Journalism and Sociology, BA (Boston)

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Foundation Courses

From the catalog

C or better required in JRNL 1101, JRNL 1102, and JRNL 2201:

• All of:
  • JRNL 1101 — Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing
  • JRNL 1102 — Journalist’s Toolbox
• JRNL 1150 — Understanding Today’s News
• JRNL 2201 — Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting

Visual Storytelling

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism
  • JRNL 3370 — Podcast and Radio Journalism
  • JRNL 5309 — News Documentary Production
  • JRNL 5310 — Photojournalism
  • JRNL 5314 — Video News Reporting and Producing
  • JRNL 5320 — Practicing Photojournalism: Community and the Camera

Law and Ethics

• One of:
  • JRNL 3550 — The First Amendment and the Media
  • JRNL 4650 — Ethics and Diversity in the News Media

Journalism Electives

16 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete four JRNL courses (two must be 3000-level or above).

Core Requirements

• SOCL 1101 — Introduction to Sociology
• One of:
  • SOCL 2320 — Statistical Analysis in Sociology
  • INSH 3102 — Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences
• One of:
  • SOCL 2321 — Research Methods in Sociology
  • INSH 3101 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
• SOCL 3300 — Social Theory

Sociology Elective A

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete two courses from the following range not used to satisfy other requirements:

SOCL 1100 to SOCL 2999

Sociology Elective B

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete two courses from the following range not used to satisfy other requirements:

SOCL 3000 to SOCL 5999

Capstone Requirement

• One of:
  • SOCL 4600 — Senior Seminar
  • ANTH 4100 — Making Anthropology and Sociology Public

Introductory

• One of:
  • SOCL 1000 — Sociology at Northeastern
  • JRNL 1000 — Journalism at Northeastern

Co-op Preparatory Course

• One of:
  • EESH 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
  • EEAM 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Integrative Requirement

From the catalog

Complete one course from JRNL and one course from SOCL:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • One of:
    • JRNL 3700 — Data Storytelling
    • JRNL 5250 — Gender in the Newsroom
    • JRNL 1949 — Covering Race in Pop Culture and the Media
  • SOCL 3441 — Sociology of Health and Illness
  • SOCL 4520 — Race, Class, and Gender
  • SOCL 4522 — Environmental Justice

Writing Requirement

• ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
• One of:
  • ENGW 3308 — Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
  • JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• EEAM 2000 ↔ EESH 2000 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

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