Baruch College Undergraduate Bulletin - Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 - CURRENT

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Electronic Research Methods and   Resources for Writers (

Program Prerequisite

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JRN 2500

The Individual and the News in the Information Age3 credits

Core Journalism Curriculum            (15 credits)
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JRN 3050

Journalistic Writingeffective spring 2021 course title changes to: Journalistic Reporting and WritingReporting and Writing (formerly Journalistic Writing)

4 credits
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JRN 3220

Media Ethics and Law3 credits
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JRN 3500

Advanced Reporting and Writing4 credits
or 
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JRN 3510

Multimedia Reporting4 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5050
DisciplineJRN
,
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5051
DisciplineJRN
, or
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CourseNumber5052
DisciplineJRN
 

Media Internship4 credits
or 
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JRN 4920

Narrative Writing (

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CourseNumber4920
DisciplineENG
)

4 credits

Specialization Electives                 (9-11 credits)
showcourse

JRN 3060

Feature Article Writing3 credits
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JRN 3064

Photojournalism (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3064
DisciplineART
)

 

3 credits
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JRN 3065

Electronic Research Methods and Resources for Writers (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3065
DisciplineLIB
)

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3100

Editing

3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3110
DisciplineJRN
Editing in the Digital World3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3200

Business and Financial Writingeffective spring 2021 course title changes to: Journalism (formerly Business and Financial JournalismWriting)

4 credits
showcourse

JRN 3210

Television Video Field Reporting effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Video (formerly Television Field Reporting)

 

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3280

Documentary Film (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3280
DisciplineENG
)

 

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3300

Science Communication3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3400

Journalistic Criticism and Reviewing3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3450

Journalistic Blogging3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3520
DisciplineJRN
Advanced Multimedia Reporting3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3530
DisciplineJRN

Journalistic Podcasting (formerly Podcasting and Radio News

effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Journalistic Podcasting

)

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3600

Creative Nonfiction3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3610

Workshop: Fiction Writing (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3610
DisciplineENG
)

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3615

Sudden Fiction -- Crafting Short Short Stories (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3615
DisciplineENG
)

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3630

Workshop: Playwriting (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3052
DisciplineTHE
)

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3650

Workshop: Film and Television Writing3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3660
DisciplineJRN
Fiction Podcasting3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3670
DisciplineJRN
Creating and Writing a Web Series 3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3700
DisciplineJRN
International Reporting3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3770
DisciplineJRN
Cultural Reporting3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3800

Environmental Reporting3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3810

Sportswriting3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3900

Topics in Journalism3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4200

Press Coverage of Politics and Policy3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4220

A Century of Muckraking: Investigating Corporations, Corruption and Governmental Crooks3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber4500
DisciplineJRN
Advanced Video Journalism   3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4730

Journalism and the Literary Imagination (
Showcourse v
CourseNumber4730
DisciplineCMP
)		3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4750

Investigative Reporting3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber4910
DisciplineJRN
Advanced Fiction-Writing Workshop4 credits
showcourse

JRN 4920

Narrative Writing (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4920
DisciplineENG
)

4 credits
showcourse

JRN 5000-5002

Independent Study in JournalismVariable

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5050
DisciplineJRN
,
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5051
DisciplineJRN
, or
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5052
DisciplineJRN

Media Internship4 credits
showcourse

JRN 6001H-6002H

Journalism Honors I and II3 credits
Plus 
Two Courses in Literature at the 3000-level or above6 credits
  

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businessjournalism

Fall 2020 - Business Journalism Specialization (See below for changes to the Major that will take place in spring 2021.)

This program will teach students how to function as business and financial journalists, for a news organization or on their own. Students will learn how to report on companies, analyze economic trends and find regional variations in them, understand financial markets and their impact on society, and write journalistic articles for a wide range of outlets, including newspapers and magazines, television and radio and the Internet. The specialization will help students develop research, reporting, and interviewing skills; learn to mine data; develop article ideas, and communicate news to different audiences.

