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Program Learning Goals
Upon completion of a major in Journalism, students will be able to:
- Write clear and well-organized prose that includes grammatically correct sentences in a variety of styles and, where appropriate, employs narratives that show the reader what happened in contrast to telling the reader.
- Employ journalistic concepts such as the lead (the opening paragraph), the “nut graph” (an explanatory paragraph that follows the lead), and background information, including quotes, that provides context.
- Demonstrate journalistic reporting and research proficiency, including identifying quality sources and obtaining information from them through interviews, and locating and evaluating data, scholarly material and previously published material and verifying all source material.
- (Business journalism major): analyze and incorporate into articles data from economic reports; track financial markets; evaluate corporate earnings.
- (Creative writing major): develop a voice; become familiar with a range of writing forms; identify and employ symbolism, subtext, and selective omission.
- Understand the value of independent journalism and the role of the press in a free society; recognize journalism-related legal risks in news-gathering; understand rights of access to government institutions; critically evaluate news accounts for credibility, quality, and accuracy.
- Report on issues, institutions, ideas, and trends in society, and do so in a manner understandable to a lay readership.
- Practice multimedia journalism including audio and video reporting; retain the essential values of accuracy and balance with the tools and priorities of new media.
- Embrace the core ethical values of journalism, avoiding plagiarism and fabrication and understand why they are unaccepted.
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Journalism and Creative Writing Specialization
The journalism and creative writing specialization helps students develop research, interviewing, writing, editing, and multimedia storytelling skills that are crucial to success across a broad spectrum of fields and professions in this information age. A faculty of professional writers and editors teach students to research, report, interview, and write about urban affairs, politics, crime and the courts, arts and culture, law, education, science, sports, and many other topics.
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