In collaboration with the university’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Environment, Policy, and Society, the school 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 School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Journalism Core Requirements (9 hours)
JOUR 5511 Newsgathering I, fall semester
JOUR 5521 Precision Journalism, fall semester
JOUR 6651 Press and the Constitution, 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 6661 Media Ethics or JOUR 6771 History of Mass Comm
One conceptual 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

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More about applying to graduate programs

Contact
sjmcgrad@spot.colorado.edu
303-492-5008
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Armory Building
1511 University Ave.
478 UCB
University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0478
303-492-5007