A Journalism Education degree will produce highly employable professionals who will create, lead, and serve our community through the education of its children and promotion of exemplary and ethical media. The Journalism Education degree will provide students with the knowledge to teach courses or advise media organizations in middle schools and high schools in journalism, yearbook, broadcast production, DECA, multi-media, and other variations of these classes and orgs.
OCU is the only institution of higher education in Oklahoma to offer a bachelor's degree in journalism education.
EDUC 2001 - Intro to Teaching (1 hour)
EDUC 3103 - Human Development (3 hours)
EDUC 3113 - Psychology & Assessment of Learning (3 hours)
EDUC 3213 - Students with Exceptionalities (3 hours)
EDUC 4413 - Technology in the Classroom (3 hours)
EDUC 4572 - Classroom Management (3 hours)
EDUC 4663 - Student Teaching Seminar (3 hours)
EDUC 4339 - Student Teaching: K-12 (9 hours)
EDUC 4833 - Methods of Teaching Journalism & Media (3 hours)
MCOM 1102 - Intro to Mass Communications (3 hours)
MCOM 1213 - Media Writing (3 hours)
MCOM 2003 - Multimedia News Reporting (3 hours)
MCOM 2313 - Principles of Public Relations (3 hours)
MCOM 2343 - TV Studio Production (3 hours)
MCOM 2443 - TV Field Production (3 hours)
MCOM 3013 - Mass Comm Research Strategies & Skills (3 hours)
MCOM 3241 - Publication Administration (3 Sem)
MCOM 3313 - News Editing (3 hours)
MCOM 3413 - Sportswriting & Sportscasting (3 hours)
MCOM 3513 - Nonlinear Editing (3 hours)
MCOM 4213 - Legal & Ethical Principles of Media (3 hours)
MCOM 4313 - Senior Seminar & Portfolio Assessment (3 hours)
One elective (3 credit hours), 3000-level or above, in the Mass Comm department
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Preparation
Office of Educational Quality and Accountability
Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators
Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC)
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Oklahoma State Department of Education
United States Department of Education
Due to COVID, our data collection for Completer Effectiveness for 2019-20 and 2020-21 was disrupted. The data from the 2021-22 school year was never released from the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
• Satisfaction of Employers (Principal/Mentor Teacher Survey)
• Satisfaction of Program Completers (First Year Teacher Survey)
• Candidate Competency at Completion
OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY PASS RATE FOR CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS FOR OKLAHOMA EDUCATORS | OCU 2019-2020 | STATE 2019-2020 | OCU 2020-2021 | STATE 2020-2021 | OCU 2021-2022 | STATE 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OGET (GENERAL EDUCATION) | 66.7% | 69.7% | 75.0% | 80.0% | 50.0% | 70.4% |
| OPTE (PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE/PEDAGOGY) | 100.0% | 84.9% | 100.0% | 90.0% | 80.0% | 72.7% |
| OSAT (SUBJECT AREA TEST) | 100.0% | 65.7% | 82.3% | 67.5% | 89.0% | 72.0% |
| OCU OVERALL PASS RATE FOR ALL THREE TESTS | 92.6% | 80.9% | 82.0% | 80.0% | 76.0% | 70.0% |
• Ability of Completers to be Hired
• Impact on P-12 Students (4.1)
OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY PASS RATE FOR CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS FOR OKLAHOMA EDUCATORS | OCU 2018-2019 | STATE 2018-2019 | OCU 2019-2020 | STATE 2019-2020 | OCU 2020-2021 | STATE 2020-2021 |
| OGET (GENERAL EDUCATION) | 73.7% | 81.1% | 66.7% | 69.7% | 75.0% | N/A |
| OPTE (PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE/PEDAGOGY) | 100.0% | 87.2% | 100.0% | 84.9% | 100.00% | 86.2% |
| OSAT (SUBJECT AREA TEST) | 92.3% | 67.2% | 100.0% | 65.7% | 76.5% | 67.9% |
| OCU OVERALL PASS RATE FOR ALL THREE TESTS | 88.9% | 81.6% | 92.6% | 80.9% | 82.0% | N/A |
