Tentative Course Offerings

Here is what we expect to offer in the coming academic year. Use it to sketch out your plan, then confirm with your journalism adviser before you register. Offerings change.

For the full list of courses required for the Journalism BS, see the major requirements.

Tentative course offerings: 2026-27

Courses we expect to offer by semester. An X means we plan to offer the course that semester. A blank means we do not.
Course	Title	Summer 2026	Fall 2026	Winter 2027	Spring 2027
JOUR 102	Introduction to Journalism	X		X
JOUR 201	News Media and Democracy		X		X
JOUR 203	News Reporting and Writing	X	X	X	X
JOUR 219	Multicultural Society and the Mass Media	X	X	X	X
JOUR 220	Introduction to Radio Broadcasting	X	X	X	X
JOUR 228	Media, Self and Society	X	X	X	X
JOUR 285	Introduction to Multimedia Journalism	X	X	X	X
JOUR 302	Mass Media Law	X	X	X	X
JOUR 303	Web Audio and Video	X	X	X	X
JOUR 304	Public Affairs Reporting	X	X	X	X
JOUR 312	Public Relations	X	X	X	X
JOUR 320	Cal Poly Radio Laboratory	X	X	X	X
JOUR 331	Contemporary Advertising	X		X
JOUR 333	Broadcast News	X		X
JOUR 334	Editing	X	X	X	X
JOUR 338	Podcasting		X		X
JOUR 342	Public Relations Writing and Editing	X	X	X	X
JOUR 345	Social Media for Strategic Communication	X		X
JOUR 346	Broadcast Announcing and Production	X		X
JOUR 347	Public Relations Research	X			X
JOUR 348	Electronic News Gathering		X		X
JOUR 350	Data Journalism	X		X
JOUR 352	Advanced News Reporting Practicum	X	X	X	X
JOUR 353	Advanced Broadcast Journalism Practicum	X	X	X	X
JOUR 378	Advanced Sportscasting	X	X	X	X
JOUR 385	Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship	X		X
JOUR 387	Sports Communication
JOUR 390	Visual Communication for the Mass Media	X	X	X	X
JOUR 400	Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates	X	X	X	X
JOUR 401	Global Communication		X		X
JOUR 402	Journalism Ethics	X	X	X	X
JOUR 403	Multimedia Production for Public Relations and Advertising		X		X
JOUR 407	Feature Writing	X		X
JOUR 410	Advanced Digital Journalism		X		X
JOUR 411	Social Justice and Solutions Journalism
JOUR 412	Public Relations and Crisis Management		X		X
JOUR 413	Public Relations Campaigns	X		X
JOUR 415	Senior Project Public Relations Practicum	X	X	X	X
JOUR 418	Copyright, Trademark, Patent and Commercial Speech in Digital Media
JOUR 444	Media Internship	X	X	X	X
JOUR 455	Media Management Laboratory	X	X	X	X
JOUR 460	Senior Project	X	X	X	X
JOUR 462	Senior Project Media Practicum	X	X	X	X
JOUR 470	Selected Advanced Topics	X	X	X	X
JOUR 471	Selected Advanced Laboratory	X	X	X	X