159 Amer Art Hist (3)
BIOL 120 Bioethics (3)
ENGL 129 Directed Reading (1-3)
ENGL 214 Intro to Fiction (3)
ENGL 216 Intro to Drama & Poetry (3)
ENGL 218 Intro to Literature (3)
ENGL 220 British Lit to 1750 (3)
ENGL 221 British Lit 1750-Pres (3)
ENGL 222 Amer Lit to 1860 (3)
ENGL 223 Amer Lit 1860-Pres (3)
ENGL 230 Science Fiction (3)
ENGL 232 Detective Fiction (3)
ENGL 234 Film as Literature (3)
ENGL 240 Mythology (3)
ENGL 242 The Bible as Literature (3)
ENGL 250 Masterpieces of Amer Lit (3)
ENGL 254 World Literature I (3)
ENGL 255 World Literature II (3)
ENGL 256 World Masterpieces (3)
ENGL 260 African-American Lit (3)
ENGL 262 Women's Lives & Autobio (3)
ENGL 264 US Latino & Latina Lit (3)
ENGL 265 African Literature (3)
ENGL 267 North Amer Indian Lit (3)
ENGL 268 Women's Literature (3)
ENGL 299 Shakespeare (3)
HUMN 140 Hum Past & Pres (3)
HUMN 141 Latin Amer Hum (3)
HUMN 145 Comp Hum & Myth Time (3)
HUMN 165 Amer Hum:Div in Amer Exp (3)
HUMN 200 Honors Seminar I (1)
HUMN 201 Honors Seminar II (1)
HUMN 202 Honors Seminar III (1)
HUMN 203 Honors Seminar IV (1)
HUMN 204 Honors Sem V (2)
HUMN 205 Honors Sem VI (2)
HUMN 206 Honors Sem VII (2)
HUMN 207 Honors Sem VIII (2)
MSCM 112 Intro Mass Comm (3)
MUSI 107 Fund of Music (3)
MUSI 108 Music Apprec (3)
MUSI 110 Music Theory I (4)
MUSI 111 Music Theory II (4)
MUSI 116 Evolution of Jazz (3)
MUSI 160 Music of World's Cultures (3)
PHIL 100 Intro to Phil (3)
ART_GNR1010
AR_H_A HUM
AR_H_A 1110
AR_H_A 1120
AR_H_A 2830
PHIL 1150
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH 2100
ENGLSH 2200
ENGLSH 2200
ENGLSH 2300
ENGLSH 2300
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
MISC HUM
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH 2300
ENGLSH 2155
ENGLSH 2155
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
ENGLSH LIT
MISC HUM
SPAN HUM
MISC HUM
MISC HUM
MISC HUM
MISC HUM
MISC HUM
MISC HUM
MISC HUM
MISC HUM
MISC HUM
MISC HUM
COMMUN 2100
MUSIC_N1211
MUSIC_N1310
MUS_THR1220 & 1230
MUS_THR1221 & 1231
MUSIC_NHUM
MUSIC_N1313
PHIL 1000
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Humanities (continued)
PHIL 101 Phil of Religion (3)
PHIL 102 World Philosophy (3)
PHIL 200 Logic (3)
PHIL 201 Hist Phil I (3)
PHIL 203 Ethics (3)
PHIL 204 Contemp Phil of Value (3)
PHIL 205 Profess Ethics (3)
SPAN 209 Intro Hispanic Lit (3)
SPDR 100 Fund of Speech (3)
SPDR 106 Theatre Apprec (3)
SPDR 110 Argum & Debate (3)
SPDR 114 Theatre & West World (3)
SPDR 120 Acting I (3)
SPDR 128 Intro to Film (3)
PHIL HUM
PHIL HUM
PHIL 1200
PHIL 3000
PHIL 1100
PHIL HUM
PHIL 2400
