Undergraduate Catalog

Journalism: Minor

Minor in Journalism (20-22 credits)

  • A grade of at least C- in Department of Digital Media & Journalism (DMJ) courses is required for credit toward the Journalism minor.
  • This minor requires an internship (DMJ461 or DMJ490) and corequisite seminar (DMJ491) totaling at least 4 credits. Students may fulfill the internship at the Legislative Gazette or elsewhere or may combine internship experiences to meet this requirement.


Required core courses
..................7 credits
DMJ210 Investigating Journalism (3)
DMJ230 Journalism I (4)

plus

One of the following...................3-4 credits
DMJ332 Journalism II (4)
DMJ313 Public Affairs Reporting (3)
DMJ314 Feature Writing (4)

Two of the following....................6-7 credits
DMJ215 Digital Storytelling (4)
DMJ300 Photojournalism (3)
DMJ328 Arts Writing (3)
DMJ334 The Literature of Journalism (3)
DMJ347 Media Ethics (4)
DMJ452 Mass Media Law (3)
DMJ453 The Little Rebellion (4)
DMJ458 Capstone Seminar in Multimedia Reporting (4)
DMJ470 Ottaway Seminar (1-4)
DMJ475 Picture Culture (4)

Internship and Seminar...................4 credits (min.)
DMJ461 Legislative Gazette (3 credits min.) or DMJ490 Internship (3 credits min.)
and
DMJ491 Internship Seminar (1)