Bachelor of Communication in Journalism and Digital Media

The world of journalism is varied and challenging and Mount Royal?s goal is to ensure that journalism and digital media graduates have a range of skills and understandings that they can draw upon in this ever-changing landscape. The best journalism is accomplished by people with a thorough grasp of the fundamentals of reporting, writing, editing, and illustrating news, the ability to think critically about their work and work environment, and a deep curiosity about how society functions, or often does not function. The Journalism and Digital Media major in the four-year Bachelor of Communication program is based on integrating classroom learning with practical experience, including professional work experiences, and is focused on providing students with a broad-based journalism education in writing, idea and story development, digital newspaper and magazine publishing, broadcasting, photography, Podcasting and visual multi-media. It additionally includes:

Considerable exposure to written, spoken and mediated communications, and to the effective use of computers.
The opportunity to develop and practice a range of presentation skills.
A focus on critical reflection about journalism generally, and the student?s own work through instructor feedback, peer critiques, and self-reflection.
Consideration of the social context for the practice of journalism including media history, law, and ethics.
Direct workplace exposure in communications through the required professional work experience.
A strong General Education component that ensures both breadths of study and the potential to achieve a minor in a given discipline, such as political science, history, sociology, or a second language among other possibilities.
Electives students can use to explore a specific discipline more fully.
Information retrieval techniques and information assessment are presented in a number of courses, while a course in research design and methodology encourages a more comprehensive understanding of the goals and nature of research.
A Communication Studies component with specific attention to key theories that explain the interaction inherent in communication processes.
Strict attention to ethical practice as detailed in a program-wide journalism policy manual.
This blend of elements introduces journalism and digital media students to the expectations and requirements of professional practice in the context of the role journalism plays in society while allowing them to step outside that frame to consider other ideas and forces that shape their world and to acquire depth and breadth of knowledge intended to serve journalism graduates in a variety of ways.

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