Certificate in Outdoor/Environmental Journalism
The certificate program in Outdoor/Environmental Journalism provides students with a basic understanding of outdoor and environmental issues and how to communicate about those issues. Students obtaining a certificate will study the history and the best writing in the areas of outdoor and the environmental journalism, and they will be required to develop their own portfolio of writing projects in this area.
Requirements
Prerequisite for Certificate: JOUR 1030 or WRIT 2072 or equivalent.
18-19 hours (core courses)
21-22 hours (with prerequisite of journalism or writing course)
Required Courses
| Prerequisite Coursework: 3 hours | |
| JOUR 1030 or WRIT 2072 or equivalent writing course | 3 hours |
| Journalism Coursework: 9 hours | |
| JOUR 2350: Outdoor/Nature Journalism | 3 hours |
| JOUR 2750: Reporting Disaster Stories | 3 hours |
| JOUR 3750: Environmental Journalism and Communications | 3 hours |
| Environmental Studies Coursework: 9-10 hours | |
| GNST 1300: Technology, Science and Society | 3 hours |
| ISTL 2600 / BIO1318: Natural Systems & Sustainable Ecology | 3 hours |
| OR | |
| SCIN 1520 & 1521: Environment and Environmental Lab | 4 hours |
| PHIL 2360: Environmental Ethics | 3 hours |
| OR | |
| HRTS 3400: Human Rights and the Environment | 3 hours |
| Total: | 21-22 hours |
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