The University Of Georgia
| Program name: | Journalism 2026 |
| Study Level: | Undergraduate |
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| Study language: | Georgian |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Journalism |
| Program capacity: | 240 |
| Program permission: | Enrollment of students at the first level of academic higher education (undergraduate programs) is carried out based on the results of unified national exams or the order of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia No. 224/N (December 29, 2011) after passing administrative registration and the order of the presidents. |
| Program goals: | Enrollment of students at the first level of academic higher education (undergraduate programs) is carried out based on the results of unified national exams or the order of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia No. 224/N (December 29, 2011) after passing administrative registration and the order of the presidents. |
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| Date of approval: | 12-12-2005 |
| Approval protocol number: | 04-05 |
| Date of program update: | |
| Update protocol number: | 48-18 |
| Program details: | In addition to humanitarian-social and STEM blocks and the program's core subjects, the student can accumulate 78 credits with the minor program, program electives or free elective credits. The program considers the different competencies of students in the English language. Namely, the student starts the English language from the stage that corresponds to his knowledge, which is determined based on the assessment obtained on the unified national exams: if the student's score is placed in the interval [0-50]-A2; if the student's score is placed in the gap [51-75]- B1/1 If the student's score is in the interval (76-100)-B1/2, the student who has not passed the English language is given a test to determine the level and then he is registered at the appropriate level, not higher than B1/2. |
| Teaching Process Characteristics: | To obtain a bachelor's degree in journalism, a student needs to complete 240 ECTS, which means 12 ECTS from the humanitarian-social block, 12 ECTS from the STEM block, 132 ECTS from the core subjects of the program, 18 ECTS free credits, 66 ECTS by choosing the subjects of the program and/or by selecting an additional (minor) program. Students can choose an additional minor program from the following majors: Archaeology, English Philology, Georgian Philology, Art Studies, Oriental Studies, American Studies, History, Strategic Communication, and Political Science. This change only applies to students enrolled after 2021. The teaching language of the program is Georgian, with separate English-language components. Accordingly, all components are taught mainly in Georgian, except for those courses where English-language literature is used. |
Humanitarian-Social Block
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| COIN1515 | 6 | 2,3 | |
| LAWB1155 | Debates and Critical Thinking | 6 | 2,3 |
| LAWB1177 | Thinking and Morality | 6 | 2,3 |
| LITR1212 | The great Books | 6 | 2,3 |
| BUSN4433 | Economy, business, management | 6 | 2,3 |
| HIST1222 | History of Russian occupation in Georgia | 6 | 2,3 |
| POLI2260 | Basics of Political Ideologies | 6 | 2,3 |
| ANTH3130 | Basics of Cultural Anthropology | 6 | 2,3 |
| HIST1118 | Civilizations and Mankind Development | 6 | 2,3 |
| LAWB1195 | Citizenship in the modern world | 6 | 2,3 |
| Credits sum: | 60 | ||
STEM Block
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| MATH1414 | Analytical and Quantitative Reasoning | 6 | 1,4 |
| STEM0002 | Ingenuity, entrepreneurship and technology | 6 | 1,4 |
| STEM0005 | Modern technologies | 6 | 1,4 |
| STEM0007 | Mathematics and Civilizations | 6 | 1,4 |
| STEM0010 | Logic | 6 | 1,4 |
| STEM0011 | Computational reasoning | 6 | 1,4 |
| STEM0012 | Biology and Health of the Human | 6 | 1,2 |
| STEM0013 | Basics of Cyber Hygiene | 6 | 1,2 |
| STEM0014 | Hiking - Field Practice | 6 | 1,2 |
| STEM0018 | AI in Everyday Life | 6 | 1,2 |
| STEM0003 | Experiments that changed the world | 6 | 1,4 |
