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New York City is our laboratory, and students move seamlessly from the classroom into the city on assignments that take them all over town. Given our place within the Arts and Science core of a leading university, the institute sees journalism as an essential strand in the liberal arts tradition.
- Undergraduate
Journalism at NYU is for bold and curious students intent on...
- Undergraduate
Journalism at NYU is for bold and curious students intent on exploring every avenue until they get to the truth. At the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, award-winning faculty help equip you with the tools you need to create stories that matter to you.
In addition to providing undergraduates with high quality academic and practical training, the Institute is committed to preparing its students for meaningful careers in newspapers, broadcasting, magazines, and media criticism.
The Minor in Broadcast and Multimedia Journalism consists of 5 courses (3 core courses and 2 electives) worth 4 credits each for a total of 20 credits. The three core courses are: Journalistic Inquiry: The Written Word JOUR-UA 101. Reporting Multimedia JOUR-UA 102.
- Major in Journalism: General Information
- Journalism Concentration
- Media Criticism Concentration
- Policies Applying to Both Concentrations
- Policy on 2-Point Courses
- Minor in Print and Online Journalism
- Minor in Broadcast and Multimedia Journalism
- Policies Applying to Both Minors
- Honors Program
The institute offers two concentrations in the major, one in journalism and one in media criticism. The concentration in media criticism is open only to students who declared it on or before May 19, 2020 (the end of the spring 2020 term). The major consists of eight 4-point courses for a total of 32 points. Students are also required to complete a ...
The journalism concentration is designed to provide students with general training in written and multimedia forms of journalism, as well as well as more in-depth training in a “track” or specialization of their choice, either print/online journalism or broadcast journalism. Details about these tracks appear below. All majors following this concent...
The concentration in media criticism is open only to students who declared it on or before May 19, 2020 (the end of the spring 2020 term). Students in the media criticism concentration must complete six required courses (two lecture courses and four skills courses), one seminar, and one elective from a specified list of journalism offerings. All ma...
Completion of either journalism major concentration exempts students from the College Core Curriculum’s requirement in Societies and the Social Sciences. The prerequisite for both Investigating Journalism: Ethics and Practice (JOUR-UA 50) and Journalistic Inquiry: The Written Word (JOUR-UA 101) is completion of the College’s expository writing requ...
Journalism majors may take two (and no more than two) 2-point JOUR-UA courses in lieu of one 4-point course toward the elective requirement for the major (which is the completion of three electives/12 points in total). Petitions to substitute 2-point courses from outside the journalism department will not be considered. Journalism minors must fulfi...
This minor consists of five 4-point courses (20 points) completed with a C or better (Pass/Fail grades do not count): 1. Journalistic Inquiry: The Written Word (JOUR-UA 101) 2. The Beat (dedicated print/online section only; JOUR-UA 201) 3. Three 4-point JOUR-UA electives
This minor consists of five 4-point courses (20 points) completed with a C or better (Pass/Fail grades do not count): 1. Journalistic Inquiry: The Written Word (JOUR-UA 101) 2. Journalistic Inquiry: Multimedia (JOUR-UA 102) 3. The Beat (dedicated broadcast section only; JOUR-UA 201) 4. Two 4-point JOUR-UA electives
A completed major in journalism exempts students from the College Core Curriculum’s Societies and the Social Sciences requirement, but completion of either minor does not serve as an exemption from this Core requirement.
Juniors and seniors who have maintained a 3.65 overall GPA and a 3.65 GPA in the journalism major are eligible for the two-course, 8-point honors program. Students take a special honors section of Advanced Reporting (JOUR-UA 351) followed by the Honors Senior Seminar (JOUR-UA 352) to complete a two-semester capstone project. Students enrolled in ho...
• The broadcast track is for students who wish to focus on reporting and video production for broadcast media. While students are not required to formally declare their track (and it will
Jul 1, 2021 · The Journalism BA program from New York University emphasizes both the practical (basic and advanced skills training) and the theoretical.
