Requirements
Students are expected to complete a minimum of six courses from the following options:
A. Core Courses
Students will be required to take (at least) one course from each of these two areas.
History/Culture
AMST/JOUR 137b: Journalism in Modern America
HIST/JOUR 163a: The Road to 9/11 and Beyond
JOUR 15a: Documentary Journalism: Reporting for Storytelling and Broadcast
JOUR 114b: Arts Journalism, Pop Culture and Digital Innovation
JOUR 120a: The Culture of Journalism
Writing
JOUR 101a: The Fundamentals of Journalism
AMST/JOUR 109b: Reinventing Journalism for the Local Level
(We strongly recommend students take JOUR 101a prior to taking this course.)
AMST/JOUR 113a: Long-form Journalism: Storytelling for Magazines and Podcasts
B. Ethics
Students will be required to complete the following ethics course.
JOUR 110b: Ethics in Journalism
C. Internship
Students are required to complete an outside internship in Journalism/Media to satisfy this requirement. Following their internship, students must enroll in JOUR 89a to receive credit. In place of an outside internship, students may take AMST/JOUR 109b: Reinventing Journalism for the Local Level followed by JOUR 89a: Contemporary Media: Internship and Analysis, which is offered only in the fall.
D. Two Electives
Journalism minors must take two electives. For these electives, they may choose from any four-credit JOUR courses that they are not already using to fulfill one of the minor’s other requirements. (They may also select from the list of JOUR-approved “cross-listed electives” from other departments or programs.)