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Broadcasting and Journalism (B.A.) with Journalism concentration
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates from Messiah’s Broadcasting and Journalism program can:
- Research effectively, write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the communication professions, audiences, and purposes they serve, and present images and information effectively.
- Identify and provide examples of the key elements of a news story in multiple platforms.
- Apply tools and technologies appropriate for the communication professions in which they serve (radio, TV, web).
- Explain how various media platforms work, how they produce meanings, how they are organized, and how to use them wisely and effectively.
- Explain how to form and maintain healthy relationships with diverse others.
- Construct discourse intended to inform, persuade, and entertain.
- Articulate ethical communication principles and practices.
- Explain research methods in communication.
- Communicate effectively, ethically, and appropriately through writing, interaction, and speaking in public, interpersonal, and group contexts.
- Display proficiency in one area of communication sufficient to pursue a career and/or continue education at the graduate level.
- Articulate an awareness of options for employment in a communication-related field.
- Articulate how faith connects to the discipline and students’ area of specialization in Communication.
Major Requirements
Complete the following for your major:
COMM 341 or 359: Writing in the major requirement.
Three credits from the following:
Three credits from the following:
Three credits from the following:
Three credits from the following:
Three credits from the following:
Journalism Concentration (12 credits)
Twelve credits from the following:
Some courses have prerequisite requirements which may increase the size of the concentration.
QuEST Requirements
Experiential Learning requirement |
0 |
QuEST requirements |
Credits |
First Year Seminar |
3 |
Oral Communication (COMM 105) |
met/major |
Created and Called for Community (W) |
3 |
Mathematical Sciences |
3 or 4 |
Laboratory Science |
3 or 4 |
Science, Technology & the World |
3 |
Two of the following (six credits total):
Social Science
European History
United States History |
6 |
Literature |
3 |
Philosophy and Religion |
3 |
Arts |
3 |
First Semester of Language |
3 |
Second Semester of Language |
3 |
Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural |
3 |
Non-Western Studies |
2 or 3 |
Bible |
3 |
Christian Beliefs |
3 |
Wellness |
1 |
Ethics, World Views or Pluralism |
3 |
QuEST requirements |
51-54 |
Major requirements (inclusive of concentration) |
46 |
Free electives |
26-23 |
Total credits |
123 |