Major in Communications with a Concentration in Journalism
Communication and English departments
Worcester State University
Communication majors may elect a concentration in journalism. In addition to fulfilling the department’s requirements for core courses, these students take seven journalism courses. Three of these are required; four are electives. (English majors electing the journalism concentration take the required courses plus two electives and two 300- or 400-level literature courses.)
Required courses:
CM/EN 107 Journalism and Democracy
CM/EN 272 News Reporting and Writing I
CM/EN 416 Media Law and Ethics
Elective courses:
CM/EN 268 Journalism: Feature Writing
CM/EN 270 Journalism: Editing
CM/EN 351 News Reporting and Writing II
CM/EN 352 Practicum in Journalism
CM/EN 352 Narrative Journalism
CM/EN 354 Opinion Writing
CM 390 Alternative Communication
CM 359 Documentary Production
CM 435/EN 475 Internship (under supervision of faculty member who
teaches journalism)
Pre-requisites: EN 102 Composition II, CM/EN 107 Journalism and Democracy, and CM/EN 272 News Reporting and Writing I for every journalism course except for CM/EN 270 Editing, which has only EN 102 Composition II as a pre-requisite.