College of Liberal Arts & Sciences The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication The University of Iowa

Undergraduate Journalism Degrees

Bachelor of Arts

A student seeking a B.A. in journalism and mass communication must complete the journalism major requirements (minimum of 36 semester hours) and must fulfill the school's second area of concentration requirement in one of two ways.

Option 1: complete a full B.A. major in another department.

Option 2: complete a 24 s.h. concentration of related courses in one or more departments that offer B.A. degrees or complete a minor in business administration.

Bachelor of Science

Students seeking a B.S. in journalism and mass communication must complete the journalism major requirements (minimum of 36 s.h.) and must fulfill the school's second area of concentration requirement in one of two ways.

Option 1: complete a B.S. major in a natural, mathematical, or social science.

Option 2:complete a 24 s.h. concentration of related courses in the social sciences (economics, geography, political science, psychology, or sociology) and/or the natural and mathematical sciences; and complete all the special math, research methods, statistics, computer science, and/or cognate science requirements necessary for the B.S. degree in the department in which the majority of second-area work is done