Undergraduate Programs
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| Institution: | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| State: | Alaska |
| School: | Journalism Department |
| Website: | http://www.uaf.edu/journal |
| Contact: | Lynne Lott |
| Address: | UAF Journalism Dept.
101 Bunnell PO Box 756120 Fairbanks, AK 99775 |
| Phone: | (907) 474-7761 |
| E-mail: | lmlott@alaska.edu |
| Criteria: | To register, students must have either taken our basic newswriting course or submit writing samples to the instructor, who looks for evidence the student will benefit from the course. No formal science training is required. Journalism students and science students take the course together; each group brings its own set of skills to the course, and the combination greatly enhances our workshop discussions. |
| Faculty: | Lynne Lott |
| Orientation: | The course name sums it up well: Science Writing for Magazines and Newspapers. Students choose their own subjects (with guidance from the instructor), and any subject may be considered as long as it a) includes science of some sort and b) has a reasonable chance of meeting the needs of a specific publication aimed at a popular audience. |
| Description: | This is an advanced course designed for students who have mastered journalism basics or who have evidence of other writing experience or ability. Scientists are welcome, but a science background is not necessary. Students analyze and write science articles (may include nature and medicine) aimed at the general public. The coursework is a mix of writing and reading assignments, class workshops, exercises and one-on-one conferences with the instructor. Students work on developing story structure, improving writing and reporting skills, recognizing and finding science news, understanding editors' needs, developing story ideas, writing query letters, capturing reader interest and maintaining accuracy. Several students who have taken this course have published articles; the instructor has every expectation that all course alumni will eventually do so. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Saturday, November 5, 2011 1:34:07 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Arizona State University |
| State: | Arizona |
| School: | Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication |
| Website: | http://cronkitescience@asu.edu |
| Contact: | Ed Sylvester |
| Address: | Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Arizona State University 555 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 |
| Phone: | (480) 965-4210 |
| E-mail: | ed.sylvester@asu.edu |
| Criteria: | Science and Medical Writing is open to undergraduate and graduate journalism students who have completed Newswriting and Reporting, as well as to students in the Barrett Honors College and others who show a strong science background and proven writing ability. The course also is required for Mayo Medical School students in the combined MD / MMC program. |
| Faculty: | Ed Sylvester |
| Orientation: | This course is writing intensive, with in-class seminar-style discussion of professional and student stories focused on parallel analyses of the journalistic techniques and structure used in the story and the scientific methods, goals and conclusions behind it. |
| Description: | JMC 445 / HON 494 / MCO 598 is available for both graduate and honors-college credit. It fulfills the major-emphasis elective requirement in the Cronkite School and is part of the capstone requirement for the MD / MMC program. Students write several 500-word stories that can come out of many science disciplines, concluding with a major indepth piece or series relating primarily to the health and medical sciences. Students aim to have their work selected as part of a professionally produced and hosted website exploring health and medical issues, aimed at public audiences. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | Yes |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Friday, November 4, 2011 11:27:19 AM CDT |
| Institution: | Northern Arizona University |
| State: | Arizona |
| School: | School of Communication |
| Website: | http://www.nau.edu |
| Contact: | Peter Friederici |
| Address: | Box 5619 School of Communication
Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona 86011 |
| Phone: | (928) 523-6378 |
| E-mail: | Peter.Friederici@nau.edu |
| Criteria: | Northern Arizona University’s School of Communication offers several undergraduate courses in environmental communication, science reporting, and environmental reporting. Graduate students may take some of the classes for graduate credit. Community members may also enroll, though aApplicants must be officially enrolled at Northern Arizona University. |
| Faculty: | Peter Friederici, Annette McGivney, Carly Long, and Michele James. |
| Orientation: | NAU’s science/environmental journalism and and environmental communication courses are aimed primarily at undergraduates in journalism, environmental sciences and studies, and other majors. Graduate students may take science writing and environmental reporting classes for graduate credit. |
| Description: | Two junior-level writing classes in the journalism program focus on science reporting and on a variety of environmental reporting topics; they allow students to practice reporting, writing, and multimedia skills while covering science and environmental stories. Students in these courses take advantage of the rich variety of science research taking place at NAU and in the Flagstaff community, as well as the extensive environmental resources and issues that characterize the Colorado Plateau. The School’s journalism program emphasizes hands-on use of a variety of digital equipment so that students may practice storytelling in multiple media. The School of Communication also offers two environmental communication courses that focus on conveying environmental issues to various audiences through writing, oral means, art, and other media. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Friday, November 11, 2011 4:45:31 PM CST |
