Requirements and restrictions College of Communication
In addition to submitting a complete application for admission, freshman applicants to the College of Communication should also review the following information regarding special application requirements and admission restrictions.
Fall-only Admission
First-time freshmen in the College of Communication must begin their studies in a fall semester.
Journalism
All applicants who plan to enter the journalism program must apply for admission to the University as pre-journalism majors. To continue as journalism students, students admitted to pre-journalism apply for admission to a concentration in broadcast journalism, multimedia journalism, photojournalism, sports journalism or to one of the three sequences in the print journalism concentration—newspaper reporting and writing, magazine writing and editing, and copy editing and design.
The student should apply for admission to a concentration or sequence while taking or upon completing Journalism 315. Admission decisions for each concentration or sequence are made by the head of that area.
Restricted Admission: College of Communication
Because admission to the College of Communication is so competitive, automatic admission for eligible Texas applicants is restricted to the most qualified applicants.
Learn More about Communication
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