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It has been my experience that large corporations (and let's face it--universities certainly qualify) are slow to change. More accurately put, many persons who work for large corporations are resistant to change. But change is possible if curricular needs, technological resources, and persuasive individuals align together. Below are links that may help you with your journey:
current status | core courses | journalism courses | online journalism courses
Current Curricular Status
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Core Courses
one course among the following:
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Journalism Sequence Courses
one course within the following list:
and one writing course with this last list:
Therefore, an Online Journalism track is proposed. Rather than trying to change an entire curriculum in which every faculty member would need to have input--at least a year-long undertaking--proposing a track within a sequence is a much easier proposition both bureaucratically and politically. The Online Journalism track would contain these 8 courses:
The above proposal will be presented to the Curriculum Committee shortly and to the entire faculty for discussion thereafter. This website will report the progress of the Online journalism Track. Stay tuned.You can't have a revolution and expect to be loved.
Gloria Steinem
Like many accredited communications programs, the Department of Communications here at California State University, Fullerton is a vibrant mix of liberal studies and production courses. With over 1,500 majors within four sequences or majors (proposed)--advertising, journalism, public relations, and television-film--the Department is one of the largest in the world.
After completing a degree at a community college or the general education courses from the University, graduating students must complete 12 communications courses and 4 courses outside the Department. Regardless of sequence, every student must complete five core courses:
In addition to the core courses, students must take 7 courses specific to the individual sequence.
Journalism students must complete the following list of courses:
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Online Journalism Sequence
The existing array of courses available to journalism students is a holdover from the traditional print journalism founders of the Department over two decades ago. Such a curriculum is not unlike many programs around the world. the exception is the new course, Interactive Multimedia Production that gives students firsthand knowledge in Web design and production. However, one course is hardly enough to prepare students for online publishing.
Of course, students from the other journalism tracks--broadcast, print, magazine, and photojournalism--would be free to enroll in the above courses.