SPAN HUM
COMMUN 1200
THEATR HUM
COMMUN 3572
THEATR HUM
THEATR 1400
FILM_S HUM
Foreign Language
CHIN 101 Elem Chinese I (4-5)
FREN 101 Elem French I (5)
FREN 102 Elem French II (5)
FREN 203 Interm French I (3)
GERM 101 Elem German (5)
GERM 102 German II (5)
GERM 203 Intermed German I
SPAN 101 Elem Span I (5)
SPAN 102 Elem Span II (5)
SPAN 111 Accel Elem Span (3)
SPAN 203 Interm Span I (3)
SPAN 212 Span Immersion I (3)
SPAN 214 Span Immersion II (3)
SPAN 216 Span Immersion III (3)
SPAN 218 Span Immersion IV (3)
CHINSE 1100
FRENCH 1100
FRENCH 1200
FRENCH 2100
GERMAN 1100
GERMAN 1200
GERMAN 2100
SPAN 1100
SPAN 1200
SPAN 1100
SPAN 2100
SPAN 1100A
SPAN 1100B
SPAN 1200
SPAN 2100
Biological Sciences (=Lab Course)
BIOL 100 Intro Cell Biology (3)
BIOL 101 General Biology (5)
BIOL 102 Environ Biol (5)
BIOL 104 General Botany (5)
BIOL 106 General Zoology (5)
BIOL 108 Anatomy & Physiology (5)
BIOL 109 Anatomy & Physiology (6)
BIOL 110 Human Anatomy (5)
BIOL 118 Intro to Biology (5)
BIOL 132 Human Nutrition (3)
BIOL 202 Ecology (5)
BIOL 204 Genetics (3)
BIOL 210 Human Physiology (5)
BIOL 211 Field Biology (5)
BIO_SC BIO
BIO_SC 1030
BIO_SC 1060
BIO_SC 1200
BIO_SC 1100
BIO_SC BIOL
BIO_SC BIOL
BIO_SC BIOL
BIO_SC BIOL
NUTR_S 1034
BIO_SC BIOL
BIO_SC 2200
BIO_SC BIOL
BIO_SC BIOL
Math Sciences (= Math Reasoning Proficiency)
CSIS 141 Discrete Strc Comp Sci I (3)
CSIS 241 Discr Strc Comp Sci II (3)
ENGR 215 Engr Statistics & Comp (3)
MATH 175 Calc Bus & Soc Sci (MRP) (3)
MATH 180 Analy Geom & Calc (MRP) (5)
MATH 190 Analy Geom & Calc II (MRP) (5)
MATH 210 Analy Geom & Calc III (MRP) (5)
MATH MTH
MATH MTH
STAT MTH
MATH 1400
MATH 1500
MATH 1700
MATH 2300
Physical Sciences (=Lab Course,  = Math Reasoning Proficiency)
APTX 212 Textiles (3)
T_A_M 2200
CHEM 101 Survey Chem (5)
CHEM PSCL
CHEM 105 Intro Chemistry (5)
CHEM 1100
CHEM 107 Prep Gen Chem (5)
CHEM 1100
CHEM 111 Gen Coll Chem I (5)
CHEM 1320
CHEM 112 Gen Coll Chem II (5)
CHEM 1330
CHEM 205 Intro Organic Chem (5)
CHEM 2030 & 2130
GEOG 110 Meteorology (4)
GEOG 1050
GEOL 101 Physical Geology (5)
GEOL 1100
GEOL 102 Historical Geol (4)
GEOL 2350
GEOL 103 Environ Geology (5)
GEOL 1200
GEOL 110 Oceanography (4)
GEOL 1250
GEOL 180 Energy & Environ (5)
GEOL PSCL
PHYS 101 Intro Physics (5)
PHYSCS 1150
PHYS 104 Found of Phys Sci (5)
MISC PSCL
PHYS 106 Gen Astronomy (5)
ASTRON 1010 & 1020
PHYS 112 Tech Physics (5)
PHYSCS PSCL
PHYS 130 Gen Physics I (MRP) (5)
PHYSCS 1210
PHYS 131 Gen Physics II (MRP) (5)
PHYSCS 1220
PHYS 220 Engr Physics I (5)
PHYSCS 2750
PHYS 221 Engr Physics II (5)
PHYSCS 2760