Bachelor of Arts - Journalism

Program Description

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism prepares graduates for careers as multimedia content producers and video storytellers. The program's team of professional journalists and emphasis on experiential learning enable graduates to write, produce, and post stories that serve citizens with news worth knowing. Production facilities include a South Loop news center, green screen studio, mac labs, high-end editing suites, and smart classrooms. Students particularly benefit from DePaul's long partnership with Chicago's professional community.​​​

Learning Outcomes

​Students will be able to:

• Write, interpret and report the news of the day.
• Understand the business many of them will be entering.
• Understand the role technology, social media and repurposing stories for multimedia platforms are playing in the current and future world of newsgathering and dissemination.
• Understand journalism's relationship to society, power, politics and the international stage, which is being made smaller through the use of mass media.