Journalism Concentration -
Communication Arts Major
Curious about everything and everyone? Love a good story?
Develop and sharpen writing, video, editing, and thinking skills as you navigate today's constantly changing media. Get experience working on Malone's multimedia student news service, The Aviso, with the opportunity to earn credit while covering news, features, sports, and opinion. Along the way learn to use today's media technologies to tell your story.
Spotlight
"The Comm Arts program made me well-rounded and ready to jump into the marketplace..."
- Ruth Lang '08
Communication Arts (BA) 2008
A concentration in Journalism consists of the following:
30 hours in the following core courses:
- COMM 110 - Communication Skills
- COMM 230 - Mass Media and Society
- COMM 312 - Communication Theory
- COMM 320 - Theory and Practice of Groups
- COMM 430 - Internship
- COMM 460 - Senior Capstone
- JOUR 220 - Context of Journalism
- THEA 220 - Introduction to Theatre
One course from among:
- CMST 230 - Argumentation
- COMM 220 - Oral Interpretation
- SPCH 220 - Public Speaking
- SPCH 340 - Forensics
- SPCH 342 - Debate
- THEA 320 - Acting I: Fundamentals
One course from among:
A concentration of 21 hours as follows:
- COMM 332 - Media Law
- JOUR 320 - Writing for Media
- JOUR 340 - Applied Journalism (1 credit per semester for 3 semesters)
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