Students may take courses outside of their media track or subject concentration. They may also take one of a handful of electives offered, either in addition to their regular course of study or as a substitute for one of the media track or concentration courses.
Sample Course Sequence: You want to work for a newspaper or magazine, specializing in urban affairs or politics.
Semester 1
- Jour71000 Craft of Journalism I
- Jour71001 Legal and Ethical Issues
- Jour71204 Broadcast News Writing and Production
- Jour71003 Fundamentals of Interactive Journalism
Semester 2
- Jour72000 Craft of Journalism II
- Elective
- Jour72103 Feature Writing
- Jour72008 Urban Reporting I: Covering City Government and Politics
Summer
- Jour75000 Summer Internship
Semester 3
- Jour73100 Editing or Jour73103 Opinion Writing
- Jour73102 Investigative Reporting or Jour73101 Narrative Journalism
- Jour73003 Urban Reporting II: Covering NYC's Economy and Business
- Jour73004 Urban Reporting III: Covering New York's Immigrant Communities
Sample Course Sequence: You want to work for a broadcast station, specializing in business or economics.
Semester 1
- Jour71000 Craft of Journalism I
- Jour71001 Legal and Ethical Issues
- Jour71003 Fundamentals of Interactive Journalism
- Jour71204 Broadcast News Writing and Production
Semester 2
- Jour72201 Craft of Journalism II: Broadcast
- Elective
- Jour72205 Advanced Broadcast Production Workshop
- Jour72007 Business & Economics Reporting I: The Economy
Summer
- Jour75000 Summer Internship
Semester 3
- Jour73005 Business & Economics Reporting II: Covering Companies
- Jour73006 Business & Economics Reporting III: Covering Wall Street
- Jour73200 Audio Podcasting
- Jour73201 Television News Magazine Production
Sample Course Sequence: You're interested in a career in interactive journalism, with a specialization in health care and medicine.
Semester 1
- Jour71000 Craft of Journalism I
- Jour71001 Legal and Ethical Issues
- Jour71204 Broadcast News Writing and Production
- Jour71003 Fundamentals of Interactive Journalism
Semester 2
- Jour72000 Craft of Journalism II
- Elective
- Jour72304 Interactive Journalism I
- Jour72009 Health & Medicine Reporting I: Follow the Money in Health Care
Summer
- Jour75000 Summer Internship
Semester 3
Sample Course Sequence: You want to work for a newspaper or magazine, specializing in arts/culture reporting.
Semester 1
- Jour71000 Craft of Journalism I
- Jour71001 Legal and Ethical Issues
- Jour71204 Broadcast News Writing and Production
- Jour71003 Fundamentals of Interactive Journalism
Semester 2
- Jour72000 Craft of Journalism II
- Elective
- Jour73011 Cultural Reporting
- Jour71203 Feature Writing
Summer
- Jour75000 Summer Internship
Semester 3
- Jour72010 Criticism and the Arts
- Jour73012 Arts Journalism in the Age of Convergence or Jour73104 Journalism of Ideas
- Jour73100 Editing or Jour73102 Investigative Reporting
- Jour73103 Opinion Writing or Jour73101 Narrative Journalism
