After JRN 2501
Gateway: JRN 2501
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Temple University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate JRN coursework.
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 JRN 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 43 JRN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 82 more JRN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on JRN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Capstone Coursechoose 1
Contemporary News Practiceschoose 1
Related Special Topics courses in Journalism
Democracy, Inclusion, and Representationchoose 1
Related Special Topics courses in Journalism
Area of Specialization Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a minimum of 6 Journalism courses. Students are open to take any elective in the department. The following lists offer guidance on which courses relate to each other by medium and topic area:; Broadcast Journalism; Magazine; Visual Journalism; Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation; News and Public Affairs; Arts and Culture; International Journalism; Sports; Longform and Narrative Storytelli
Core Courses1 required
Communication Theorychoose 1
1 course from1 required
Core Courses1 required
Communication Theorychoose 1
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in JRN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at JRN 3201
3 courses deep, ending at JRN 3501
2 courses deep, ending at JRN 2551
2 courses deep, ending at JRN 3252
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All JRN courses in the Temple catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for JRN yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under JRN yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
JRN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Temple campus feed.