What kinds of courses are required?
5 reporting & writing courses
(3-4 Journalism &1 writing course + an internship)
• News Reporting & Writing
• News & Magazine features
• Advanced narrative journalism
• Editing & Desktop publishing
• Photojournalism
• Internship in journalism (in student media and/or professional media)
8 Literature courses
• Reading literature
• Literature, Theory & Culture
• World literature
• American literature
• British literature
• A major author
• A special topics in literature class
• The Senior Seminar
39 credit hours minimum total in Journalism & literature
For catalog details on Journalism Concentration —click here.
To see faculty adviser's Web page—click here.
For a pdf of the full English curriculum, click here.
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English Major with Journalism Concentration requirements are described below.
What specific courses are required?
The Bachelor of Arts degree in English
JOURNALISM CONCENTRATION
In addition to requiring successful completion of the
liberal learning curriculum, the journalism concentration,
requires successful completion of the following courses in
major and elective studies:
1) ENGL 123; ULLC 223;
2) ENGL 208, 308W, 490W, and 460 or 491;
3) Select one: ENGL 321, 322, 325 or 425;
4) Select one: ENGL 341, 342, 343, 410 or 412;
5) Select one: ENGL 370, 372, 374, or 376;
6) Select one: ENGL 421 or 423
7) Select one: ENGL 320, 339W, 395 (lit topic) or 415;
8) Select four (4), at least three from bolded
courses: ENGL 260, 309W, 350, 351, 352, 353W,
354W, 355, 360W, 361W, 362, 363, 395 (writing
topic), 450, 461, 462;
9) Either ENGL 460 or 491;
10) Be an active member of The Captain’s Log. Complete
portfolio of work.
This program acquaints students with the methods
and technologies current in the journalism profession.
By participating in course work, the campus newspaper,
and off-campus internships, students will progress toward
professional competence. Persons interested in information
about this program should consult Dr. Terry Lee at
(757) 594-7686. For Dr. Lee's web site describing the journalism
concentration, the journalism minor and journalism
internships, go to http://faculty.users.cnu.edu/tlee/jour.html.
