Journalism students are welcome to meet with their faculty advisors and with advisors in the SCT Advising Center. Freshmen students and first-semester transfer students must meet with advisers in the SCT Advising Center. Please call 215-204-5273 or stop in Annenberg Hall 9 to schedule an appointment with an advisor.

1. Who Is My Faculty Advisor?

Students see a faculty advisor based on their journalism sequence once they have taken more than 30 credits total (at Temple or through transfer).

Arts and Music Journalism: George Miller
Broadcast Journalism: Shenid Bhayroo, Karen Turner, Frab Viola
International Journalism: Shenid Bhayroo, Fab Darling-Wolf, Chris Harper
Journalism Studies: Fab Darling-Wolf, Susan Jacobson, Carolyn Kitch, Andy Mendelson
Long-form Journalism: Chris Harper, George Miller, Larry Stains, Lori Tharps
Magazine Journalism: Fab Darling-Wolf, Carolyn Kitch, George Miller, Larry Stains, Lori Tharps
News Editing: Chris Harper, Maida Odom, Ed Trayes, Linn Washington
News-Editorial: Linn Washington, Maida Odom
News Management/Entrepreneurialism: George Miller, Larry Stains
Photojournalism: Andy Mendelson, George Miller, Ed Trayes
Public Affairs Journalism: Chris Harper, George Miller, Maida Odom, Linn Washington
Sports Journalism: George Miller
Undecided: Carolyn Kitch, George Miller, Lori Tharps
Visual Journalism: Shenid Bhayroo, Fab Darling-Wolf, Susan Jacobson, Carolyn Kitch, Andy Mendelson, Larry Stains, Ed Trayes

2. What Can My Faculty Advisor Help Me With?

Your faculty advisor can help you with course selection, career advice and portfolio critique. BUT if you are a first-semester transfer student or a Freshman student, you should see the SCT Advisors in the Advising Center.

3. When Do I Need to See SCT Advisors in the Advising Center?

Freshmen students and first-term transfer students must meet with advisors in the SCT Advising Center. Our advisers, Kathy, Justin, Mary Beth, Patrick, Jane and Brian, make sure that our students are on the right track, and are taking the appropriate courses for their majors. Journalism students should also make an appointment to see the SCT Advisors for a graduation check two semesters before they plan to graduate. Download a Graduation Check form here.

4. What If I Need to Petition to Substitute a Course?

In special cases, students may petition the department to substitue one required course for another, or to exempt themselves from a required course. On rare occasions, the department will grant a course petition to a student. Students can download a petition form here:

• Petitions regarding courses required by the Department of Journalism (pdf)
• Petitions regarding courses required by the School of Communications and Theater (pdf)

5. What are the Requirements for Journalism Majors?

Core requirements for all students and course requirements for each sequence within the Journalism Department are available in the following Requirements Checksheets.

• Major Requirements Checksheet for students who declared major after fall 2008 (pdf)
• Major Requirements Checksheet for students who declared major before fall 2008 (pdf)
• Major Requirements Checksheet for students who declared major after fall 2009 (pdf)
• Major Requirements Checksheet for students who declared major in 2010 (pdf)

6. Is There a Timeline for When I Should Take My Journalism Classes?

Students who enter Temple as Freshmen and students who enter Temple as transfer students will have slightly different timelines. Below are the course timelines suggested by the department.
(The 4-year grid with GenEd requirements)

Suggested Timeline for Four-Year Students

Suggested Timeline for Two-Year Transfer Students

Click here to see a list of all Department of Journalism course descriptions.

7. What Are the Requirements to Register for MURL?

Journalism students interested in enrolling in the Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab (JOU 4196) must have completed all of the following courses. Students who register for MURL without having completed these requirements will be dropped from the class. Please note that most students may choose whether to take MURL during their first OR second semester as a senior.

JOU 1111 Journalism and Society
JOU 1196 Writing for Journalism
JOU 1113 Audio/Video Newsgathering
JOU 1114 Design for Journalists
JOU 2101 Journalism Research

Required Sequence Courses for MURL

(Additional sequence courses are required for graduation)

1. Broadcast Journalism

JOU 2501 Broadcast News Writing
JOU 3501 Radio News Reporting
JOU 3502 TV News Reporting

1. Magazine

JOU 2301 Intro to Magazine Pub.
JOU 2396 Magazine Article Writing
And at least 1 of the two other magazine sequence reqs. (see list of options)

1. News-Ed

JOU 2201 Public Affairs Reporting
JOU 2202 Editing the News
And at least 1 advanced writing class (see list of options)

1. Photography

JOU 3401 Photography
JOU 3402 Photojournalism
JOU 3403 Documentary Photography

Click here to see a list of all Department of Journalism course descriptions.