Tentative Course Offerings
Tentative Course Offerings for Upcoming Year
A list of courses required for the Journalism Major B.S. may be found on this here. The tentative list of courses to be offered in the current academic year are below.
These offerings are subject to change. Please see your journalism adviser to help you plan your coursework.
Tentative Course Offerings: 2025-2026
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COURSE
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TITLE | SUMMER 2025 |
FALL 2025 |
WINTER 2026 |
SPRING 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOUR 102 | Introduction to Journalism | x | |||
| JOUR 201 | News Media and Democracy | x | |||
| JOUR 203 | News Reporting and Writing | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 219 | Multicultural Society and the Mass Media | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 220 | Introduction to Radio Broadcasting | x | |||
| JOUR 228 | Media, Self and Society | x | x | x | x |
| JOUR 285 | Introduction to Multimedia Journalism | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 302 | Mass Media Law | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 303 | Web Audio and Video | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 304 | Public Affairs Reporting | x | |||
| JOUR 312 | Public Relations | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 320 | Cal Poly Radio Laboratory | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 331 | Contemporary Advertising | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 333 | Broadcast News | x | x | ||
| JOUR 334 | Editing | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 338 | Podcasting | x | |||
| JOUR 342 | Public Relations Writing and Editing | x | x | ||
| JOUR 345 | Social Media for Strategic Communication | x | x | ||
| JOUR 346 | Broadcast Announcing and Production | ||||
| JOUR 347 | PR Research | x | x | ||
| JOUR 348 | Electronic News Gathering | x | |||
| JOUR 350 | Data Journalism | x | |||
| JOUR 352 | Advanced Newspaper Reporting Practicum | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 353 | Advanced Broadcast Journalism Practicum | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 378 | Advanced Sportscasting | x | x | ||
| JOUR 385 | Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship | x | x | ||
| JOUR 387 | Sports Communication | ||||
| JOUR 390 | Visual Communication for the Mass Media | x | x | x | x |
| JOUR 400 | Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates | x | x | x | x |
| JOUR 401 | Global Communication | x | x | ||
| JOUR 402 | Journalism Ethics | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 403 | Multimedia Production for Public Relations and Advertising | x | |||
| JOUR 407 | Feature Writing | x | |||
| JOUR 410 | Advanced Digital Journalism | x | |||
| JOUR 411 | Social Justice & Solutions Journalism | ||||
| JOUR 412 |
Public Relations and Crisis Management |
x | x | ||
| JOUR 413 | Public Relations Campaigns | x | |||
| JOUR 415 | Senior Project Public Relations Practicum | x | x | ||
| JOUR 418 |
Copyright, Trademark, Patent and Commercial Speech in Digital Media |
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| JOUR 444 |
Media Internship |
x | x | x | x |
| JOUR 455 | Media Management Laboratory | x | x | x | |
| JOUR 460 | Senior Project | ||||
| JOUR 462 | Senior Project Media Practicum | x | x | ||
| JOUR 470 | Selected Advanced Topics | x | |||
| JOUR 471 | Selected Advanced Laboratory | x |