# Journalism (Certificate of Achievement)

Palomar College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Media Studies

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This certificate is designed for students with or without a four-year degree who want to develop journalistic writing skills. This series of classes teaches people how to research beyond Google, report fact-based information, and understand media literacy. This program requires students to write for the campus newspaper website, social media and its print magazine. The curriculum requires students to create news-based multimedia projects such as informational graphics, photo slideshows and video packages. This certificate concludes with a student internship that could lead to a job in journalism, social media and other communications fields.

Learning Outcome(s):

1.  Identify the four ethical guidelines from the Society of Professional Journalists and apply them to analyze scenarios related to ethical challenges of journalism. Assessment Tool: Exam
2.  Create journalistic print, audio, video, and multimedia content full of fact-based information. Assessment Tool: Portfolio
3.  Report and research fact-based information that they can effectively and quickly disseminate to the public. Assessment Tool: Portfolio

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Program Requirements** | | 18 |
| JOUR 101 | Newswriting and Reporting | 3 |
| JOUR 130 | Multimedia Journalism | 3 |
| DBA 105 | Multimedia Storytelling | 2 |
| JOUR 200 | Digital Literacy | 3 |
| BUS 152 | Social Media for Business | 3 |
| **Select one course** | | 3 |
| COMM 100 | Introduction to Mass Communication | 3 |
| or JOUR 105 | College News Media Production 1 | 3 |
| CE 150 | Cooperative Education Internship | 1 |
| **Total** | | **18** |