Curriculum requirements

​The Journalism minor is open to any and all majors at the University of Delaware.  Students do not need to major in Communications or English to minor in Journalism. Coursework in the minor must include at least two courses outside a student's major. You can declare Journalism as a minor at any time during your academic career.  We encourage you to declare as early as possible to take advantage of classes that have seats reserved for Journalism minors.

Note that the university requires a grade of  C- or better in all courses in a student's major or minor.

​In addition to offering sections of the required courses - JOUR 301, ENGL 307 or COMM 329, and ENGL 308 or COMM 326 - the Fall 2018 journalism schedule will include:

Electives

ENGL 309, Feature & magazine writing with Professor McKay Jenkins

ENGL 409, Medical writing with Professor Dawn Fallik

ENGL 409, Social Journalism & Start-Ups with Professor Deborah Howlett

Required

​JOUR 301
Journalism in a Free Society:  (Prerequisite: ENGL 110) Students need to earn a grade of "B" or higher in ENGL 110 before taking JOUR 301. Note: JOUR 301 is a prerequisite for JOUR 425.

One of the following courses:

News Writing and Editing:  (Prerequisite: ENGL 110) Note: ENGL 307 is a prerequisite for several ENGL courses listed below: 308, 309, 310, 407, and 408.

​COMM 329
Broadcast Newswriting  (No prerequisite)

One of the following courses:

Reporter's Practicum  (Prerequisite: ENGL 307)

Field Television Production (No prerequisite)

Three of the following courses:

We invite you to explore a variety of courses.  The more well-rounded your studies, the more marketable your skills will be in today's competitive job market.

Media and Society (No prerequisite)

Politics and the Media  (No prerequisite)

Legal Issues of the Mass Media  (No prerequisite)

Topics in Mass Communication  (No prerequisite)

Advanced Topics in Politics and Broadcast Journalism  (COMM 324 suggested prerequisite)

Broadcast News  (No prerequisite)

Economic Issues and Policies  (No prerequisite.  May not be taken for credit after taking ECON 101 or 103.  No majors within Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, HRIM or MIS may receive credit for this course.  See Note #2 below.)

​ECON 101
Introduction to Microeconomics: Supply and demand concepts, issues such as government regulation and environmental problems. (Prerequisite or corequisite: One of the following: MATH 114, 115, 117, 221, 241, 242, 243.)

Feature and Magazine Writing  (Prerequisite: ENGL 307 or permission of instructor)

Nonfiction Workshop  (Prerequisite: ENGL 305 or 309 or permission of instructor)

​Investigative Reporting  (Prerequisite: ENGL 307)

​Sports Writing  (Prerequisite: ENGL 307 or permission of instructor)

​Topics in Journalism (Prerequisite: ENGL 110.  May be taken twice; see Note #3 below)

​Multimedia Journalism  (No prerequisite.  Open to JOUR minors only.)

​Ethics and Issues in Journalism  (Prerequisite JOUR 301)

​Internship in Journalism  (No Prerequisite)

1. Coursework in the minor must include at least two courses outside a student’s major field.
2. Journalism minor candidates may count either ECON 100 or ECON 101 towards the Journalism minor, but not both.
3. ENGL 409 (Topics in Journalism) may be counted toward the minor a maximum of two times.
4. Other journalism-related courses may count toward the minor, subject to the approval of the director of the minor.