Strategic Communication

Major Requirements for Students Pursuing Latin Honors

Common Honors Courses in Major

JOUR 1001H Honors Media in a Changing World
JOUR 3004H Honors Information for Mass Communication
JOUR 3776H Honors Media Law
JOUR 4721H Honors Mass Media and U.S. Society

Required Thesis Course

JOUR 4733V

Capstone Considerations

Students who declared their major Fall 2019 or later will need to complete JOUR 4999, a one-credit course. Students do not need to complete this course if they are completing the capstone in a different major.

Thesis Requirements

A HSJMC faculty supervisor (typically the faculty member teaching the Thesis Seminar course) must be the thesis advisor and one other HSJMC faculty (which may include adjuncts) must also sit on the three-person thesis committee. Summa theses generally run 40 to 70 pages and must be of exceptionally high quality and involve original research. Summa theses should define the research problem, include a literature review to demonstrate background knowledge of the topic and explore and analyze the problem as creatively as possible. The summa level thesis should reflect work with both primary and secondary source materials. Students must do an oral presentation of the research once it is complete.

For cum laude and magna cum laude theses, a HSJMC faculty supervisor must be the thesis advisor (typically the faculty member teaching the Honors Thesis Seminar course; a three-person thesis committee is still required). Magna and cum laude theses generally run 30 to 60 pages. The paper should define the research problem, include a literature review to demonstrate background knowledge of the topic and explore and analyze the problem as creatively as possible.

Plan C Thesis Options

None

Honors Faculty Representative Info

Faculty Rep
Adam Saffer
Office
111 Murphy
Notes
Additional department contact: Rebecca Rassier (rassi003@umn.edu)