| Institution: | Humboldt State University |
| State: | California |
| School: | Journalism and Mass Communication Department |
| Website: | http://www.humboldt.edu/journalism/ |
| Contact: | Vicky Sama |
| Address: | Journalism and Mass Communication Department
Humboldt State University Arcata, CA 95521 |
| Phone: | (707) 826-4775 |
| E-mail: | Vicky.Sama@humboldt.edu |
| Criteria: | Must have taken a beginning reporting course. |
| Faculty: | Mark Larson, Marcy Burstiner
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| Orientation: | JMC 490-Science & Environmental Writing |
| Description: | An opportunity at the upper-division level to conduct in-depth reporting of current science and environmental topics. |
| Serves grads: | No |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | Yes |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Sunday, October 23, 2011 11:42:14 AM CDT |
| Institution: | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| State: | California |
| School: | Science Communication Program (in Divison of Physical and Biological Sciences) |
| Website: | http://scicom.ucsc.edu |
| Contact: | Robert Irion |
| Address: | Science Communication Program
University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 |
| Phone: | (831) 459-4475 |
| E-mail: | scicom@ucsc.edu |
| Criteria: | A bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. in science or engineering is required. GRE general and advanced test scores are required (the advanced test must be in a science). Academic research laboratory or field experience, six months minimum, is required.
UC Santa Cruz offers one "Introduction to Science Writing" course for undergraduates as well. |
| Faculty: | Peter Aldhous, Marc DesJardins, Erika Check Hayden, Janet Hopson, Robert Irion, Ken McLaughlin, Martha Mendoza, Mary Miller, Evelyn Strauss |
| Orientation: | The UC Santa Cruz program focuses on writing for the public through print and web media about science, medicine, the environment, and technology. Emphasis is on reporting current research through interviews and site visits. |
| Description: | The science writing program at UC Santa Cruz is a stand-alone, one-year graduate certificate program. It is intended for scientists who wish to alter their career paths toward science writing, not for existing journalists who wish to specialize. The focus is on cogent news and feature reporting and narrative storytelling for newspapers, magazines, and the web. Public information writing is a secondary focus available through mentored internships. Internships are central to the program; all students must complete part-time reporting and writing internships during the first two of their three academic quarters. Internship sites include daily newspapers in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Salinas; public information offices at UC Santa Cruz, Stanford University, Stanford Medical Center, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; radio programs in Santa Cruz and Mountain View; the Monterey Bay Aquarium; and Science magazine online. The final requirement is a full-time summer internship at the regional or national level. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | Yes |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:30:25 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Colorado State University |
| State: | Colorado |
| School: | Department of Journalism and Technical Communication: undergraduate |
| Website: | http://journalism.colostate.edu |
| Contact: | Ananda Luttet (undergraduate) |
| Address: | Department of Journalism and Technical Communication
C-242 Clark Building Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 |
| Phone: | (970) 491-5484 |
| E-mail: | Ananda.Luttet@colostate.edu |
| School 2: | Department of Journalism and Technical Communication: graduate |
| Website: | http://journalism.colostate.edu |
| Contact: | Sarah Pooler (graduate) |
| Address: | Department of Journalism & Technical Communication
Campus Delivery 1785 Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 |
| Phone: | (970) 491-5132 |
| E-mail: | Sarah.Pooler@colostate.edu |
| Criteria: | B.A. Program: Admission to the university with above-average H.S. GPA and test scores. Transfers need 2.9 college GPA. M.S. Program: Meet university graduate requirements (3.0 GPA typical, test scores taken into account). Application letter should point to how the program goals and student needs fit (see Web site). Many students have science/technical undergrad majors or professional experience. Students without undergrad courses or professional experience may be required to take additional basic undergrad journalism courses. M.S. and Ph.D. Program: Meet university graduate requirements (3.0 GPA typical, test scores taken into account). Application letter should point to how the program goals and student needs fit (see Web site). Many students have science/technical undergrad majors or professional experience. Students without previous coursework or professional experience may be required to take additional basic journalism course |
| Faculty: | Greg Luft, Joe Champ, Cindy Christen, Kirk Hallahan, Pam Jackson, Jangyul Kim, Minjeong Kim, Kris Kodrich, James Landers, Marilee Long, Rosa Martey, Patrick Plaisance, Pete Seel, Jamie Switzer, Craig Trumbo, Don Zimmerman. |
| Orientation: | The B.A. in Journalism and Technical Communication program has been nationally accredited since 1972 and is the only unconditionally-accredited program in Colorado. Students participate in a well-structured internship program with professional media organizations. |
