Journalism Curriculum 2009

San Francisco State Journalism Department

New Journalism Curriculum Starts Fall 2009

The Journalism Department at San Francisco State is implementing major changes to its curriculum starting in the Fall 09 semester. Here are some of the highlights of our program changes.

•All journalism majors must now complete a minor in a liberal arts and science discipline. A list of the approved majors is on our Web site: www.journalism.sfsu.edu
•Incoming students will enter our program as pre-majors. To become an official major, students must complete Jour 205, Social Impact of Journalism (or its equivalent, i.e. Mass Media), Jour 221 Newswriting (or its equivalent), Jour 222, Newswriting Lab (this is a grammar, punctuation and style lab). Once these classes have been completed with at least a C, students will officially become journalism majors. We understand that some college journalism programs do not have an equivalent to our Jour 222 Newswriting Lab. If students are transferring from community college with courses equivalent to our Jour 205 and Jour 221, they can meet with an adviser to have their status changed to Journalism Majors, without having first taken Jour 222.
•To better prepare our graduates for a future in the journalism profession, we will now require that all students take at least one course in multimedia journalism.
•We will also place greater emphasis throughout the curriculum on media innovation and entrepreneurship. It is important in this current economic and media climate that graduates complete our program understanding the business of journalism and explore new ways of financially sustaining the practice.

We are very excited about this new direction as we try to guide students through the doorways of 21^st century journalism.

Below is a table detailing the new program course requirements:

Course Requirements for Print/Online Concentration

Pre-Major	Description	Units
Jour 205	Social Impact of Journalism	3
Jour 221	Newswriting	3
Jour 222	Newswriting Lab	1

Core	Description	Units
Jour 226	Digital News Gathering	3
Jour 300	Reporting	3
Jour 307	News Media Law and Ethics	3
Jour 395	Intro to Online Journalism	3
Jour 610	Cultural Diversity and U.S. News Media	3

Concentration	Description	Units
Jour 330	Editing	3
Advanced Journalism Electives (Category A and B)		6
Visual Journalism Elective		3

Practicum	Description	Units
Jour 609	Publication Lab	3
Second Semester Pub Lab Elective		3
Total for Major		40
Non-Journalism including required Minor (18-24)		80
Total for Degree		120

Advanced Journalism Electives include:

Category A

Jour 320, Investigative Reporting

Jour 321 Feature Writing

Jour 560 Public Journalism

Jour 570 Opinion Writing

Jour 595 Magazine Writing

Jour 650 Seminar in Contemporary News Media

Jour 667 Variable Topics in Journalism

Category B

Jour 500 Contemporary Magazine

Jour 635 Photojournalism V

Jour 675 Media Entrepreneurship

Jour 680 Advanced Multimedia Journalism

Visual Journalism Electives

Jour 235 Photojournalism I

Jour 336 Visual Storytelling

Jour 450 Publication Design Graphics

Second Semester Publication Lab Electives

Jour 609 Publication Lab

Jour 617 Journalism Internship

Jour 695 Senior Seminar

Course Requirements for Photojournalism Concentration

Pre-Major	Description	Units
Jour 205	Social Impact of Journalism	3
Jour 221	Newswriting	3
Jour 222	Newswriting Lab	1

Core	Description	Units
Jour 226	Digital News Gathering	3
Jour 300	Reporting	3
Jour 307	News Media Law and Ethics	3
Jour 395	Intro to Online Journalism	3
Jour 610	Cultural Diversity and U.S. News Media	3

Concentration		Units
Photojournalism Core		9
Photojournalism Elective		3

Practicum	Description	Units
Jour 609	Publication Lab	3
Second Semester Pub Lab Elective		3
Total for Major		40
Total for Non-Journalism including Minor requirement (18-24)		80
Total for Degree		120

Photojournalism Core Courses Include:

Jour 235 Photojournalism I

Jour 335 Photojournalism II

Jour 435 Photojournalism III

Photojournalism Elective

Jour 535 Photojournalism IV