 

Program Prerequisite

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CourseNumber2500
DisciplineJRN

Perspectives on the News3 credits
 
Core Curriculum            (15 credits)
showcourse

JRN 3050

Journalistic Writing

effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Journalistic Reporting and Writing

4 credits
showcourse

JRN 3200

Business and Financial Writing

effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Business and Financial Journalism

4 credits
showcourse

JRN 3220

Media Ethics and Law3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5050
DisciplineJRN
,
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5051
DisciplineJRN
, or
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5052
DisciplineJRN
 

Media Internship4 credits
or 
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JRN 4920

Narrative Writing (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4920
DisciplineENG
)

 

4 credits
 
Business Journalism Elective    (3 credits)
One course chosen from:
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JRN 4001

effective spring 2021 course number changes to: JRN 3201

 

Covering the Financial Markets3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4002

effective spring 2021 course number changes to: JRN 3202

 

Covering Wealth and Poverty

3 credits
 
Additional Journalism Electives    (6 – 8 credits)
Two courses chosen from the following:
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JRN 3060

Feature Article Writing3 credits
   

 

  
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JRN 3220

Media Ethics and Law3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5050
DisciplineJRN
,

showcourse

JRN 3065

showcourse
Showcourse v
CourseNumber30655051
DisciplineLIB
)

3 credits

JRN

3100

Editing, or

31103 creditsPodcasting and Radio News title changes to: Journalistic Podcasting3 credits-vCultural 38103 4001Covering the Financial Markets creditsPress Coverage of Politics and Policy 4920Narrative Writing (4920)4 credits 5000-5002
3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber

5052
DisciplineJRN

Editing in the Digital World

 

Media Internship4 credits
or 
showcourse

JRN 3210

Television Field Reporting

effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Video Field Reporting

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3450

Journalistic Blogging3 credits

4920

Narrative Writing (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4920
DisciplineENG
)

 

showcourse

JRN 3500

Advanced Reporting and Writing

4 credits
showcourse

JRN 3510

Multimedia Reporting4 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3520
DisciplineJRN
Advanced Multimedia Reporting3 credits 
 
Business Journalism Elective    (3 credits)
One course chosen from:
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JRN 4001

effective spring 2021 course number changes to: JRN 3201

 

Covering the Financial Markets3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4002

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3530
DisciplineJRN

effective spring 2021 course

number changes to: JRN 3202

 

Covering Wealth and Poverty

3 credits
 
Additional Journalism Electives    (6 – 8 credits)
Two courses chosen from the following:
showcourse

JRN 36003060

Feature Article WritingCreative Nonfiction3 credits

showcourse

JRN

3615

3065

Electronic Research Methods and   Resources for Writers Sudden Fiction -- Crafting Short Short Stories (

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CourseNumber36153065
DisciplineENGLIB
)

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3100

Editing

3 credits
showcourse-v
CourseNumber37003110
DisciplineJRN
International ReportingEditing in the Digital World3 credits
showcourse
CourseNumber3770
DisciplineJRN

JRN 3210

Television Field Reporting

effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Video Field Reporting

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 38003450

Environmental ReportingJournalistic Blogging3 credits
showcourse

JRN

3500

Advanced Reporting and Writing4 Sportswriting credits
showcourse

JRN 3900

Topics in Journalism

3510

Multimedia Reporting4 3 credits
showcourse-v
CourseNumber3520
DisciplineJRN
Advanced Multimedia Reporting3 credits 
showcourse-v

JRN 4002

Covering Wealth and Poverty

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4200

CourseNumber3530
DisciplineJRN

Podcasting and Radio News

effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Journalistic Podcasting

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 42203600

Creative NonfictionA Century of Muckraking: Investigating Corporations, Corruption and Governmental Crooks3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4750

Investigative Reporting

3615

Sudden Fiction -- Crafting Short Short Stories (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3615
DisciplineENG
)

3 credits
showcourse-v
CourseNumber3700
DisciplineJRN
International Reporting3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber
3770
DisciplineJRN
Cultural Reporting3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3800

Environmental Reporting3 ENG
showcourse

JRN

Independent Study in JournalismVariable

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5050
DisciplineJRN
,
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5051
DisciplineJRN
, or
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5052
DisciplineJRN
 

Media Internship4 credits
showcourse

JRN 6001H-6002H

Journalism Honors I and II3 credits

With permission of the journalism advisor, writing-related Feit seminars (

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DisciplineIDC
) and Harman Writer-in-Residence courses may be counted toward the major.

