JOURN at University of Missouri

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 JOURN coursework.

• JOURN 1400Applied Projects for Journalism and Strategic Communicationopens 160 courses (4.8 directly)
• JOURN 2200Audiences and Persuasionopens 157 courses (2 directly)
• JOURN 4180News Content Creationopens 111 courses (25.9 directly)
• JOURN 4200Principles of Strategic Communicationopens 95 courses (22.4 directly)
• JOURN 4204Introduction to Strategic Writing and Designopens 44 courses (30.7 directly)
• JOURN 4952Strategic Communication Research Iopens 41 courses (31.5 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 JOURN 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 263 JOURN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 113 more JOURN 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 JOURN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at JOURN 4308

  1. JOURN 1200Fundamentals of Visual Journalism and Strategic Communication
  2. JOURN 1400Applied Projects for Journalism and Strategic Communication
  3. JOURN 2200Audiences and Persuasion
  4. JOURN 4180News Content Creation
  5. JOURN 4304TV News Producing I
  6. JOURN 4300TV News Reporting I
  7. JOURN 4306Television News Reporting II
  8. JOURN 4308Broadcast News III

• 8 courses deep, ending at JOURN 4375

  1. JOURN 1200Fundamentals of Visual Journalism and Strategic Communication
  2. JOURN 1400Applied Projects for Journalism and Strategic Communication
  3. JOURN 2200Audiences and Persuasion

• 8 courses deep, ending at JOURN 4379

  1. JOURN 1200Fundamentals of Visual Journalism and Strategic Communication
  2. JOURN 1400Applied Projects for Journalism and Strategic Communication
  3. JOURN 2200Audiences and Persuasion

• 8 courses deep, ending at JOURN 7308

  1. JOURN 1200Fundamentals of Visual Journalism and Strategic Communication
  2. JOURN 1400Applied Projects for Journalism and Strategic Communication
  3. JOURN 2200Audiences and Persuasion

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for JOURN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under JOURN yet.

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Department events

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