The journalism major will equip students with a range of journalism skills and knowledge appropriate for flexible application in a variety of employment settings.
The skills and knowledge developed are those required by journalists (or those using journalism skills) for the future. Graduates will possess well-developed literacy skills to work in a variety of media. They will be able to contribute knowledgeably and in socially responsible and ethical ways to the particular communities they find themselves in, drawing on an informed intercultural awareness and an understanding of the professional and ethical codes and responsibilities of journalism. Graduates will also be equipped to adapt themselves to accommodate the rapid developments in mass communications technologies and their social consequences.
On completion of a major sequence in journalism, students are expected to have developed literacy skills (writing, verbal, computer, visual, televisual); a knowledge of legal issues (eg defamation and libel, copyright, freedom of information); an understanding of ethics (eg rights to privacy, culturally appropriate media practice); communication and negotiation skills; information management skills.