Public courses: 20 1 English I or 202 Russian or 203 Japanese.

Specialized course 1: 6 18 Journalism Theory

Specialized Course 2: 8 14 News Communication Practice

There is no distinction between journalism and communication in the reference books and test questions of master Xue's preliminary examination. The reference books to be memorized mainly include General History of China and Singapore, Journalism Theory by He, Introduction to Western Journalism by Li Liangrong and World Advertising School in the 20th Century by Liu Yuetan.

The above four books are the most important, and other reference books should also be read, including Li Liangrong's Introduction to Journalism, Guo's Communication Course, Gao Gang's Essentials of News Writing, New News Commentary Course, Gan Xian's Contemporary Newspaper Editing Course and New News Writing Course.

In addition, there are news practices in Shanda test center, including advertising, editing and commenting. You need to read more real questions and practice more.