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Science and Health Journalism
Course Category: Bachelor and Bachelor of Arts
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Focus of Study
This interest area educates students in the skills and theory of journalistic coverage of the specialized fields of science, health, environment and engineering. The program prepares students for jobs as journalism professionals at newspapers, magazines, online publications and radio-television operations. Administered by the print and digital news faculty. Students interested in science-, food- and environment-related topics may want to investigate the science and agricultural journalism program offered through the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
Course Description
Upper-Division Journalism Core (6)
All students must take the following courses at the upper-division level:
or
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Required Journalism Classes (14-15)
Take one of these:
Take one of these:
Take one of these capstones:
Suggested Journalism Electives (10-11)
Suggested Non-Journalism Electives
- AG_EC 2070 Environmental Economics and Policy (3)
- ATM_SC 1050 Introduction to Meteorology (3)
- ATM_SC 3600 Climates of the World (3)
- BIO_SC 4978 Cancer Biology (3)
- ENGLSH 4045 Rhetorical Studies (3)
- ENV_SC 1000 Introduction to Environmental Science (3)
- ENV_SC 3290 Soils and the Environment (3)
- F_S 1030 Food Science and Nutrition (3)
- F_S 1040 Introduction to Viticulture and Enology (1)
- F_S 2131 Dairy Products Evaluation (2)
- F_S 2195 Grapes and Wines of the World (3)
- F_S 3190 Study Abroad: International Meat, Dairy and Enology (3)
- F_S 3240 Principles of Viticulture I (4)
- F_W 3400 Water Quality and Natural Resources Management (3)
- HTH_PR 4300 Health Care in the U.S. (3)
- HTH_PR 4310 Health Policy for Health Professionals (1-3)
- NAT_R 1060 Ecology and Conservation of Living Resources (3)
- NAT_R 1070 Ecology and Renewable Resource Management (3)
- RU_SOC 4370 Environment and Society (3)
- SOIL 2100 Introduction to Soils (3)