B.S. Combined Major for Information Science and Journalism

The CS and Journalism and IS and Journalism combined majors support a student who understands that journalism now takes place not just in print but also in the digital world especially on the internet. These majors permit a student to learn the principles, practices, and responsibilities of the journalism profession and to understand the systems and technologies that support digital media.

This degree program requires 133 SH

Computer Science (28 or 29 SH: 6 @ 4 SH, 4 or 5 @ 1 SH)

Required Computer Science Courses (28 or 29 SH)

Freshmen and certain transfers will take CS 1200 during Fall semester.

Starting in Fall 2012, all students will take CS 1210 in the semester before going on co-op.

Prior to Fall 2012, transfers took CS 1220 instead of CS 1210. Starting in Fall 2012, CS 1220 will not be offered.

• CS 1200 CS/IS Overview 1 [1 SH]
• CS 1210 CS/IS Overview 2: Co-op Preparation [1 SH]
• CS 1220 CS/IS Co-op Preparation [1 SH]

Freshman level courses with labs or recitations

• CS 1800 Discrete Structures [4 SH]
  • CS 1801 Recitation for CS 1800 [0 SH]
• CS 2500 Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 [4 SH]
  • CS 2501 Lab for CS 2500 [1 SH]
• CS 2510 Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 [4 SH]
  • CS 2511 Lab for CS 2510 [1 SH]
• CS 2800 Logic and Computation [4 SH]
  • CS 2801 Lab for CS 2800 [1 SH]

Upper level courses

• CS 3200 Database Design [4 SH]
• CS 3500 Object-Oriented Design [4 SH]

Information Science (21 SH: 4 @ 4 SH, 1 @ 5 SH)

Required Information Science Courses (17 SH)

Courses in Information Science

• IS 2000 Principles of Information Science [4 SH]
• IS 3500 Information System Design & Development [4 SH]
• IS 4800 Empirical Research Methods [4 SH]
• IS 4900 Information Science Senior Project [5 SH]

Information Science Elective Requirement (1 @ 4 SH)

Choose one:

• IS 4200 Information Retrieval [4 SH]

• IS 4300 Human Computer Interaction [4 SH]

• IS 4700 Social Information Systems [4 SH]

• IS Elective 1 [4 SH]

English (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)

Note: The NU Core Advanced Writing in the Disciplines is satisfied by JRNL 2301 Journalism 3, required below.

• ENGL 1111 (ENG U111) College Writing [4 SH]

Mathematics (8 SH: 4 @ 4 SH)

• ECON 2350 Statistics [4 SH]
• MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering [4 SH]

General Requirements (8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)

• PSYC 1101 Foundations of Psychology [4 SH]
• SOCL 4528 Computers & Society [4 SH]

Journalism (40 SH: 10 @ 4 SH)

• JRNL 1150 Interpreting the Day’s News [4 SH]
• JRNL 1101 Journalism 1 [4 SH]
• JRNL 2201 Journalism 2 [4 SH]
• JRNL 2301 Journalism 3 [4 SH]
• JRNL 2350 History of Journalism [4 SH]
• JRNL 3550 Law of the Press [4 SH]
• JRNL 4650 Journalism Ethics and Issues [4 SH]

Journalism Elective Requirements (8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)

Choose 2 Journalism Electives

• Journalism Elective 1 [4 SH]
• Journalism Elective 2 [4 SH]

Journalism-Related Requirement (4 SH)

• HIST 1130 History of the United States [4 SH]

General Electives (24 SH: 6 @ 4 SH)

• Elective 1 [4 SH]
• Elective 2 [4 SH]
• Elective 3 [4 SH]
• Elective 4 [4 SH]
• Elective 5 [4 SH]
• Elective 6 [4 SH]

The general electives must be consistent with the policy on general electives articulated by the College of Computer and Information Science on the college web site.

NU Core: Comparative Cultures Requirement

The Comparative Cultures Requirement must be satisfied. If this is done by taking a course then this course must be one of:

• • JRNL 5360 Global Reporting. In this case, the course may also count as a Journalism Elective above.

• • A general elective in the Comparative Cultures category.

Integrative Courses

See CS 3200 Database Design.

See the requirement for at least one course chosen from IS 4200, IS 4300, IS 4700.