Senior Seminar

3 credits

Senior Journalism minors only; required Journalism capstone course. Limited to 15 students. Permission of the Journalism Department required. This required course for senior Journalism minors is a blend of seminar and workshop. In it, students work at the craft of journalism by covering stories and also step back to analyze the work of professional journalists. Over the semester, each student chooses a particular subject area on which to concentrate and assembles a body of work that could be submitted to a prospective employer or graduate school. This portfolio might include examples of his or her own journalism, as well as critical assessments of stories, publications, and the news industry. Admission by permission of program.