Program Description

Program Learning Outcomes

1. News Judgment: Work demonstrates news judgment that identifies and develops story ideas through observation, reading and paying attention to their environment
2. Critical and Independent Thinking: Work demonstrates an ability to synthesize information, think independently, and work through problems using inference and logic.
3. Cultural Competence: Work demonstrates an understanding of a variety of cultures and how those cultures influence perspectives, attitudes, and personal interaction with the world.
4. Writing: Work demonstrates concise, clear, and accurate writing that engages the audience with compelling storytelling.
5. Analytical Competence: Work demonstrates an ability to discern and weigh the quality of information they gather, as well as know-how to analyze and interpret it.
6. Research and Reporting: Work demonstrates an ability to methodically find information through personal interviews, public documents, and the Internet.
7. Media Literacy: Work demonstrates an ability to competently navigate through a rapidly changing media world, understanding media’s influence on society, community, and the democratic process, and that students also understand the power of visual storytelling in shaping society’s understanding of the world.
8. Ethics, Integrity, and the Law: Work demonstrates knowledge and practice of ethical standards and constitutional laws that guide journalism excellence.
9. Critical Evaluation: Work demonstrates critical evaluation of their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style, and grammatical correctness.
10. Data and Numbers: Work demonstrates an ability to apply basic numerical and statistical concepts.
11. Technology: Work demonstrates an ability to know when and how to apply technology in their professional work.
12. Visual Competence: Work demonstrates a technically competent ability to research, find and capture a concise and compelling story that reflects the gamut of human experience in a variety of formats.

Admission Requirements

• Have a a 2.5 grade point average (GPA) in the 4.0 grading scale or B- average in academic courses completed after 9th grade.

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
6	6	6	6	6

Remarks:

• Yearly tuition fee is given
• I20(Visa Letter) can be obtained only after submitting a bank statement with a balance of USD $41,894.
• Score reporting required.