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Dec 10, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Journalism Minor
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The minor in journalism is open to students majoring in all fields except to those majoring in journalism. This professionally-oriented program provides students with effective written and visual communication skills with a focus on news and feature storytelling.
Completion Requirements
Once admitted to the major, students must take COM 201 and COM 207 as soon as possible. An overall average of B in these two foundational courses is required. In all other courses counted toward fulfilling major or minor requirements, a minimum grade of C- is required.
Program Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- create thorough and compelling news and feature stories by discovering, evaluating and interviewing diverse sources, observing, doing computer-assisted research, requesting and accessing documents, producing quality audio and video, and publishing professional-level content on appropriate online platforms;
- craft effective messages by writing correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the media and communication professions, audiences and purposes they serve;
- apply tools and technologies appropriate for the media and communication professions in which they work;
- understand concepts and apply theories in the use and presentation of images and information;
- think critically, creatively and independently;
- conduct research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to the media and communication professions in which they work;
- critically evaluate their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammatical correctness; and
- outline the history and role of professionals and institutions in shaping media and communication.
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Communication Foundation Core Requirements
Total Communication Foundation Core Credits: 10
Journalism Basics Credits: 4
Tools for Media Reporting Credits: 11-12
Choose any three courses from the following: Student Media Credits: 3
Select one course from the following. Students in the minor program are eligible to take each of these courses for 3 credits only. |
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