Majors and minors

Departmental course listings

Majors: Journalism, Journalism/Science and Environmental Writing
Minors: Journalism, Science and Environmental Writing, Communication

MAJOR PROGRAMS OF STUDY

Journalism Major

Core courses
Jour 1 Brown & White (1)
Jour 2 Brown & White (1)
Jour 3 Brown & White (1)
Jour 4 Brown & White (1)
Jour 11 News Writing (4)
Jour 13 Editing (4)
Jour 14 Publication Design (2)
Jour 122 Media Ethics & Law (4)

Advanced courses
Jour 211 Reporting (4) (junior writing intensive requirement)
or
Jour 212 Feature Writing (4) (junior writing intensive requirement)
or
Jour 218 Freelance Writing (4) (junior writing intensive requirement)
Jour 361 Internship (4)
Senior Seminar Journalism or Communication course at 300 level (4)

Required Electives
Two additional Journalism or Communication courses; one of them at the 200 level or above (8)

Total credits: (38)

Collateral Requirements
Students must also complete an academic minor or another major with a minimum of 16 credits.

Required math course. Understanding statistical information has become extremely important in modern society. Math 12, Basic Statistics, is required for students taking a journalism or science writing major. Students should take Math 12 to fulfill the college's distribution requirement. Eco 145, Statistical Methods, is an acceptable alternative. For science/science writing double majors, calculus will be considered as a substitute for statistics.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: Descriptions for all journalism and communication courses are available at the course listings page of this site and at the online University catalog.

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Journalism/Science and Environmental Writing Major

Core courses
Jour 1 Brown and White (1)
Jour 2 Brown and White (1) or
Jour 231 Science Writing Practicum (1)
Jour 123 or 311 Basic Science and Technical Writing (4) or
Jour 11 News Writing (4)
Jour 13 Editing (4)
Jour 14 Publication Design (2)
Jour 211 Reporting (4)

Advanced Courses
Jour/STS 124 Politics of Science (4)
Jour 125 Environment, the Public and the Mass Media (4)
Jour/STS 323 Controversies (4) or
Senior seminar Journalism or Communication course at 300 level (4)
Jour 361 Internship (4)

Required Elective
One additional Journalism or Communication course. (4)

Total credits: 36

Collateral Requirements
Students must also complete 15-16 credits in the sciences for the journalism/science writing major.

Required science courses. A minimum of 15-16 credits in the physical, biological, environmental or social sciences or engineering is required. These hours can be concentrated in any one area or distributed among all five areas, although an area concentration is recommended. Dual majors in journalism/science writing and a science are encouraged. Science courses should be chosen in consultation with the major adviser.

Science writing field research program. Available to science, environmental and technical writing students at the junior or senior level, this program provides practical experience in scientific research and science writing for students who work on and write about research projects directed by university scientists and engineers. Another segment of the program allows students to attend major scientific meetings as fully accredited science reporters. Students observe professional science writers in action and write their own stories about the scientific sessions and press conferences held at the meetings.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: Descriptions for all journalism and communication courses are available at the course listings page of this site and at the online University catalog.

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MINOR PROGRAMS OF STUDY

Journalism Minor

Students who wish to declare a minor program in journalism must be majors in another discipline and take the following:

Jour 1 Brown & White (1)
Jour 2 Brown & White (1)
Jour 11 News Writing (4)
Jour 13 Editing (4)
Jour 211 Reporting (4) or
Jour 212 Feature Writing (4) or
Jour 218 Freelance Writing (4)
One other Journalism course at or above the 100 level (4)

Total credits: (18)

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: Descriptions for all journalism and communication courses are available at the course listings page of this site and at the online University catalog.

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Science and Environmental Writing Minor

Jour 1 Brown and White (1) or
Jour 231 Science Writing Practicum (1)
Jour 11 News Writing (4) or
Jour 123 Basic Science and Technical Writing (4)
Jour 124 Politics of Science (4)
Jour 125 Environment, the Public and the Mass Media (4)
Jour 323 Controversies (4)

Total credits: (17)

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: Descriptions for all journalism and communication courses are available at the course listings page of this site and at the online University catalog.

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Communication Minor

This interdisciplinary minor guides students to a better understanding of how people share meaning through courses in group and organizational communication, as well as mass media and new media. Representative courses offer public speaking, group process, persuasion, marketing, mass communication, and online communication.

The minor requires 15-16 credit hours, with a minimum of four courses. The one required course is Comm 130, Public Speaking. One additional course should be chosen from the Communication Core courses, section 1. A third course should be chosen from Communication Choice courses, section 2. The fourth course may come from either section. At least one course must be 200-level or above

Courses may be taken in any order. That is, Comm 130 does not have to be taken first in the sequence. A student may count one course for both a major and a minor. A student may count one course for the Communication minor and a second minor.

With the consent of a participating instructor and the faculty of Journalism & Communication, a student may elect to take Comm 325, Special Topics in Communication, as one of the courses for the minor. This is not a regular course, but a project designed by the student, with the help of her/his Comm 325 instructor. A student
should not sign up for Comm 325 without a consultation with the faculty member who will oversee the project and give the student a grade for it.

With the permission of the faculty of Journalism & Communication, experimental courses that are related to Communication may be used for the minor, in addition to the regular courses listed below.

A student may take one course for the minor at a college other than Lehigh. This may include a course in communication taken in a Study Abroad program, or any course taken somewhere else in the summer. Three courses for the minor must be taken at Lehigh.

Courses in this minor may have prerequisites; please check the catalogue. To declare this minor, contact any faculty member in the Department of Journalism and Communication.

Communication Core Courses Section 1

SSP 125 Small Groups (4)
SSP 135 Human Communication (4)
SSP 312 Communication in Groups (4)
SSP/Jour 327 Mass Communication and Society (4)
Comm 130 Public Speaking (4) (required)
Jour 323 Controversies in Science, Health, and the Environment (4)
Jour 122 Media, Ethics and Law (4)
Comm 331 Business and Professional Speaking (4)
Jour 246 International Communication (summer) (4)
Phil 114 Fundamentals of Logic (4)

Communication Choice Courses Section 2

A&S 250 Communication: Cultures, Behaviors, Attitudes (4)
Art 77 Photography (3)
Art 53 Graphic Communication (3)
Jour 101 Media, Sports, and Society (4) (summer)
Jour 102 How to Watch TV (4) (summer)
Jour 123 Basic Science and Technical Writing (4)
Jour 125 Environment, the Public, and the Mass Media (4)
Jour 127 Public Relations Principles (4)
Jour 141 Photojournalism (4)
Comm 143 Persuasion and Influence (4) (summer)
Jour 229 Public Relations Case Studies (4)
Jour 366 Online Journalism (4) (online)
Mkt 313 Integrated Marketing Communications (3)
PolsS 329 Propaganda, Media, and American Politics (4)
SSP 302 The Sociology of Cyberspace (4)
Psych 301 Industrial Psychology (4)
Comm 325 Special Topics in Communication (1-4)

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: Descriptions for all journalism and communication courses are available at the course listings page of this site and at the online University catalog.

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