| STEM0004 | Game theory | 6 | 1,4 |
| Credits sum: | 72 | ||
Skills Block
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| LAWB1155 | Debates and Critical Thinking | 6 | 0 |
| STEM0002 | Ingenuity, entrepreneurship and technology | 6 | 0 |
| STEM0013 | Basics of Cyber Hygiene | 6 | 0 |
| STEM0014 | Hiking - Field Practice | 6 | 0 |
| STEM0018 | AI in Everyday Life | 6 | 0 |
| Credits sum: | 30 | ||
Program Core
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| ENGL3213 | English Language VI (B2/2) | 6 | 1 |
| JMMB1210 | Understanding of Media and its Content | 6 | 1 |
| JMMB2130 | History of World Journalism | 6 | 1 |
| KART1220 | Academic Writing | 6 | 1 |
| KART1515 | 6 | 1,2 | |
| COMM4120 | Introduction to Public Relations | 6 | 2 |
| JMMB2111 | Journalism Reporting I/News Reporting | 6 | 2 |
| KART3150 | Georgian Language and Stylistics | 6 | 2 |
| JMMB2125 | Media and systems of accountability | 6 | 3 |
| JMMB2210 | Journalism Reporting II/Television-Radio | 6 | 3 |
| INFO3535 | Data Journalism 1 | 6 | 4 |
| JMMB2705 | Storytelling in Long Form | 6 | 4 |
| JMMB3111 | Journalistic Reporting III/ In-depth Reporting | 6 | 4 |
| INFO4115 | Basics of Publishing programs | 6 | 5 |
| JMMB3210 | Journalism Reporitng IV/ Investigative journalism | 6 | 5 |
| JMMB4110 | Media Management | 6 | 5 |
| JMMB4220 | Journalism Reporting VII/ Business and Economics | 6 | 5 |
| PSYC1488 | Basics of Social Psychology | 6 | 5 |
| JMMB3125 | Multimedia Journalism | 6 | 6 |
| JMMB4130 | Journalism Reporting VI/ Politics and Elections highlight | 6 | 7 |
| JMMB4210 | Documentary Film Creation | 6 | 7 |
| JMMB3115 | Final Project in Journalism | 12 | 8 |
| Credits sum: | 138 | ||
Program Elective
| Code | Subject | ECTS | |
| COMM4350 | Disinformation: Identification and Research | 6 | |
| COMM4355 | Crisis Communication | 6 | |
| INFO3536 | Data Journalism 2 | 6 | |
| IREL1224 | Strategic Thinking | 6 | |
| JMMB1220 | Facts, Archive and Media | 6 | |
| JMMB1230 | Project in Investigative Reporting | 6 | |
| JMMB4120 | Photojournalism | 6 | |
| JMMB4232 | Disinformation and Society | 6 | |
| JMMB4234 | Speech Theory and Culture | 6 | |
| JMMB4238 | TV Production | 6 | |
| JMMB4242 | Research in Journalism | 6 | |
| POLI3261 | Politics and Political Mythology | 6 | |
| COMM4135 | Public Speaking Skills | 6 | |
| JMMB1212 | Critical Writing | 6 | |
| JMMB1214 | Crises Reporting | 6 | |
| JMMB1218 | Fact - Checking and Verification | 6 | |
| JMMB2250 | Digital Media Technologies - Social Media, Platforms and Audience | 6 | |
| JMMB2310 | Quantitative Research Methods in Social Sciences | 6 | |
| JMMB2311 | Qualitative Research Methods in Social Sciences | 6 | |
| JMMB2313 | Social Media Strategy and Campaigns | 6 | |
| JMMB2314 | Basics of Digital Marketing Strategy | 6 | |
| JMMB2315 | Content Marketing | 6 | |
| JMMB2316 | Reporting Public Health and Environment Protection issues | 6 | |
| JMMB2317 | Social Media Analytics | 6 | |
| JMMB3120 | Media and Politics | 6 | |
| JMMB4230 | Practice in Journalism | 6 | |
| MKTG2210 | Basics of Marketing | 6 | |
| POLI1145 | Georgian Government and Politics | 6 | |
| POLI1220 | Introduction to Politics | 6 | |
| POLI1225 | Introduction to Politics - Political process, culture and institutions | 6 | |
| POLI2120 | Introduction to International Relations | 6 | |
| PSYC1225 | introduction to pshychology | 6 | |
| SOCL2525 | Democracy and Citizenship | 6 | |
| SOCL3110 | The Principles of Sociology | 6 | |
| Credits sum: | 204 | ||
Matrix Of Privequisites
| Point | GPA | The university assessment | The general assessment in Georgia | |
| 97-100 | 4,00 | A+ | A | Excellent |
| 94-96 | 3,75 | A | ||
| 91-93 | 3,50 | A- | ||
| 87-90 | 3,25 | B+ | Very good | |
| 84-86 | 3,00 | B | B | |
| 81-83 | 2,75 | B- | ||
| 77-80 | 2,50 | C+ | C | good |
| 74-76 | 2,25 | C | ||
| 71-73 | 2,00 | C- | ||
| 67-70 | 1,75 | D+ | D | Satisfactory |
| 64-66 | 1,50 | D | ||
| 61-63 | 1,25 | D- | ||
| 51-60 | 1,00 | E | E | Sufficient |
| Not passed | ||||
| 41-50 | FX | FX | Insufficient | |
| <40 | F | F | Failed | |