Undergraduate Programs

About Our Degree Programs

Challenge. Creativity. Communication.

We help our students discover the power of storytelling – the news story, the feature story, the visual story, the client’s story. And, in the process, we help our students discover their own brand stories: who they are, what unique skills and abilities they offer and what they want to do with their professional lives.

Kent State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) offers majors that prepare students for careers in the news media and the rapidly changing communication industry. We emphasize practical training at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The University's core curriculum gives students a strong background in the liberal arts to complement JMC's professional training.

As part of the coursework of all majors, students must complete professional internships in their fields of study. We also bring the professional world into the School through our award-winning student media and student organizations, including the campus daily newspaper, the Daily Kent Stater, and the online KentWired; the campus radio station, Black Squirrel Radio; the student-run television station, TV2; the campus magazine, The Burr and its website, theburr.com; five special-interest student magazines; our nationally renowned Public Relations Student Society of America chapter, PRSSA Kent; the student-run advertising agency, Handsome Duckling; and the student-run integrated marketing communications firm, The Tannery.

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication offers students a selection of specialized majors with concentrations ranging from news journalism to electronic media production, all of which lead to a Bachelor of Science Degree. Kent State University’s Graduation Planning System(GPS) offers current and detailed information on admissions and degree requirements.

Undergraduate Degrees

Journalism

Electronic Media

Advertising

Public Relations

Visual Journalism

Undergraduate Minors