This endorsement has no PRAXIS test and is added with coursework.
(4) Language arts - mass communications: newswriting, reporting, editing, mass communications techniques and technology, legal freedoms and responsibilities of the press, and management of school publications;
REQUIRED COURSEWORK - (Must have at least 6 upper division credits)
news writing, reporting, editing, (one or more of the following)
_____ MCOM 210 - Basic News
Writing
3 cr
_____ MCOM 311 - News Editing
2 cr
_____ MCOM 316 - Magazine Writing &
Editing 3 cr
_____ MCOM 410 - Advanced
Reporting
3 cr
_____ MCOM 412 - Advanced Editing
Lab
1 cr
_____ MCOM 438 - Public Affairs
Reporting
3 cr
mass communications techniques and technology,
_____ MCOM 213 - Journalism
Typography
2 cr
legal freedoms and responsibilities of the press, (one or more of the following)
_____ MCOM 151 - Introduction to Mass
Communication
2 cr
_____ MCOM 416 - Mass Media in
Society
3 cr
_____ MCOM 417 - History of
Journalism
3 cr
_____ MCOM 430 - Media Law
3 cr
management of school publications, (one or more of the following)
_____ MCOM 161- Fundamentals of Desktop
Publishing
3 cr
_____ MCOM 213 - Journalism
Typography
2 cr
_____ MCOM 481 - Media Administration
&
Management 3 cr
language arts methodology course,
_____ SEED 424 - 7-12 Language Arts
Methods
3 cr
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 18