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. Understand and apply the principles and laws of freedom of speech and press.
2. Write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the journalism industry.
3. Demonstrate the ability to apply tools and technologies appropriate for the communications professions.
4. Demonstrate critical thinking skills in conducting research and evaluating information by methods appropriate to the communications professions in which they work.
5. Critically evaluate their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammatical correctness.
6. Articulate the value of truth, accuracy, and fairness, and their relationship to culturally proficient communication distinctness; describe the importance of access to information to ensure these values; and apply these values in the discipline and professions.
7. Perform basic numerical computations; interpret statistical data and analyze audiences; and demonstrate the ability to apply these concepts in appropriate communications professions.

 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 criteria; however, students are expected to meet the requirements of Academic Policy 4.0 ACADEMIC STANDING, DISMISSAL, & REINSTATEMENT .

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