Program Description
The Journalism Track offers practical experience through courses, internships, and work on The Campus, Allegheny's weekly student newspaper.
An introductory journalism course covers a range of fundamentals, with emphasis on reporting and writing stories suitable for publication in The Campus. The class prepares students for entry-level work in journalism or a related field.
An advanced seminar, which shifts topic from year to year, focuses on a specific area of journalism, such as feature writing or investigative reporting.
Course Requirements for the Journalism Writing Track include all of the standard requirements for the English major, plus the following (courses may double count when appropriate):
- English 207.
- English 205, 305, or 403.
- English 402.
- At least four courses of the following: English 208, Communication Arts 120, 240, or 255, 365, 375, 455. Other Communication Arts courses or appropriate courses in other departments may be substituted for one or more of the above, with permission of the English department chair.
- At least four semesters of contributing to The Campus. The student's submissions to The Campus must be collected in a portfolio to be reviewed by the English department chair or a designated member of the department.
- A Senior Project in Journalism (English 602) in place of English 600.
