Journalism B.A. Program Outcomes:
The Journalism program at UMD strives to provide students a path of study that focuses on core skills and ways of thinking critically about mass media, and is further developed in real-world application.
- Demonstrate local engagement and global competence through written journalistic work.
- Tell stories across multiple media appropriately.Â
- Critically analyze media messages in a diverse, globalized media landscape.
- Demonstrate creativity and entrepreneurial spirit through journalistic work.
- Demonstrate a problem-solving approach to the practice of journalism.
- Communicate through effective writing.
Assessment
The Journalism program has a routine assessment schedule with several classes having been the specific focus of semester-long assessment efforts. We will continue to assess our program and our classes using the established routine set out in the Communication Department. The Journalism program will continue to use a portfolio system both in class and in the program overall to evaluate student work and assess our six learning outcomes.
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