Magazine Production

Certificate
19 Credit Hours

This program is offered by the School of Communications/Communications and Journalism Department. It is available at the St. Louis main campus.

For information on the general requirements for a certificate, see Certificate under the Academic Policies and Information section of this catalog.

The certificate in magazine production allows students to explore many aspects of producing a magazine, including writing, editing, layout and design and photography.

Learning Outcomes

Successful graduates of this program will be able to:

• Demonstrate the elements of magazine production including writing articles suitable for a magazine, devising the overall content, assigning stories, editing, scheduling production and working with printers.
• Demonstrate aesthetically appealing magazine layout and design.
• Demonstrate photojournalism principles.

Requirements

Required Courses (16 hours)

• JOUR 4390 Magazine Production (3 hours)
• MDST 2200 Ethics in the Media (3 hours)
• JOUR 2300 Journalism: Layout and Design (3 hours)
• JOUR 2170 Multimedia News Editing (2 hours) 
  and JOUR 2171 Multimedia News Editing Lab (2 hours)
• PHOT 1500 Digital Imaging and Printing (3 hours)

In addition, students must complete a minimum of 3 credit hours from among the following:

• INTM 1600 Introduction to Interactive Digital Media (3 hours)
• JOUR 1030 Multimedia News Reporting I (2 hours)
  and JOUR 1031 Multimedia News Reporting I Lab (1 hour)
• JOUR 2140 Multimedia News Reporting II (2 hours)
  and JOUR 2141 Multimedia News Reporting II Lab (1 hour)
• JOUR 2360 History and Principles of American Journalism (3 hours)
• JOUR 2380 Free Expression and the First Amendment (3 hours)
• JOUR 3050 Sports Reporting (3 hours)
• JOUR 3060 Community Reporting (3 hours)
• JOUR 3080 Global Journalism (3 hours)
• JOUR 3130 Feature Writing (3 hours)
• JOUR 3150 Topics in Modern Media (1-3 hours)
• JOUR 3750 Environmental Journalism and Communications (3 hours)
• JOUR 4170 Investigative Journalism (3 hours)
• JOUR 4380 Magazine Journalism (3 hours)
• MDST 2800 Media, Diversity and Society (3 hours)
• MDST 3300 Media Law, Ethics & Policy (3 hours)
• PHOT 2200 Lighting Techniques (3 hours)
• PHOT 3100 Documentary Photography and Photojournalism (3 hours)