JMC Curriculum
The study of journalism and mass communications provides students with the tools to function effectively in an information-intensive society, both as creators and consumers of information.
Today, we communicate through newspapers, magazines, radio, television, public relations, advertising, photojournalism, multimedia, the Internet and other evolving technologies.
The A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University is an excellent place to prepare for such careers. The nationally accredited program – one of the nation’s oldest – began in 1910 and has more than 5,000 alumni all over the world.
Students follow a general curriculum in the College of Arts and Sciences and a specialized professional curriculum in the Miller School. The college curriculum prepares students to be knowledgeable people in a complicated world, and the professional curriculum provides students with specialized skills courses combined with an emphasis on media theory in such areas as law, history and ethics.
The Miller School offers specific sequences in advertising, journalism and digital media, and public relations. Students can enroll in certain skills courses early in their university experience and participate in student media operations, practicum participation and internships, allowing them to advance and develop their skills as writers, editors, photojournalists, broadcast news and sports professionals, digital production specialists, advertising practitioners and communication managers.
University faculty conduct research, consult, advise students, stay abreast of new technologies and lead professional organizations, but teaching is the professor’s foremost responsibility and we take teaching seriously.