Journalism & Digital Media

Program Structure

Below is a sample Journalism & Digital Media program overview. For a more specific program overview, consult the Academic Catalog for your year.

Patrick Henry College structures its academic program around its distinctive, classical liberal arts Core Curriculum consisting of 63 credits plus foreign language. Building on the foundation of PHC’s exceptional Core, Journalism & Digital Media students will take:

17 credits of Journalism & Digital Media courses

12 credits of apprenticeship courses

15 credits of major electives

15 credits of open electives

Major Courses (44 credits)

 

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Journalism & Digital Media Courses

(17 credits)

Intro to Journalism

Digital Design I

Journalism History

Multimedia Skills

Narrative Nonfiction

Media Law

Faith & Reason Integration Essay 

 

Apprenticeship Courses

(12 credits)

Student Media Production

Off-Campus Journalism Internship

 

Major Electives

(15 credits; choose any combination of the following)

Student Media Production

Digital Design II

Journalism

           Political Journalism

Public Relations

           Digital Storytelling

           Off-campus Journalism Internship

           Freelance Journalism Internship

           Leadership & Organizational Behavior

           Business Methods & Entrepreneurship

           Creative Writing

           American Political Institutions

           U.S. Intellectual History

           Historiography

           C.S. Lewis

           The Novel

           Major Twentieth Century Authors

           Modern & Contemporary Political Theory

           Conservative Political Theory

           Applied Research in Political Theory:
           Democracy’s Prospects & Challenges

 

Open Electives

(15 credits)

Credit earned in the attainment of foreign language ability may be applied to Open Electives.

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