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Dec 26, 2024
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Academic Catalog 2024-2025
Journalism, BA
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Introduction
The journalism major at Pacific prepares students for diverse career options in media. With an emphasis on hands-on reporting, the journalism curriculum prepares students with fundamental interview, research and reporting skills and applies those to a variety of mediums — print, social media, podcasting and video production.
Major Requirements: 44 credits
All of the Following: 24 Credits
Electives: 16 Credits
8 credits must be upper division
Applied and Experiential Courses: 4 Credits
All are repeatable for credit
Program Details
Program Length
Four years for a complete BA degree. Two years for students transferring in with an AAOT degree. Program length may vary depending upon the student’s course load and academic progress.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Apply emotionally-intelligent interviewing skills, including media ethics and inclusivity when working with the public, including marginalized populations
- Employ composition skills of argumentation and editing appropriate for reporting the news*
- Produce digital news packages that engage audiences with relevant facts, visuals and technical components, and the complexity of issues addressed
- Create rigorous content in deadline-driven contexts
- Critique the contextual factors that shape the media in a diverse, globalized media landscape
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