UMA Undergraduate Guide 2012-2013 Communication Academic Departments and Programs Journalism The Major
The Major
The Journalism major has a distinguished, award-winning faculty including winners of the Pulitzer Prize and the Freedom Forum Journalism Teacher of the Year Award. It draws a diverse group of students who graduate to jobs in newspapers, magazines, television, online journalism, and other fields requiring skills in reporting and writing. The major emphasizes both the theory and practice of journalism. Students receive a thorough grounding in the ethics and traditions of journalism as well as the nuts and bolts of reporting and writing. Although graduates of the program end up in a variety of fields including law, government, public relations, and teaching, the major is geared for students who want to work in journalism: daily or weekly newspapers, magazines, online publications, and broadcast media. Alumni work at the New York Times, the Boston Globe, National Public Radio, Dateline NBC, The Associated Press, and dozens of top media outlets around the world. Requirements 1. JOURNAL 300 Newswriting and Reporting (4 cr), plus at least one advanced writing course offered by the program. Sports Journalism Concentration The Journalism major offers a special Sports Journalism Concentration. The Concentration includes four courses and an internship. These courses cover beat writing, blogging, column writing, multimedia, sports photography, the study of sports in film and literature, and more. Admission to the Concentration is by application. Students interested in taking the Concentration should contact Professor Steve Fox ( stevejfox@gmail.com ) in the Spring semester of their sophomore year. Requirements for the Sports Journalism Concentration The four-course sequence begins in the Fall semester of junior year — with students taking one course in the Concentration over their last four semesters. Students looking to focus on sports journalism are also urged to do an internship in sports journalism. The course sequence: 1. JOURN 393S Sports Journalism 2. JOURN341 Images in Sports 3) Either JOURN425 The Politics of Sport or JOURN 428 Sports in Film, Journalism, and Literature 4) JOURN392T Issues in Sports |
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