Pennsylvania State University Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications 16 courses
The Journalism minor will offer students the skills required to practice journalism, including researching, writing, interviewing, and using equipment and technology necessary to tell non-fiction stories. Students will also learn journalism theory - the reason journalism and the First Amendment are critical to a functioning democracy as well as the ethics that shape news media decision-making. Courses on the "skills" side of the minor will include COMM 160 and COMM 260W, the foundational journalistic reporting and writing courses that can be followed by upper-division courses in print/digital and broadcast. In addition, students will be able to pursue visual story-telling via photojournalism and multimedia/video courses. At the same time, theory courses such as COMM 271 will introduce students to the history of journalism in this country and show how the news media has reacted to changes in the industry.
Prescribed Courses
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| COMM 160 | Basic News Writing Skills | 1 |
| COMM 260W | News Writing and Reporting | 3 |
| COMM 271 | Principles of Journalism | 3 |
| COMM 403 | Law of Mass Communications | 3 |
| COMM 409 | News Media Ethics | 3 |
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