College of Journalism and Communications

• Contact Information
• Overview
• Academic Policies
• Degree Requirements
• Majors
• Minors
• ALCs

Overview

Established: 1925

Rankings: In the past 20 years, the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, Radio-Television News Directors Association and media including Madison Avenue and The Gannett Center Journal have ranked the college’s undergraduate and graduate programs consistently among the nation’s top ten. U.S. News & World Report’s only ranking of journalism and communications programs in 1996 indicated that the college’s graduate programs in advertising, public relations and telecommunication were ranked second nationally, and the journalism program was ranked sixth nationally.

Accredited: Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC)

Academic Divisions:

• Department of Advertising
• Department of Journalism
• Department of Public Relations
• Department of Telecommunication
• Division of Graduate Studies & Research
• Interactive Media Lab
• Brechner Center for Freedom of Information

Degrees: Bachelor’s degrees in advertising, journalism, public relations and telecommunication.

Academic Advising: The Office for Undergraduate Affairs, 1000 Weimer Hall, maintains student records and handles academic advising.

Scholarships: The college’s Knight Division for Scholarships, Career Services and Multicultural Affairs provides undergraduates with information about scholarships and assistantships, internships, placement services, and the college’s minority recruitment and retention activities.

The college awards more than $200,000 annually in undergraduate scholarships and assistantships. The application deadline is March 1. For more information, write to the College of Journalism and Communications, P.O. Box 118400, Gainesville, FL 32611-8400.

Computer Requirement: Requirements for students majoring in telecommunication may differ from those of other students in the college.

Internships: Students can earn credits by completing professional internships. These credits count as a required course for each major except Telecommunication, where it is a professional elective. All students must work 100 hours for each hour of credit. Grades for internships must be S/U. Internship credit can be repeated with change of assignment for a maximum of three credit hours. Any internship credit beyond the three, such as through the Honors office, will not count toward a student's 124-credit total needed for the degree.

Learning/Training Tools: The college is home to PBS affiliate (WUFT-TV), NPR affiliates (WUFT-FM, WJUF-FM) for North Central Florida, two commercial radio stations (WRUF-AM/FM), a low-power television station (WLUF-TV), the student magazine Orange and Blue, and the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information.

Student Organizations

Majors, Specializations and Minors: