Gain Skills for Any Field
Communication skills are valuable tools in any field, which is why a minor in journalism and media can equip you to be successful regardless of your major. Let us help you invest in excellence by choosing one of our minors.
Minors
Digital Media Minor
The Digital Media minor requires 15 credit hours of coursework:
- JMED 320 – Media Marketing and Promotions 3 Credit Hours or JREM 333 – Media Editing 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 330 – Communication for Media 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 331 – Digital Content Creation 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 416 – Audience Analytics 3 Credit Hours or JMED 422 – Social Journalism 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 441 – Entrepreneurship in Journalism and Media 3 Credit Hours
Journalism and Media Minor
The Journalism and Electronic Media minor requires 18 credit hours of coursework:
- JMED 175 – Introduction to Journalism and Creative Media 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 200 – Multimedia Writing 3 Credit Hours *
- JMED 230 – Multimedia Reporting 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 367 – Mass Communication History 3 Credit Hours or JREM 410 – Media Ethics 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 400 – Mass Communication Law and Ethics 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 466 – Media, Diversity, and Society 3 Credit Hours *
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements.
Broadcast Meteorology Minor
The Broadcast Meteorology minor requires 20 hours of coursework through Journalism and Media, and Geography.
Required Courses in Geography:
- GEOG 131 – Weather, Climate, and Climate Change 4 Credit Hours * or GEOG 137 – Honors: Weather, Climate, and Climate Change 4 Credit Hours *
- GEOG 334 – Meteorology 4 Credit Hours
Required Courses in Journalism and Electronic Media:
- JMED 200 – Multimedia Writing 3 Credit Hours *
- JMED 230 – Multimedia Reporting 3 Credit Hours
Select one course:
- GEOG 331 – Natural Hazards 3 Credit Hours *
- GEOG 434 – Climatology 3 Credit Hours
- GEOG 453 – Extreme Weather Climatology 3 Credit Hours
Select one course:
- JMED 336 – Video Production 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 360 – Communicating On-Air/Online for Television and Radio 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 380 – Media Graphics 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 411 – Television News Reporting 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 422 – Social Journalism 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 450 – Writing about Science and Medicine 3 Credit Hours *
- JMED 451 – Environmental Writing 3 Credit Hours *
- JMED 456 – Science Writing as Literature 3 Credit Hours *
- JMED 460 – Advanced Television News Reporting and Producing 3 Credit Hours
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements.
Social Media Analytics Minor
The Social Media Analytics (SMA) Minor is open to undergraduate students interested in incorporating social mediaanalytical skills and knowledge into their studies. Students will develop and apply skills to effectively collect, evaluate, analyze, visualize, and communicate social media analytics regardless of disciplinary or professional setting. The minor is open to students pursuing an undergraduate degree in any major at the University of Tennessee. The minor consists of 15 credit hours from the Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations, the School of Information Sciences, and the School of Journalism and Media.
Complete 6 hours from ADPR:
- ADPR 365 – Social Media Strategy 3 Credit Hours
- ADPR 415 – Social Media Analytics 3 Credit Hours
Complete 9 hours from SIS and JEM
- INSC 260 – Programming for Information Applications 3 Credit Hours
- INSC 489 – Information Visualization 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 416 – Audience Analytics 3 Credit Hours
- JMED 419 – Communicating with Data 3 Credit Hours
