JCOM at University of Oregon

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 JCOM coursework.

• JCOM 330Journalism and Democracyopens 19 courses (4 directly)
• JCOM 350Creative Strategistopens 16 courses (15 directly)
• JCOM 331Fundamentals of Reporting and Interviewingopens 14 courses (5 directly)
• JCOM 311Introduction to Media Studiesopens 13 courses (12 directly)
• JCOM 333Audiencesopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• JCOM 345Photojournalism I.opens 3 courses (3 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 JCOM 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 117 JCOM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 134 more JCOM 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 JCOM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at JCOM 442

  1. JCOM 101Media Professions
  2. JCOM 330Journalism and Democracy
  3. JCOM 331Fundamentals of Reporting and Interviewing
  4. JCOM 341Audio Journalism I.
  5. JCOM 343Video Reporting II Live Broadcast
  6. JCOM 442Video Journalism III Broadcast Capstone

• 5 courses deep, ending at JCOM 430

  1. JCOM 101Media Professions
  2. JCOM 330Journalism and Democracy
  3. JCOM 331Fundamentals of Reporting and Interviewing

• 4 courses deep, ending at JCOM 422

  1. JCOM 220Introduction to Documentary Production
  2. JCOM 420Documentary Pre-Production
  3. JCOM 421Documentary Production

• 4 courses deep, ending at JCOM 426

  1. JCOM 201Making Sense of Media
  2. JCOM 311Introduction to Media Studies
  3. JCOM 312Media Studies Research Methods

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for JCOM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under JCOM yet.

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Department events

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