专业描述

Journalism students at Boston University combine a solid liberal arts background with pre-professional education to prepare for careers as writers, reporters, editors, and producers for a variety of media. Journalism majors therefore take a majority of their courses in disciplines outside COM (usually in the College of Arts & Sciences). The department provides undergraduates with the opportunity to study journalism in its broadest aspects: its history and literature; its laws, regulations, and ethics; its traditional role as a motivator and critic of government in a dynamic, democratic society; and its total effect as a social and economic institution. In addition, students acquire professional skill training, including: reporting, feature and editorial writing, editing, producing, news selection, photography, multimedia and interactive publishing, and media management. Boston, as the state capital and a recognized cultural, financial, media, educational, and scientific center, provides special opportunities for the training of journalists. Students earning a BS in Journalism will have the opportunity to earn experience in a variety of forms: print, online, broadcast, and visual. Students are urged to select coursework from multiple disciplines for a more balanced education.