Explain, in detail, why the Department / School wants to make these changes. The explanation can include, among other things, changes in the department’s focus, changes in the field, changes in quality standards, changes in expectations regarding the qualifications of graduates, or weaknesses in the old program that the new program is designed to rectify. Some historical background and a comparative analysis with the programs of some universities will be most appropriate.
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Journalism education is very suitable to General Education structure. Our existing curriculum used to be multidisciplinary and used to have a lot of Faculty core courses. With minor changes we have dropped a number of faculty core courses and replaced them with university electives. As a result, we are able to adapt the new curriculum to all of our students in a few years time.
If the adaptation process at the university goes on smoothly we plan to pass to the GE system as a whole.
NOTE: The Department of Journalism supports and complies with the spirit of the General Education and Liberal Arts Program and has as its primary goal the immediate implementation of this program not only within the framework of the Department but across the university campus although some of our members are highly suspicious of the GE program as I have discovered at the approval process of the curriculum. At this time, we have decided to assign specific “COMM” coded courses to the “GE” slots while each Department works vigorously with other Departments on campus to implement the GE program universally. Thus, while our Department has agreed to tentatively assign “COMM” coded courses to the general education slots (in Arts and Humanities and Behavioral and Social Sciences), our intention is to encourage a universal opening of courses across campus whereby Journalism students may take their elective courses in other Departments while other Departments encourage their students to satisfy one or more of their general education electives with us. We especially see relationships with Departments of Archeology and Art History, English Literature and Humanities, Music, Architecture, Computer Sciences, Business Administration, English Language Teaching, International Relations, and others, whereby students may circulate between our programs thereby enriching their university experience while satisfying the scholarly requirements for the acquisition of their university degrees.
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Comparative Condensed Curriculum
Complete the table by listing the full sequence of courses, by semester, in the old curriculum and new curriculum. Leave the “course code” and “total credit” columns blank for the elective courses, and write “Area elective” or “University elective” in the “course title” column of such courses. Differentiate between a prerequisite and a co-requisite, write “P” or “C” in parenthesis next to the course code. Use abbreviation for course titles to fit in the column width, if necessary. Insert additional rows or delete empty rows if necessary.
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Old Curriculum
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New Curriculum
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Sem
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Course Code
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Course Title
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Tot Crd
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Prereq.
Co-req.
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Course Code
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Course Title
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Tot Crd
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Prereq.
Co-req.
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1
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COM 101
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Introduction to Communication Studies
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3
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COMM101
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Introduction to Communication Studies
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3
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1
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COM 135
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Social Psychology
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3
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GEED111
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General Survey of Knowledge-I
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3
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1
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COM 123
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Research Methods in Communications
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3
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MATH167
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Mathematics for Art and Social Sciences
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3
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1
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COM 117
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Computer Literacy
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3
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COMP101
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Computer Literacy
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3
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1
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EFL 109
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English I
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3
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ENGL191
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Communication in English-I
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3
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1
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TURK 100
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Introduction to Turkish for Foreign Students
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0
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TURK100/TURK199
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Communication in Turkish
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0
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1
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XXXX
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SPIKE I
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0
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GEED101
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SPIKE-I
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0
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2
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COM 102
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Communication in History
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3
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COMM103
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Media Literacy
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3
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2
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COM 126
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Visual Literacy
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3
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GEED112
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General Survey of Knowledge-II
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3
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2
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COM 128
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Cultural Anthropology
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3
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XXXX
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University Elective -
Physical and Natural Sciences
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3
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2
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COM 118
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Computer Mediated Communications
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3
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COMM122
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Sociology of Communication
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3
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2
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EFL 110
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English II
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3
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ENGL192
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Communication in English-II
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3
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2
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XXXX
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SPIKE II
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0
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GEED102
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SPIKE-II
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0
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3
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JRN 281
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Introduction to Journalism
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3
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JOUR281
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Introduction to Journalism
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3
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3
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COM 222
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Sociology in Communications
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3
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JOUR283
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Basic Photography
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3
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3
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COM 235
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Turkish for Mass Communication
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3
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XXXX
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University Elective -
Physical and Natural Sciences
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3
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3
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FEL
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Free Elective
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3
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COMM202
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Communication in History
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3
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3
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COM 233
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English for Mass Communication
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3
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COMM203
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Political Economy of Communication
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3
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3
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COM 257
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New Communication Technologies
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3
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GEED201
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SPIKE-III
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0
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4
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JRN 284
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Sociology of Journalism
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3
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JOUR282
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History of Journalism
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3
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4
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COM 242
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Basic Photography
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3
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XXXX
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University Elective - Arts and Humanities
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3
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4
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JRN 282
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Online Journalism
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3
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VACD121
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Basic Design-I
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3
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4
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COM 205
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Theories of Mass Communication
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3
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COMM205
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Theories of Mass Communication
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3
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4
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COM 259
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Legal and Ethical Issues in Communications
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3
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COMM206
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Communication Research
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3
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4
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GEED202
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SPIKE-IV
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0
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5
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COM 301
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Comparative Global Communication Systems
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3
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COMM303
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Political Communication
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3
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5
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JRN 385
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Broadcast Journalism
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3
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JOUR381
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News Writing and Reporting
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3
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5
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JRN 381
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News Writing and Reporting I
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3
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JOUR383
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Newspaper Design
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3
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5
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FEL
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Free Elective
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3
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XXXX
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Area Elective
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3
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5
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FEL
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Free Elective
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3
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XXXX
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Area Elective
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3
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5
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GEED301
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SPIKE-V
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0
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6
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COM 390
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Political Communication
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3
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COMM301
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Cultural Studies
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3
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6
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JRN 388
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Hist. of Turkish Cypriot Media
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3
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JOUR382
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Advanced News Writing
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3
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6
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JRN 382
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News Writing and Reporting II
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3
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JOUR384
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Online Journalism
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3
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6
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FEL
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Free Elective
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3
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XXXX
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Area Elective
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3
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6
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FEL
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Free Elective
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3
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XXXX
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Area Elective
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3
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6
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GEED302
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SPIKE-VI
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0
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7
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JRN 485
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Desktop Publishing
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3
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JOUR481
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Literary Styles in Journalism
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3
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7
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JRN 483
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News Production and Broadcast Practices
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3
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JOUR483
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Ethics in Journalism
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3
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7
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JRN 481
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Literary Styles in Journalism
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3
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JOUR487
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Broadcast Journalism
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3
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7
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FEL
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Free Elective
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3
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XXXX
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Area Elective
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3
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7
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FEL
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Free Elective
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3
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XXXX
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Area Elective
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3
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JOUR489
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Internship
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0
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JOUR281 JOUR381
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8
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COM 412
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Cultural Studies
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3
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COMM404
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New Communication Paradigms
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3
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8
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COM 404
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New Communication Paradigms
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3
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JOUR482
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Graduation Project
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3
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JOUR381 JOUR382
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8
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JRN 482
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Publication Design & Production
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3
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JOUR484
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Sociology of Journalism
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3
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8
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JRN 488
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Comparative Civilizations
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3
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XXXX
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Area Elective
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3
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8
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FEL
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Free Elective
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3
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XXXX
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Area Elective
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3
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8
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HIST 200
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History of Turkish Reforms
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2
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HIST200/
HIST299
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History of Turkish Reforms
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2
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