Journalism and Print Media

The curriculum presented here applies to students who started the major in Fall 2022 or Spring 2023. If you enrolled as a matriculant prior to that, please see the College Catalog for the year you started the major as a matriculant for the curriculum requirements that apply to you.

Consultation with the Program Advisor is required.

Upon successful completion of the Journalism and Print Media degree program requirements, graduates will:

1. demonstrate news-gathering skills, including research and interviewing methods

2. write grammatically correct, accurate, objective, and comprehensive accounts

3. demonstrate a working knowledge of ethical journalism, including an understanding of the purpose of journalism

4. be able to use various narrative techniques in news and feature stories for print and the web

5. be skilled in the basic operation of desktop publishing tools

6. be critically aware of the roles and ethical responsibilities of journalists in a multicultural society