JMC at University of Iowa

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate JMC coursework.

• JMC 2020Multimedia Storytellingopens 40 courses (27 directly)
• JMC 2010Reporting and Writingopens 28 courses (19 directly)
• JMC 2030Visual Communication and Designopens 17 courses (10 directly)
• JMC 3411Newscast Reporting and Writingopens 7 courses (7 directly)
• JMC 3412Strategic Communication Writingopens 7 courses (7 directly)
• JMC 3420Content Marketingopens 7 courses (7 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate JMC work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 56 JMC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 81 more JMC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in JMC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at JMC 4100

  1. JMC 1300Introduction to Journalism and Strategic Communication
  2. JMC 2010Reporting and Writing
  3. JMC 3400Topics in Writing/Storytelling
  4. JMC 4100Advanced Topics in Writing/Storytelling

• 4 courses deep, ending at JMC 4125

  1. JMC 1300Introduction to Journalism and Strategic Communication
  2. JMC 2010Reporting and Writing
  3. JMC 3412Strategic Communication Writing

• 4 courses deep, ending at JMC 4300

  1. JMC 1300Introduction to Journalism and Strategic Communication
  2. JMC 2020Multimedia Storytelling
  3. JMC 3630Photography

• 4 courses deep, ending at JMC 4310

  1. JMC 1300Introduction to Journalism and Strategic Communication
  2. JMC 2020Multimedia Storytelling
  3. JMC 3600Topics in Designing/Producing

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for JMC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under JMC yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

JMC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Iowa campus feed.