The following policy has been established by the E. Students demonstrating notable talent or experience and members of historically underrepresented groups will be given special consideration. Students with a lower class ranking will be considered if they have outstanding SAT or ACT scores.
Scripps School of Journalism admits only the best academically and professionally qualified students who normally rank in the top 15 percent of their high school class and meet minimum standardized test score requirements. Scripps School of Journalism provides courses in Web page design and reporting to help students develop the skills necessary for Internet-based journalism careers. With increased media use of computers and the Internet, many employers are seeking graduates who can write and design materials for the World Wide Web. Students comprise the advertising staff of Southeast Ohio magazine and serve in public relations capacities with University and community organizations. In broadcast news, students get practical experience in preparing and broadcasting news over WOUB AM, FM, and TV, the University's radio and television stations, and over ACTV-7, the local cable television system.Īdvertising and public relations students gain practical experience through internships with agencies, corporations, hospitals, charitable groups, newspapers, magazines, and broadcast stations.
Many students add to their experience by writing for and editing The Post, the independent daily campus newspaper the Athena, the University yearbook or The Ohio Journalist, the school's alumni publication. Practical experience also is available on a laboratory magazine, Southeast Ohio, and in graphics and advertising laboratories. This training prepares students to enter the profession immediately after graduation. As staff members, students will gather and write news, edit local and wire copy, write headlines, and prepare copy and layouts. While working toward their degree, students sometimes serve on the staffs of local newspapers. Scripps School of Journalism, and students interested in studio and field production should enroll in the School of Telecommunications. While there is overlap between journalism and telecommunications in broadcast news career preparation, students interested in being news writers, reporters, and anchors should enroll in the E.
Scripps college course catalog professional#
Blending the liberal arts with professional courses, Ohio University journalism students take approximately three-fourths of their courses outside the professional school.įive sequences are offered, all leading to the Bachelor of Science in Journalism degree: advertising, magazine journalism, news writing and editing, public relations, and broadcast news. It requires its practitioners to be educated culturally and trained professionally. Journalism today is a profession - like medicine, law, teaching, or engineering. upholds the University mission of commitment to educational excellence through focus on the individual student.offers an environment that equips students to live in a diverse world and.supports a diverse faculty offering an array of contributions.expands scholarly activity to enhance the body of knowledge within journalism.attracts, nurtures, and retains a diverse group of outstanding students.values an international presence and perspective.involves students and faculty in an extended University.provides a liaison between students and professionals.prepares students to enter the journalism professions.fosters the highest standards of journalism ethics.stresses the importance of the First Amendment.The goals are to search for truth to develop critical analysis, thinking, writing, and speaking abilities and to enhance free, responsible, and effective expression of ideas. The school stresses the need for a liberal arts foundation combined with a professional education and practical experience for its students. Scripps School of Journalism is dedicated to the needs of its students to excellence in teaching, advising, service, and research and to leadership in journalism education. It is one of a limited number of accredited schools and departments of journalism in the United States. Scripps School of Journalism is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in journalism and mass communication.
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