 

3810

  
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JRN 3900

  
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JRN 4001

  
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JRN 4002

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  
   
   

 

 
 Other Electives: Two additional courses (6 credits) drawn from the offerings of other programs throughout Baruch College, subject to approval by the journalism advisor.
 

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businessjournalism - sp2021

Effective Spring 2021 - Business Journalism Specialization

This program will teach students how to function as business and financial journalists, for news organizations or on their own. Students will learn how to report on companies, analyze economic trends and find regional variations in them, understand financial markets and their impact on society, and write and produce business news for a wide range of outlets, including newspapers and magazines, television and radio and the Internet. The specialization will help students develop research, reporting, interviewing skills, and story ideas; learn to mine data; and communicate news to different audiences across media technologies.

Program Prerequisite

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DisciplineJRN

The Individual and the News in the Information Age

3 credits

 

 

 

Core Curriculum (15 credits)

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CourseNumber3200
DisciplineJRN

Business and Financial Journalism

(formerly Business and Financial Writing)

4 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3220
DisciplineJRN

Media Ethics and Law

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3510
DisciplineJRN

Multimedia Reporting

4 credits

 

 

 

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5050
DisciplineJRN
,

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5051
DisciplineJRN
,

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5052
DisciplineJRN

Media Internship

4 credits

 

or

 

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4920
DisciplineJRN

Narrative Writing (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4920
DisciplineENG
)

4 credits

 

Electives    (6 credits)

Two of the following courses:

 

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3201
DisciplineJRN

Covering the Financial Markets (formerly JRN 4001)

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3202
DisciplineJRN

Covering Wealth and Poverty (formerly JRN 4002)

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3800
DisciplineJRN
 

Environmental Reporting

3 credits

 

Additional Journalism Electives    (6 credits)

Two courses chosen from the following:

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3060
DisciplineJRN

Feature Article Writing

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3100
DisciplineJRN

Editing

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3201
DisciplineJRN

Covering the Financial Markets (formerly JRN 4001)

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3202
DisciplineJRN

Covering Wealth and Poverty (formerly JRN 4002)

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3450
DisciplineJRN

Journalistic Blogging

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3530
DisciplineJRN

Journalistic Podcasting

(formerly Podcasting and Radio News)

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3700
DisciplineJRN

International Reporting

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3770
DisciplineJRN

Cultural Reporting

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3800
DisciplineJRN

Environmental Reporting

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4500
DisciplineJRN

Advanced Video Journalism

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4750
DisciplineJRN

Investigative Reporting

3 credits

 

 

 

Capstone Course  (3 – 4 credits)

One of the following courses:

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DisciplineJRN

Advanced Video Journalism

3 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4750
DisciplineJRN

Investigative Reporting

3 credits{SHOW

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4920
DisciplineJRN

Narrative Writing (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4920
DisciplineENG
)

4 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5050
DisciplineJRN
,

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5051
DisciplineJRN
,

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5052
DisciplineJRN

Media Internship

4 credits

 

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businesscom

Business Communication Major: 
Business Writing Specialization for the BA Student

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Program Learning Goals

Upon completion of the business writing specialization within the business communication major, students will be able to:

  1. Report, research and write reports and articles in a range of formats with accuracy and context.
  2. Find and retrieve online information and data and evaluate it.
  3. Employ the fundamentals of clear business writing to produce effective communications and to begin to develop a personal writing style.
  4. Locate a wide range of information from various sources on local, regional, national and global issues, drawing on print, broadcast and Web archives.
  5. Write effectively in at least two specialties within the world of business writing, including marketing-related writing, Internet communications, legal writing, journalistic writing and financial writing.

Major Course Requirements

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bus writing major reqs

For the BA student who is interested in combining business writing with preparation in business administration, the following interdisciplinary specialization within the business communication major is suggested.


