Journalism & Mass Commncations - Practicum Journalsm

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Practical experience in a supervised professional setting. Students enrolled receive credit for professional experience in advertising, public relations, news-editorial, radio, television, photojournalism, video production, project management, content creation, website management, communications, social media and related fields. Supervision is provided by the employer offering the professional experience. Enrollment requires consent of instructor. Students must also be registered with the Journalism Career Center. Students may earn one credit hour for working at least 40 hours over the duration of the semester, two credit hours for working at least 80 hours, or three credit hours for working at least 120 hours. Limit of three hours enrollment in JMC 507 in a student's total coursework. No student may have more than four hours total in JMC 506, JMC 507, and JMC 508. A student is allowed to receive credit and financial compensation. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite: JMC 345, JMC 415, JMC 430 or JMC 460 with a grade of 2.0 or above, and good academic standing in Journalism and Mass Communications.