The Journalism Program MSC's journalism program has been revised and expanded to reflect growing student interest and career opportunities in this exciting field. Taught as an 18-credit minor within the English Department, with which it shares faculty, the program seeks both to develop students' journalistic skills, preparing them for possible careers in journalism, and to give them an academic overview of the field. This is a hands-on program requiring extensive writing.
Students learn by doing.
They study interviewing techniques, learning to probe and to ask the tough questions. They go out in the field, both on and off campus, in pursuit of stories. Students learn to write under realistic deadline conditions, composing directly on computers as is standard newspaper practice. Emphasis is on the practical and demanding skills needed to succeed in today's challenging marketplace. Editing skills including news judgment and avoiding libel are also taught.