Communications: Journalism & Digital Content (BA)
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Program Title
Communications: Journalism & Digital Content (BA)
Degree
Bachelor of Arts
Program Description
Susquehanna offers six tracks in Communications: Advertising and Public Relations; Broadcasting; Communication Arts, Communication Studies; Journalism and Digital Content; and Sports Media. Majors complete university Central Curriculum requirements, plus 48 to 50 semester hours of courses in a selected degree plan. These include introductory courses, practicums for learning skills, and specific emphases requirements. A grade of C- or better is required for any course to apply to the major or minor. Courses may count toward only one degree or minor.
The department also expects communications majors and minors to participate in related co-curricular activities, all of which count for the practicum requirement. Options include WQSU-FM radio; The Quill student newspaper; The Lanthorn student yearbook; studio and remote video production with Lens Flare; the Paul Dannelley Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA); the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM); Athletic Communication, and other activities supervised by department faculty.
The department also expects communications majors and minors to participate in related co-curricular activities, all of which count for the practicum requirement. Options include WQSU-FM radio; The Quill student newspaper; The Lanthorn student yearbook; studio and remote video production with Lens Flare; the Paul Dannelley Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA); the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM); Athletic Communication, and other activities supervised by department faculty.
Learning Goals
- Students will be able to identify, explain and apply theory
- Students will demonstrate communication skills (oral, visual, written, research)
- Students will recognize ethical implications and relate them to various contexts
- Students will develop and practice critical thinking
Double-counting Restriction
Courses may count toward only one Communications degree or minor.
Departmental honors requirements
The departmental honors program encourages and recognizes outstanding performance in communications. To graduate with department honors, candidates must do the following:
• Complete major requirements under guidance of a Communications Department faculty advisor, who agrees to serve as a sponsor at the student’s request,
• Petition the honors coordinator with a written honors proposal no later than the second to last week of the end of the junior year. The submission must be approved as honors quality by departmental faculty,
• Maintain a 3.70 cumulative GPA in department courses,
• Produce an acceptable written or production thesis based on one year of senior research/production work (COMM-503 Honors Study) beyond the required major track semester hours,
• Submit the thesis at least two weeks before graduation, and
• Successfully complete an oral defense of the honors thesis.
Honors work not meeting the required standards will be applied as a university elective course. Departmental honors may be taken separately from or in conjunction with the university Honors Program.
Honor Societies
Students who meet the requisite national and local standards are eligible to join the national honorary society Lambda Pi Eta (communications).
• Complete major requirements under guidance of a Communications Department faculty advisor, who agrees to serve as a sponsor at the student’s request,
• Petition the honors coordinator with a written honors proposal no later than the second to last week of the end of the junior year. The submission must be approved as honors quality by departmental faculty,
• Maintain a 3.70 cumulative GPA in department courses,
• Produce an acceptable written or production thesis based on one year of senior research/production work (COMM-503 Honors Study) beyond the required major track semester hours,
• Submit the thesis at least two weeks before graduation, and
• Successfully complete an oral defense of the honors thesis.
Honors work not meeting the required standards will be applied as a university elective course. Departmental honors may be taken separately from or in conjunction with the university Honors Program.
Honor Societies
Students who meet the requisite national and local standards are eligible to join the national honorary society Lambda Pi Eta (communications).