Base Curriculum Courses 
No credit toward the major

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ENG 2100

Writing I (or its equivalent)3 credits
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ENG 2150

Writing II3 credits
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ENG 2800

Great Works of Literature I (

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DisciplineCMP
)

3 credits
or 
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ENG 2850

Great Works of Literature II (

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CourseNumber2850
DisciplineCMP
)

3 credits

Program Prerequisites       15 credits

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MKT 3000

Marketing Foundations3 credits
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MGT 3120

Fundamentals of Management3 credits
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STA 2000

Business Statistics I3 credits
or 

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CourseNumber2100
DisciplinePSY

Statistics for Social Science (formerly STA 2100)3 credits
or 
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ECO 1001

Micro-Economics
  (may be applied to the base curriculum - Baruch Common Core)		3 credits
or 
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ECO 1002

Macro-Economics
  (may be applied to the base curriculum - Baruch Common Core)		3 credits
or 
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ECO 1110

Current Economic Problems3 credits
showcourse

CIS 2200

Introduction to Information Systems and Technologies

(Students must complete

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CourseNumber1000
DisciplineBUS
 as a course prerequisite)

3 credits
Major/Specialization:       30–33 credits
Interdisciplinary Core:      (6-7 credits)
Business Communication
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JRN 3050

Journalistic Writing

effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Journalistic Reporting and Writing

4 credits
or 
showcourse

JRN 3150

Business Communication3 credits
and 
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JRN 3220

Media Ethics and Law

3 credits
Marketing/Advertising
Choose one course:
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MKT 3520

Advertising and Marketing Communications3 credits
showcourse

MKT 3600

Marketing Research3 credits
showcourse

MKT 3605

Consumer Behavior3 credits
showcourse

MKT 4171

Public Relations

3 credits
Management
Choose one course:
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MGT 3300

Management: A Behavioral Approach3 credits
showcourse

MGT 3800

Management and Society

3 credits
Business Writing Specialization Requirements              
Required Courses                  (10 – 12 credits)
showcourse

JRN 3200

Business and Financial Writing

effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Business and Financial Journalism

4 credits

and two from the following:
showcourse

JRN 3100

Editing

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3150

Business Communication3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3500

Advanced Reporting and Writing4 credits
showcourse

JRN 3510

Multimedia Reporting4 credits

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5050
DisciplineJRN
,
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5051
DisciplineJRN
, or
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5052
DisciplineJRN
 

Media Internship

4 credits
Electives         (6 – 8 credits)
showcourse

JRN 3060

Feature Article Writing3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3100

Editing

3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3110
DisciplineJRN
Editing in the Digital World3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3210

Television Field Reporting

effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Video Field Reporting

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3220

Media Ethics and Law3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3450

Journalistic Blogging3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3500

Advanced Reporting and Writing4 credits
showcourse

JRN 3510

Multimedia Reporting4 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3520
DisciplineJRN
Advanced Multimedia Reporting3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3530
DisciplineJRN

Podcasting and Radio News

effective spring 2021 course title changes to: Journalistic Podcasting

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3615

Sudden Fiction - Crafting Short Short Stories (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber3615
DisciplineENG
)

3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3600

Creative Nonfiction3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3700
DisciplineJRN
International Reporting3 credits
Showcourse v
CourseNumber3770
DisciplineJRN
Cultural Reporting3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3800

Environmental Reporting3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3810

Sportswriting3 credits
showcourse

JRN 3900

Topics in Journalism†3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4200

Press Coverage of Politics and Policy3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4220

A Century of Muckraking: Investigating Corporations, Corruption and Governmental Crooks3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4750

Investigative Reporting3 credits
showcourse

JRN 4920

Narrative Writing (

Showcourse v
CourseNumber4920
DisciplineENG
)

4 credits
showcourse

JRN 5000-5002

Independent Study in JournalismVariable

Showcourse v
CourseNumber5050
DisciplineJRN
,
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5051
DisciplineJRN
, or
Showcourse v
CourseNumber5052
DisciplineJRN
 

Media Internship

4 credits
showcourse

JRN 6001H-6002H

Journalism Honors I and II3 credits
†Students may enroll in JRN 3900 more than once if the topic is different.

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