Program Description

Whether you are navigating the media-rich culture as a critical thinker, learning to write and produce news and feature stories as a journalist or are gaining hands-on experience in digital video and audio as a social media expert, Kennesaw State’s Journalism and Emerging Media degree offers endless possibilities.

Learn the latest industry trends from faculty members who are award-winning professionals, including reporters, editors and international correspondents at the Associated Press, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CNN, NPR, commercial radio stations and various newspapers.

The Journalism and Emerging Media major offers a professionally-focused, marketplace-relevant, and theoretically-rigorous program. It includes courses in news writing, media law, digital media production, sports reporting, investigative reporting, and community-based capstone experience. It encourages students to enroll in a for-credit internship.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program will be able to: 

1. Create news stories in appropriate media formats and incorporate Associated Press and other accepted writing formats and styles suitable for professional publication.
2. Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills to gather and analyze data, select and interview sources, and create content across multiple media platforms and the web.
3. Produce artifacts that exemplify digital production skills in at least one of these three areas: photography, video, or audio.
4. Assess media content in terms of accuracy and fairness, media law, journalism ethics, and diversity of audience.
5. Recall and discuss key facts related to the historical significance of a free press and freedom of speech in a national and global context.
6. Apply tools and technologies appropriate for the profession in journalism and emerging media.
7. Create and explain an e-portfolio of professional quality journalism for internship and job placement.

This program is a part of the Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences .

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Admissions, Enrollment, and Graduation Criteria

Admissions Criteria

Admission to this program is open to all students who meet Kennesaw State University’s general admission standards. Visit the Admissions  section of the Catalog for more details.

Enrollment Criteria

This program does not have specific enrollment requirements. 

Graduation Criteria

Each student is expected to meet the requirements outlined in Academic Policy 5.0 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS & GRADUATION .

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Program Course Requirements