Journalism and Communications—Honours/Major/Minor
Journalism
Major
Students who Major in Journalism must fulfill 48 credit hours of required courses: 6 credit
hours in Canadian Studies and 42 credit hours in Journalism. Students will study
Journalism in all four years of the programme: 6 credit hours in first year, and at least 12
credit hours each year for the remaining three years, depending on the electives they
choose.
Year 1
JOUR 1013 The Messenger: Journalism and Storytelling
JOUR 1023 The Message: Great Stories of Journalism
Year 2
JOUR 2013 Broadcast Journalism: Stories in Pictures and Sound
JOUR 2023 Journalistic Writing: The Language of Storytelling
JOUR 2033 Community Journalism: Reporting Political and Social Issues
JOUR 2063 Law and the Media in Canada
Year 3
Students must take two of the following courses in first semester:
JOUR 3013 Television Journalism I: Telling the Stories of Today
JOUR 3023 Radio Journalism I: Telling the Stories of Today
JOUR 3033 Print Journalism I: Telling the Stories of Today
Students must take two of the following courses in second semester:
JOUR 3043 Television Journalism II: Telling the Stories of Tomorrow
JOUR 3053 Radio Journalism II: Telling the Stories of Tomorrow
JOUR 3063 Print Journalism II: Telling the Stories of Tomorrow
Year 4
JOUR 4006 Free Speech and the Free Press
JOUR 4016 Editing, Publishing and Producing
Students majoring in Journalism may choose from the following electives, which are not
requirements for graduation:
JOUR 2043 Photojournalism
JOUR 2053 Pictures at Eleven: Understanding Television News
Students in the BA with a Major in Journalism Programme must also fulfil a Canadian
Studies requirement which may include the following courses or other courses
approved by the programme director:
POLS 1013 The Study of Politics
POLS 2103 Canadian Constitutional Politics
POLS 2113 Contemporary Issues in Canadian Politics
POLS 3103 Political Parties and Elections in Canada
POLS 3113 Canadian Federalism: Theory and Practice
POLS 3123 The Canadian Constitution: Federalism
POLS 3133 The Canadian Constitution: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
POLS 3203 Canadian Provincial Government and Politics
Communications Major
Students who wish to pursue an Interdisciplinary Major in Communications Studies must
take the following required courses:
JOUR 1013 The Messenger: Journalism and Storytelling
JOUR 1023 The Message: Great Stories of Journalism
JOUR 2023 Journalistic Writing: The Language of Storytelling
JOUR 4006 Free Speech and the Free Press
COMM 2013 Edward L. Bernays and the Manufacturing of Public Opinion
COMM 3013 The Politics of Communications
COMM 3023 The Business of Communications
COMM 4003 Independent Study/Internship
Electives
Students who are pursuing an interdisciplinary Major in Communications can choose from among the following electives, or other electives that must be approved by the programme director:
JOUR 2053 Understanding Television News
JOUR 2063 Law and the Media in Canada
JOUR 2043 Photojournalism
ANTH 2553 Language, Culture, and Society
CRIM 3263 Crime and the Media
ENGL 2103 Creative Writing I
ENGL 2123 Creative Writing II
ENGL 2383 Reading Popular Culture
ENGL 2393 Literature, Technology, and Culture
ENGL 2773 The Journalism of John McPhee
ENGL 3623 The Literature of Politics
POLS 2103 Canadian Constitutional Politics
POLS 2113 Contemporary Issues in Canadian Politics
POLS 2303 Contemporary Politics of the Developed World
POLS 2323 Religion and Politics (RELG 2183)
POLS 3103 Political Parties and Elections in Canada
POLS 3303 U.S. Government and Politics
POLS 3323 Political Leadership: Local, National, and Global
RELG 3583 Media and Ethics
SOCI 2513 Sociology of Communication
SOCI 3523 Sociology of Knowledge