The Journalism Program offers an interdisciplinary minor in the practice of journalism and its role in a free society. Students learn to report and tell stories in a range of media, with attention to verified facts, independence, and cultural competence.  A minor in journalism pairs well with any major in the College or School of Business. It consists of 18 credits, beginning with the gateway course JOU 270, Introduction to Journalism. JOU 278, News Literacy, is a second required course and can be taken at any time. Students take 12 hours of elective credit, which can be drawn from upper-level JOU courses or a list of courses in other departments across the College. Students may only count one elective toward another major or minor. Students may also take Journalism courses for general elective credit and, with permission, for credit in such departments as Communication, Biology, Writing, Philosophy, Politics and International Affairs, and African American Studies.

Required Minor Courses
JOU 270Introduction to Journalism *3
JOU 278News Literacy **3
Select four additional Journalism Course Electives12
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JOU 270 is a pre-requisite for advanced writing courses.

**

JOU 278 can be taken at any time.

Interdisciplinary Electives

The practice of journalism, with its central role in American democracy and culture, requires students to tell compelling stories in a range of media. Increasingly, journalism is also a data-driven field, with some of the most important stories of our time based on the analysis of data. Students may pick one course from the following list to fulfill elective credit in Journalism. With approval of the director, students interested in tailoring the minor to a particular interest have the option of selecting a second interdisciplinary elective from the list below or choosing one upper-level course not listed below.

Please refer to departmental listings for more detail on each course.

Storytelling Courses
ART 114Introduction to Film and Video Art3
ART 119Introduction to Darkroom Photography3
ART 120Introduction to Digital Photography3
ART 122Design Studio: Visualization of Ideas3
ART 214Film and Video Art: Site Specific4
ART 224Film and Video Art: Cyberspace4
ART 229Digital Photography4
COM 247Media Production I3
COM 262Writing for Public Relations and Advertising3
COM 309Visual Storytelling3
COM 310Media Production II3
COM 316Screenwriting3
COM 325On Camera Performance3
COM 365Imagination Project3
CRW 287Literary Nonfiction Workshop3
CRW 387Advanced Literary Nonfiction Workshop3
ENV 306Topics in Environmental Studies1-4
HST 367Public History3
WGS 326Telling Women's Lives: Writing about Entrepreneurs, Activists, and Thought Leaders3
WRI 210Exploring Academic Genres3
WRI 212Literary Nonfiction: Art of the Essay3
WRI 320Writing in and about Science: Scientists as Writers and Writers as Scientists3
Computer, Technology and Information Literacy Courses
CSC 321Database Management Systems3
CSC 322Data Management and Analytics3
CSC 361Digital Media3
CSC 363Computer Graphics3
CSC 373Data Mining3
Media, Democracy and Culture Courses
COM 245Introduction to Mass Communication3
COM 319Media Ethics3
HST 362American Constitutional History3
LIB 130Topics in Mis- and Disinformation1.5
POL 217Politics and the Mass Media3
WGS 271Making Sense of the News Through a Feminist Le1-3