| Description: | The B.A. in Journalism and Technical Communication program has been nationally accredited since 1972 and is the only unconditionally-accredited program in Colorado. Students participate in a well-structured internship program with professional media organizations. Researchers across campus are national leaders examining public problems involving science, technology, the environment, health and other applied human sciences. Faculty members in the Department of Journalism and Technical Communication also focus their research efforts in these domains, with specific interest in the role of communication. The JTC Department houses the Center for Research on Communication and Technology, which has been designated by the university as a “Center of Excellence.” Through the Center and faculty-funded research, graduate students have the opportunity to take part in a diverse selection of research projects. In addition to on-campus support, faculty members have had their programs of research funded by businesses, private organizations and government agencies. Such external funding has come from sources such as the Environmental Protection Agency, IBM, Hewlett Packard, National Institutes on Alcohol Addiction and Abuse, National Cancer Institute, National Park Service, National Science Foundation, and U.S. Forest Service. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | Yes |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Sunday, October 23, 2011 11:31:26 AM CDT |
| Institution: | Iowa State University |
| State: | Iowa |
| School: | Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication |
| Website: | http://www.jlmc.iastate.edu/ |
| Contact: | Michael Dahlstrom (undergraduate) |
| Address: | 215 Hamilton Hall
Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 |
| Phone: | (608) 469-9602 |
| E-mail: | mfd@iastate.edu |
| Contact: | Eric Abbott (graduate) |
| Phone: | (515) 294-0492 |
| E-mail: | eabbott@iastate.edu |
| Criteria: | Undergraduate admission to the Greenlee School is as a premajor. Students become journalism majors after completing mass media and society, orientation to journalism and coummunication, and reporting and writing for the mass media. Students become advertising majors after completing the same courses plus a course in advertising principles. Graduate admission requires the GRE. |
| Faculty: | Eric Abbott, Michael Dahlstrom, Gang Han, Suman Lee, Jane Peterson, Lulu Rodriguez, and Sela Sar
|
| Orientation: | Science communication; risk communication for the general mass media audience. |
| Description: | The Greenlee School science, technology and risk communication program prepares undergraduate students to combine expertise in science and/or technology with expertise in the following areas of mass communication: print (newspaper and magazine), electronic media (broadcast, cable and new media), public relations, visual communication and advertising. The general objective of the Master of Science program is to prepare individuals to become leading researchers, educators, communication strategists and practitioners in the field of science, technology and risk communication. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | Yes |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:40:51 PM CDT |
| Institution: | University of Iowa |
| State: | Iowa |
| School: | School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
| Website: | http://www.uiowa.edu/jmc |
| Contact: | David Perlmutter |
| Address: | 100 Adler Journalism Building
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242-1401 |
| Phone: | (319) 335-3390 |
| E-mail: | david-perlmutter@uiowa.edu |
| Criteria: | To be admitted to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication as an MA student, applicants must complete a statement of purpose, which ideally will be an appropriate fit for the School. No formal training is required. GRE scores are required. |
| Faculty: | Petya Eckler and Julie Andsager |
| Orientation: | Media & Health (19:160/172:160) is focused on how news and entertainment media influence and inform public health attitudes and behaviors. |
| Description: | The goal of this course is to examine the potential and limits of mass media in educating the public and, where possible, in promoting health campaign goals. We examine research and theory dealing with health-behavior effects of both information and entertainment mass media. We look at how theories, models, and assumptions of mass communication relate to effects on public health and public health issues. In doing so, structural components of the mass media will be discussed as means of framing or limiting our understanding of health through news, entertainment, and advertising content. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | Yes |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Monday, October 24, 2011 12:45:07 PM CDT |
| Institution: | University of Kansas |
| State: | Kansas |
| School: | William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Website: | http://www.ku.edu/~jschool |
| Contact: | Simran Sethi |
| Address: | School of Journalism
Stauffer-Flint Hall, Room 200 University of Kansas 1435 Jayhawk Blvd. Lawrence, KS 66045-7575 |
| Phone: | (785) 864-4755 |
| E-mail: | simran@ku.edu |
| Criteria: | Undergraduate admission is competitive based on grades in beginning courses. Graduate admission requires GRE scores. Formal science background is not required. |
| Faculty: | Mugur Geana |
| Orientation: | Our science communication program is in development. Based on the expertise of present and incoming faculty we expect the emphasis to be in the health/medical areas primarily. Writing and reporting will be the focus, along with social marketing. |
