Journalism (BA)*

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Building upon Annenberg’s record of innovation in journalism education, the BA in Journalism offers a forward-thinking curriculum that encourages students to embrace technology, assess it critically, and employ it in the service of powerful and effective journalism. Team-taught courses leverage faculty expertise in video, audio, text and digital journalism to help students establish their reporting and writing expertise across multiple platforms. Through a newly integrated Media Center experience, students will acquire the editing, production and digital storytelling skills to produce journalism across a range of media. At the conclusion of the degree program, students will complete an advanced reporting project that showcases their abilities.

Students are required to complete 44 units for the major, including 30 units required core courses.

Required Courses, Lower Division

JOUR 201 Culture of Journalism: Past, Present and Future Units: 4
JOUR 206 Reporting and Writing Practicum Units: 1 (2 units required)
JOUR 207 Reporting and Writing I Units: 3

Required Courses, Upper Division

JOUR 307 Reporting and Writing II Units: 3
JOUR 320 Introduction to Coding for Storytelling Units: 2
JOUR 321 Visual Journalism Units: 2
JOUR 322 Introduction to Investigative and Data Journalism Units: 2
JOUR 372 Engaging Diverse Communities Units: 2
JOUR 414 Advanced Digital Media Storytelling Units: 2
JOUR 462 Law of Mass Communication Units: 4

Annenberg Experience

Choose one of the following required core courses (4 units total):

ASCJ 200 Navigating Media and News in the Digital Age Units: 4
JOUR 300 Journalism and Society Units: 4

Advanced Reporting Elective

Choose one course:

JOUR 402 Advanced Video Reporting Units: 6
JOUR 403 Television News and Sports Production Units: 6
JOUR 405 Non-Fiction Television Units: 4
JOUR 409 Radio Storytelling and Podcasts Units: 4
JOUR 448 Government and Public Affairs Reporting Units: 4

Upper-Division Electives

Complete 8-10 upper division journalism or public relations elective units chosen in consultation with your adviser. Note: Students who choose a 4-unit Advanced Reporting course will need 10 units of upper division electives; students who choose a 6-unit Advanced Reporting course will need 8 units of upper division electives.