Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...

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elective course.
• Journalism electives
Please see Course Descriptions (Section 3 below) for
examples of electives.
• Arts/science courses
Second term
• Reporting and writing (Tier 3): Specialized journalism (continued)
• Bachelor’s project
• Journalism electives
• Arts/science courses
Four-year Undergraduate Degree
First year
First term
Second term
Second year
First term
• Foundations of journalism, with units in:
Writing (incorporating grammar and syntax, and
narrative, descriptive and explanatory methods)
Logic, evidence and research (incorporating critical thinking)
National and international institutions
(incorporating a basic understanding of one’s own country’s system
of government, its constitution, system of justice, political process,
economy, social and cultural organization, and its relations with
other countries)
General knowledge
(incorporating basic knowledge of national and international history
and geography and an introduction to contemporary social and
other issues of importance to journalists, including gender, cultural
diversity, religion, social class, conflict, poverty, development issues,
and public health issues, with training in applying analytical and
critical techniques to news coverage of these issues)
Arts/science courses
• Foundations of journalism (continued)
• Arts/science courses
• Reporting and writing (Tier 1): Basic news and feature stories
• Media law
Schools may choose to offer the Media law course at a later stage
in the program. However, it should be offered before students’ work