| Description: | We have a converged curriculum so that students take in common two introductory courses, plus ethics and First Amendment courses. Writing courses in each of our two tracks, news and strategic communications, are cross-platform for print (news and magazine), online and television. The undergraduate students choose to complete the major in news or strategic communications. For news students, their work in science/ environmental communications will be an elective in their reporting/ writing major courses and are cross-listed with the Environmental Studies department. Strategic communications students may focus on social marketing; capstone class includes developing a comprehensive, research-based communication plan for a real client. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | Yes |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Monday, October 24, 2011 12:00:38 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Loyola University New Orleans |
| State: | Louisiana |
| School: | School of Mass Communication (Center for Environmental Communication) |
| Website: | http://www.loyno.edu/lucec |
| Contact: | Robert A. Thomas, Ph.D. |
| Address: | Center for Environmental Communication
Loyola University Box 199, 6363 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 USA |
| Phone: | (504) 865-2107 |
| E-mail: | rathomas@loyno.edu |
| Criteria: | Students who are most successful in the program blend the skills of communication with science understanding. Many students from other departments take the courses and involve themselves in LUCEC projects. |
| Faculty: | Robert A. Thomas
See website for additional faculty. |
| Orientation: | The LUCEC program focuses on the following elements of environmental issues: 1) understanding the science, 2) learning research techniques, 3) the importance of context, 4) recognizing issues' many components (science, politics, social & justice concerns, engineering, emotion, etc.), 5) fairness in communication, and 6) the many agendas that drive environmental issues. |
| Description: | LUCEC programs are multidisciplinary and open to all students. Program orientation is governed by the background of the Director – Dr. Robert A. (Bob) Thomas. He is a biologist who focuses his attention on coastal issues and tropical ecology. As the founding director of the Louisiana Nature Center in the late 1970s, Dr. Thomas spent many years explaining science and environmental issues to the lay public. As director of a not-for-profit, he worked with all stakeholders in the community. Because of that, LUCEC is involved with a range of groups including environmental organizations, researchers, and industry (projects with the latter always involve social justice approaches to resolving their challenges). LUCEC has a number of ongoing projects in the New World tropics, especially in Trinidad, Belize, and the eastern Caribbean. Most are training opportunities for environmental journalists, but some are in the field of ecotourism. |
| Serves grads: | No |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | Yes |
| Short courses: | Yes |
| Midcareer training: | Yes |
| Distance education: | Yes |
| Last updated: | Sunday, October 23, 2011 2:49:33 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Johns Hopkins University |
| State: | Maryland |
| School: | Program in Writing about Science |
| Website: | http://www.jhu.edu/~writsem/sciwrit/index.html |
| Contact: | Ann Finkbeiner |
| Address: | Program in Writing about Science
The Writing Seminars Gilman 135 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21218 |
| Phone: | (410) 516-7714 or (410) 516-6826 |
| E-mail: | akf@jhu.edu |
| Criteria: | We accept both scientists and writers. GRE scores are required. We're interested in people who want to be professional writers. |
| Faculty: | Ann Finkbeiner, David Grimm |
| Orientation: | The graduate program's focus is on science writing. Along with the graduate program there is available at least two undergraduate courses in science writing. |
| Description: | The program offers a one-year terminal masters' degree, housed along with highly ranked graduate programs in fiction and poetry. Accordingly, the program focuses not only on the science but also on the craft and quality of writing. The required courses are workshops in which student writing is exhaustively edited by faculty and by the other students. In all their writing, students focus on developing story ideas and on presenting the science clearly, accurately, and seamlessly. They also focus on clarifying the context of a discovery, its technical and social implications, and the amount of confidence scientists have in its accuracy. Everything worthy is rewritten; students learn to write on the rewrites. Students take three courses per semester, half of which are required. Although we offer no courses in journalistic practice, students learn as they go about interviewing, pitching story ideas, writing hard news and features, handling embargoes, and about journalistic challenges. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | Yes |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Monday, October 24, 2011 12:31:46 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Michigan State University |
| State: | Michigan |
| School: | Knight Center for Environmental Journalism |
| Website: | http://ej.msu.edu/index2.php |
| Contact: | Dave Poulson |
| Address: | 382 Communication Arts Building
Knight Center for Environmental Journalism Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 U.S.A. |
| Phone: | (517) 432-1415 |
| E-mail: | poulson@msu.edu |
| School 2: | School of Journalism |
| Website: | http://jrn.msu.edu |
| Contact: | Dr. Lucinda Davenport, Director |
| Address: | 305 Communication Arts Building
School of Journalism Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 |
| Phone: | (517) 353-6430 |
| E-mail: | ludavenp@msu.edu |
| Criteria: | Among the criteria used in the admissions process are grades, the GRE, letters of recommendations and experience. Students with both science and non-science backgrounds are accepted. |
| Faculty: | Dave Poulson, Eric Freedman, Geri Alumit-Zeldes, and Laurie Thorp.
