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Please note: The curriculum information above applies to students who entered the University in Fall 2017 or later. For information on curriculum requirements for students who entered the University prior to Fall 2017, please speak with an academic adviser, check the school specializations archive or consult the appropriate Office of the University Registrar Undergraduate Catalog.
UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduate students who will have completed 45 or more cumulative credit hours (by the end of the semester in which they apply) and are in good academic standing are eligible to apply to the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media's MEJO major.
* NOTE: Transfer students and Undergraduate Assured Admission Program students who were accepted directly to the school do not need to complete the application. These students are required to attend a mandatory New Student Orientation session as the final step in the admissions process.
Students can check their completed credits in ConnectCarolina.
To view completed credit hours:
Cumulative credit hours include hours currently in progress. To apply for the undergraduate MEJO major, students will have to have completed 45 cumulative credit hours — including both transfer credits and credits earned while enrolled at UNC-Chapel Hill — by the end of the semester in which they submit their application.
Your academic standing is based on grades, hours attempted, hours passed and the number of semesters completed. The full policy is outlined here: studentsuccess.unc.edu/good-standing.
Students can check their academic standing (academic eligibility) in ConnectCarolina. Academic standing at the end of each semester indicates your eligibility for continued enrollment; therefore, all undergraduate students are expected to review their standing each term.
To view your academic standing:
If you are a degree-seeking student, your academic standing will be listed as one of the following:
For full definitions of each status and additional information on undergraduate academic eligibility, visit studentsuccess.unc.edu. If you have a status of Warning or Suspension, you will receive additional communication from the Office of Undergraduate Retention.
* NOTE: Transfer students and Undergraduate Assured Admission Program students who were accepted directly to the school and pre-declare MEJO upon enrollment at UNC do not need to complete the application. These students are required to attend a mandatory New Student Orientation session as the final step in the admissions process.
All applicants will be notified within one month of their application deadline.
Applications are processed based on the closest upcoming enrollment deadline.
* NOTE: Transfer students and Undergraduate Assured Admission Program students will receive notification in mid-April from the UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions regarding acceptance to the school.
Each student must officially accepted his or her enrollment offer via the Student Center of ConnectCarolina. Upon accepting the decision, second majors and minors will also come forward as long as the student meets the UNC rule of three (two majors/one minor, one major/two minors, etc).
The student must then attend a New Student Orientation. This mandatory orientation is held in the semester prior to enrollment and is required for all incoming MEJO majors prior to admittance to the school. Orientation dates will be listed on the school calendar. Though multiple New Student Orientation sessions will be scheduled each semester, students are only required to attend one full session to be fully admitted to the school.
Students who are not accepted are welcome to reapply for a future enrollment period.
Students with 75 or more cumulative credit hours should speak with Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Charlie Tuggle before applying for the undergraduate MEJO major.
INTRA-TRANSFERRING INTO MEJO: The school no longer accepts intra-transfer requests into the school. Students must apply for admittance.
INTRA-TRANSFERRING FROM MEJO: Regularly enrolled students who decide to change their major program of study — which necessitates a transfer to one of the other schools or colleges in the University — should go to the Academic Advising to request a transfer out of the MEJO major.
For more information on Intra-University Transfer procedures, visit the Office of the University Registrar website.
No. Undergraduate students can major OR minor in the school, but not both. Similarly, students must choose one of the areas of study to pursue and cannot "double major" within the school. To explore other parts of the curriculum, undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in a certificate program or maximize elective credit hours in courses not listed in their area of study's academic worksheet.
Laptop:
All undergraduate students must have a laptop for class use that meets or exceeds Carolina Computing Initiative minimum specifications. Students eligible for federal aid are encouraged to take advantage of the CCI Laptop Grant program to meet this requirement.
If you are pursuing a degree in media and journalism, the school has suggested the following information for your computer choice:
Many of the school’s courses include audio, video and graphics components. The school recommends — but doesn’t require — a laptop more suited to these tasks such as the Macbook Air 13”.
Students planning to pursue advanced school courses with intensive video editing, motion graphics, animation, 3D modeling, etc. should consider a more powerful computer such as a Macbook Pro 13” with Touch Bar and Touch ID.
Other equipment:
The school Equipment Room lends photo-, video- and audio-journalism equipment to students enrolled in specific courses. Equipment check-out is done online using a tool called Connect2. You can access the new online tool at equipmentroom.mj.unc.edu and login with your ONYEN. If you are not affiliated with the School of Media and Journalism and wish to check out equipment, check the Media Resources Center at the Undergraduate Library.
Through Excel@Carolina, the UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions is able to connect select first-year students (about 10% of admitted students) with resources including assured admission programs, honors, research, service and more.
Assured admission into the school allows priority registration in "MEJO 153: Writing and Reporting" and "MEJO 121: Introduction to Digital Storytelling" during the student's first semester and priority registration in first-level courses in subsequent semesters. Taking these courses earlier than others allows students to unlock and access more of the school’s curriculum prior to graduation.
Assured Admission Program students do not need to complete the undergraduate MEJO major application but will need to attend a New Student Orientation session in their first semester at Carolina for admission to the school.
If an Assured Admission Program student is not accepted directly into the school or chooses to pre-declare another major upon enrollment at UNC, he or she will need to complete the MEJO undergraduate application in a subsequent semester to be considered for school enrollment.
Transfer students who were accepted directly to MEJO upon enrollment at UNC do not need to complete the application but will need to attend a New Student Orientation session for admission to the school.
If a transfer student is not accepted directly into the school or chooses to pre-declare another major upon enrollment at UNC, he or she will need to complete the MEJO undergraduate application in a subsequent semester to be considered for school enrollment.
For questions or concerns regarding the MEJO major application process, please contact mjadmissions@unc.edu.
For informal advice from a fellow student, consider speaking with an Hussman Ambassador by scheduling a Peer-to-Peer Advising session.
For formal academic advising needs, UNC students not yet admitted to the school should meet with General College academic advising in Steele Building, NOT school academic advising in Carroll Hall.
Click here to see the Advertising and Public Relations academic worksheets
Click here to see all MEJO course descriptions in the UNC undergraduate catalog
Click here to see the Journalism academic worksheets
Click here to see all MEJO course descriptions in the UNC undergraduate catalog
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