Newsgathering Broadcast – Environmental
In collaboration with the university’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Environment, Policy and Society, the program offers students the opportunity to earn both the master’s degree in journalism, with an emphasis in environmental journalism, and the certificate in Environmental Policy. The time to complete the degree and the certificate is estimated to be about two years.
Course Requirements for the Certificate Program
A total of 45 credit hours is required to graduate with an environmental emphasis in broadcast.
To qualify for the certificate, students must complete at least 18 hours of course work from the more than 40 courses in environmental policy and policy sciences offered at CU-Boulder, including the two capstone seminars. No more than 6 of the 18 hours required for the certificate may be in the Journalism and Mass Communication program.
Journalism Core Requirements (9 hours)
JOUR 5511 Newsgathering I, fall semester
JOUR 5521 Precision Journalism, fall semester
JOUR 6651 Media Law, second fall semester
Broadcast Requirements (18 hours)
JOUR 5514 TV Newsgathering, fall semester
JOUR 5502 Newsgathering 2
JOUR 5433 TV Documentary, or 5524 TV Investigative Reporting, or 5624 NewsTeam
JOUR 5851 Broadcast Professional Project
JOUR 5301 or 6661 Media Ethics or JOUR 6771 History of Mass Comm
One conceptual or professional course. See Master’s Courses
Required Electives (18 hours)
JOUR 5812 Science Writing, fall semester
JOUR 5822 Reporting on the Environment, spring semester
Four Environmental Certificate courses
Professional Project
Students will complete a professional project on an environmental subject. It can include audio and video work produced in NewsTeam, Investigative Reporting and broadcast electives. Students will submit their products and accompanying support materials at an oral defense before their committee.
Degree requirements are subject to change.
Center for Environmental Journalism
Certificate in Environment, Policy and Society
More about applying to graduate programs
Newsgathering Env Advising Form
Contact
jmcgrad@Colorado.edu
303-492-5008
Journalism and Mass Communication
Armory Building
1511 University Ave.
478 UCB
University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0478
303-492-5007