Minor

David Goguen, MFA , Journalism Program Coordinator
W.W. Slider Humanities Center - Room 303
(270) 384-8241  goguend@lindsey.edu

The mission of the Lindsey Wilson College Journalism Program is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to critically evaluate, create, and distribute information for mass audiences, and to develop effective and responsible communicators who contribute in productive and positive ways to society.

Degree Requirements

  A. General Education Requirements: 42 - 47 hours

• Writing Studies I (ENGL 1013) is a prerequisite for JRNL 2403 - 3 hours

B. Program Requirements:  21 hours

• Mass Media and Society (JRNL 1503) 3 hours
• Media Writing and Reporting (JRNL 2403) 3 hours
• Community Reporting (JRNL 3103) 3 hours
• Magazine and Feature Writing (JRNL 3213) 3 hours
• Communication Law and Ethics (JRNL 4403) 3 hours

Select one upper-level course:

• Editing and Media Management (JRNL 3203) 3 hours
• Interactive Media Design (JRNL 3413) 3 hours
• Broadcast Journalism (JRNL 4123) 3 hours

C. Experiential Component: 3 hours

For the experiential component of the minor, students may choose either practicum or internship credit. The practicum may be repeated up to three hours to satisfy capstone requirements for the Journalism minor or the student may select the three-credit JRNL PN03 Journalism Internship.

• Practicum: Student Media Productions (JRNL XNF1and/or JRNL XNS1) 1-3 hours
• Journalism Internship (JRNL PN03) 3 hours

 D. Major

  E. General Electives

  Note: Completion of the Journalism minor requires a minimum grade of C in all general education requirements in English and a minimum grade of C in all courses required for the minor.

  TOTAL: 128 HOURS