School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The importance of the media and their messages is growing at an unprecedented rate. However, as mass communication technology delivers new career opportunities it also presents the challenges of reaching increasingly overwhelmed audiences and understanding the implications of this information deluge.
Small classes in a big-university setting 40 minutes from downtown Denver provide students with the skills to excel in the job market and also the intellectual and conceptual background to help shape the future of both new and traditional media.
With a history of journalism instruction that dates back to 1909, the school provides a sound liberal arts foundation and solid professional preparation. Students receive education aimed at disciplined, critical thinking and analysis through the study of media history, law, ethics, writing, and social processes.
Diversity +
The school is actively committed to helping media organizations reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. It does this through focused recruitment and retention efforts aimed at preparing underrepresented students with the skills and support to excel as media professionals.
Media Opportunities +
The school takes full advantage of its proximity to Denver, a major media market. Distinguished media professionals regularly serve as adjunct faculty at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Hundreds of Denver and Boulder area media organizations provide wide-ranging internship and career opportunities. Students consistently are offered highly competitive internships at leading Denver television and radio stations, newspapers, advertising agencies, public relations firms and government, nonprofit, and corporate public information offices. Internships are available in communities throughout the state - including Colorado's mountain resort areas - and across the country.
Facilities and Equipment +
Technology is changing the way information is delivered - and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication is at the forefront of this shift, incorporating new technologies into its curriculum to make newsgathering, broadcasting, and advertising more accessible to audiences. Students use technology to create new media possibilities, renewing audience trust by collaborating with them to communicate important information. All lab courses - reporting, editing, advertising, radio, television, new media, and photojournalism - contain no more than 20 students. Broadcast students use a state-of-the-art digital broadcast studio in CU's new $31 million ATLAS center with its 1,000-square-foot facility furnished with the latest equipment.
Accreditation +
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education for Journalism and Mass Communications. It is a fundamental principal of the ACEJMC that education for journalism be broadly based. Undergraduate students take about two-thirds of their college course work outside of the school and approximately one-third in the school.
