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Journalism Minor

 

The School of Journalism and Strategic Media in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences offers a minor in journalism. Journalism skills can complement almost any major, increasing the value of students as potential employees.

In addition to serving as a minor for another major field, the journalism minor is also a part of the university’s Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies degree, which is offered both 100 percent online and 100 percent on campus.

Valuable Skills

The journalism minor can provide you with valuable skills to help you express yourself logically and clearly, and it provides knowledge about the processes that bring news and persuasive messages to print, broadcast and digital outlets.

The journalism minor acquaints you with the history, practice, theory and ethics of the journalism field. It will help you secure specialized knowledge regarding media and society, the fundamentals of journalism, news reporting, journalistic ethics, media technology and media law.

For those entering fields in which employees spread informational messages, the media literacy learned through this minor offers you an advantage in the commercial or nonprofit workplace. For example, a journalism minor can help students develop skills in effective communication systems necessary for customer service and support.

By combining journalism with business and communications coursework, students can prepare themselves for careers that involve marketing and media relations. Students interested in event promotion and planning can also greatly benefit from a journalism minor. Civil service and diversity are two more areas of interest that align well with a journalism minor.

Although the journalism minor does not prepare you to be a working journalist, it does offer a way to improve your skills for communicating with internal and external audiences. For those who hope to teach classes related to journalism, the minor provides a broad base of knowledge.

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About Our Program

The School of Journalism and Strategic Media in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences offers this program. The bachelor’s in journalism program was established in 1931 and is fully accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

For more information about program requirements and enrollment, email Dave Bostwick at bostwick@uark.edu.

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Degree Requirements

In addition to the requirements for your major degree, these are the courses required for the journalism minor.

Course Number	Course Name
JOUR 1023	Media and Society
JOUR 1033	Media Writing
JOUR 2003	Storytelling for Today's Media
JOUR 2053 or JOUR 2063	Multimedia Journalism Media Graphics and Technology
JOUR 3633	Media Law
JOUR 4333	Ethics in Journalism

To display proficiency in grammar, spelling and punctuation, all students who major or minor in journalism must fulfill the School of Journalism and Strategic Media’s GSP requirement. Students can meet the requirement in one of two ways:  1) pass the GSP exam with a score of at least 75%; or 2) complete JOUR 1003 Journalistic Writing Skills with a grade of C or better. For more information about the GSP requirement, email gsp@uark.edu