JAMS at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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 JAMS coursework.

• JAMS 201Media Writingopens 22 courses (4 directly)
• JAMS 207Introduction to Advertising and Public Relationsopens 10 courses (5 directly)
• JAMS 204News Writingopens 10 courses (2.5 directly)
• JAMS 262Principles of Media Studiesopens 9 courses (3.5 directly)
• JAMS 320News Reportingopens 5 courses (3 directly)
• JAMS 307Persuasive Media Writing and Production:opens 3 courses (1 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 JAMS 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 38 JAMS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 47 more JAMS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on JAMS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 5 courses deep, ending at JAMS 489

  1. ENGLISH 102College Writing and Research
  2. JAMS 201Media Writing
  3. JAMS 207Introduction to Advertising and Public Relations
  4. JAMS 307Persuasive Media Writing and Production:
  5. JAMS 489Internship in Journalism and Media Communication, Upper Division

• 5 courses deep, ending at JAMS 500

  1. ENGLISH 102College Writing and Research
  2. JAMS 201Media Writing
  3. JAMS 204News Writing

• 4 courses deep, ending at JAMS 332

  1. ENGLISH 102College Writing and Research
  2. JAMS 201Media Writing
  3. JAMS 302Introduction To Video Storytelling

• 4 courses deep, ending at JAMS 336

  1. DAC 113Internet Culture
  2. JAMS 113Internet Culture
  3. JAMS 336Media Graphics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for JAMS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under JAMS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

JAMS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UW-Milwaukee campus feed.