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.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Minor Courses | ||
| JOU 270 | Introduction to Journalism * | 3 |
| JOU 278 | News Literacy ** | 3 |
| Select four additional Journalism Course Electives | 12 | |
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.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Storytelling Courses | ||
| ART 114 | Introduction to Film and Video Art | 3 |
| ART 119 | Introduction to Darkroom Photography | 3 |
| ART 120 | Introduction to Digital Photography | 3 |
| ART 122 | Design Studio: Visualization of Ideas | 3 |
| ART 214 | Film and Video Art: Site Specific | 4 |
| ART 224 | Film and Video Art: Cyberspace | 4 |
| ART 229 | Digital Photography | 4 |
| COM 247 | Media Production I | 3 |
| COM 262 | Writing for Public Relations and Advertising | 3 |
| COM 309 | Visual Storytelling | 3 |
| COM 310 | Media Production II | 3 |
| COM 316 | Screenwriting | 3 |
| COM 325 | On Camera Performance | 3 |
| COM 365 | Imagination Project | 3 |
| CRW 287 | Literary Nonfiction Workshop | 3 |
| CRW 387 | Advanced Literary Nonfiction Workshop | 3 |
| ENV 306 | Topics in Environmental Studies | 1-4 |
| HST 367 | Public History | 3 |
| WGS/ENT 326 | Telling Women's Lives: Writing about Entrepreneurs, Activists, and Thought Leaders | 3 |
| WRI 210 | Exploring Academic Genres | 3 |
| WRI 212 | Literary Nonfiction: Art of the Essay | 3 |
| WRI 320 | Writing in and about Science: Scientists as Writers and Writers as Scientists | 3 |
| Computer, Technology and Information Literacy Courses | ||
| CSC 321 | Database Management Systems | 3 |
| CSC 322 | Data Management and Analytics | 3 |
| CSC 361 | Digital Media | 3 |
| CSC 363 | Computer Graphics | 3 |
| CSC 373 | Data Mining | 3 |
| Media, Democracy and Culture Courses | ||
| COM 245 | Introduction to Mass Communication | 3 |
| COM 319 | Media Ethics | 3 |
| HST 362 | American Constitutional History | 3 |
| LIB 130 | Topics in Mis- and Disinformation | 1.5 |
| POL 217 | Politics and the Mass Media | 3 |
| WGS 271 | Making Sense of the News Through a Feminist Lens | 1-3 |