Journalism Program

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Student Learning Outcomes
The Journalism program provides students with practical experience in preparing publications distributed to the campus community. The outcomes within the program correspond to the institutional learning outcomes:

1.         The sequence of courses for the journalism minor trains students in both the theory and the basic skills needed for preparing publications from writing and photography to computer-assisted layout and Web-based production of publications. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I, II, III, and V.)
2.         In preparation for teaching careers, students learn management and supervision of school publications (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcome V.)

Students who complete the minor program are able to pursue careers in high school as advisors for student publications or as professional writers in a range of print and non-print media.

Journalism Minor (Secondary Education or Non-teaching)

JOUR 201 - Interpretive and Opinion Writing Select one of the following: JOUR 301 - Editing and Managing Publications ENGL 213 - Literary Publications ART 280 - Photography I BOTE 218 - Desktop Publishing COMM 280 - Understanding Film and Television ENGL 210 - College Composition III ENGL 300 - Technical Writing Choose four credits of the following electives ENGL 305 - Writing About Literature GDES 342 - Graphic Design II (pre-requisite: GDES 241 - Graphic Design I ) ART 380 - Photography II ART 385 – Digital Photography JOUR 299 - Special Topics JOUR 494 - Independent Study JOUR 499 - Special Topics	3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
	3 3 3 3 3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS	25