{"id":61822,"date":"2015-02-17T13:56:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T18:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/?page_id=61822"},"modified":"2024-04-22T10:20:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T14:20:32","slug":"minor-in-journalism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/com\/programs\/journalism\/minor-in-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students must take 28 units toward the Journalism minor including the prerequisite of COM CO 201, the principal writing course in the College of Communication, with a minimum grade of C. Two other requirements include COM JO 150, a core history course in Journalism, and COM JO 200, the first basic newswriting course in the sequence. The remaining 16 units would be fulfilled by taking a combination of JO courses related to writing, reporting, editing, production, visual storytelling, and studies of the free press. These electives must be at the 200 level or higher.<\/p>\n<p>All other courses must be taken with a C\u2013 or higher in order to count toward the minor. Please see the curriculum below.<\/p>\n<h3>Prerequisite<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>COM CO 201 Introduction to Communication Writing (C or higher) (prereq: first-year writing seminar or equivalent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Required Coursework<\/h3>\n<p><em> (8 units)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>COM JO 150 History and Principles of Journalism<\/li>\n<li>COM JO 200 Newswriting (prereq: COM CO 201)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Elective Coursework<\/h3>\n<p><em>(16 units)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Students choose 16 units of Journalism courses at the 200 level or higher. These courses can be taken in a particular pathway, such as writing, reporting, data, etc. They could also be taken from multiple disciplines for a broader exploration of the department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students must take 28 units toward the Journalism minor including the prerequisite of COM CO 201, the principal writing course in the College of Communication, with a minimum grade of C. Two other requirements include COM JO 150, a core history course in Journalism, and COM JO 200, the first basic newswriting course in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4502,"featured_media":0,"parent":32798,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61822"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94313,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61822\/revisions\/94313"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}