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| Orientation: | The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism/School of Journalism offers a comprehensive series of courses on environmental reporting, medical and science writing and health communications. More than a dozen specialized courses are offered on the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Knight center also offers a variety of workshops for professional journalists in the United States and internationally. The Knight Center is in the process of developing online courses in some of these topics. |
| Description: | MSU's program offers a comprehensive program in environmental, science, health and medical journalism. Courses are offered on the undergraduate levels, at the master's degree level and at the PhD level. Among the courses are environmental reporting, science and medical writing, nature writing, computer-assisted reporting, investigative environmental reporting, environmental film making, environmental reporting for broadcast, wilderness writing and other topics. MSU also offers specialized workshops for professional journalists on computer-assisted reporting, nature photography, reporting about Great Lakes' environmental issues, land-use reporting and other topics. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | Yes |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | Yes |
| Short courses: | Yes |
| Midcareer training: | Yes |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Monday, November 21, 2011 9:21:06 AM CST |
| Institution: | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| State: | Nebraska |
| School: | College of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Website: | http://journalism.unl.edu |
| Contact: | Dan Moser |
| Address: | UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications
243 Andersen Hall P.O. Box 880474 Lincoln, Nebraska, 68588-0474 |
| E-mail: | dmoser@unmc.edu |
| Criteria: | Students must be interested in writing about science and be willing to publish their work for a general audience. A minimum GPA of 2.75 is required to register for the course. Formal science training is helpful but NOT required for admission. |
| Faculty: | Dan Moser
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| Orientation: | In UNL’s science-writing course (JOUR 444/844), students majoring in journalism, science and engineering learn how to communicate clearly and engagingly to non-experts—the general public—about all areas of science and technology. Enrollment is limited to 16 students. |
| Description: | The UNL science-writing course prepares students in journalism, science and engineering for success in careers where communicating clearly about science and technology is an essential skill. This rigorous, three-hour course, which began in the fall of 2004, is an elective open to upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in all majors. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | Yes |
| Midcareer training: | Yes |
| Distance education: | Yes |
| Last updated: | Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:04:51 AM CDT |
| Institution: | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| State: | New Jersey |
| School: | School of Communication & Information |
| Website: | http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/ |
| Contact: | Marsha Bergman |
| Phone: | (732) 932-7500 x 8150 |
| E-mail: | marshab@rutgers.edu |
| Description: | This course, which is offered every semester, is for upper-level journalism students who have completed basic writing and reporting courses. The course introduces students to writing about science, health and medicine; although primarily focused on print, it does discuss writing for television, radio, the Internet Blogging, and alternate media markets (film, museums, etc). |
| Serves grads: | No |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Monday, October 24, 2011 12:27:10 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| State: | New Jersey |
| School: | School of Environment and Biological Sciences - Department of Human Ecology |
| Website: | http://humeco.rutgers.edu |
| Contact: | Bonnie McCay |
| Address: | 55 Dudley Rd.
New Brunswick, NJ 08904 |
| Phone: | (732) 932-9153 |
| E-mail: | mccay@aesop.rutgers.edu |
| Criteria: | The undergraduate major offers an option in Environmental and health communication open to registered students at Rutgers University in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.
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| Faculty: | Caron Chess, William Hallman, Peter Guarnaccia
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| Orientation: | This option focuses on the communication of environmental and health issues with a specific focus on practical tools for social change, the formation of social movements, and public participation in science and policy-making processes. Key topics include science, environmental, health, and risk communication; mass media effects; and the factors affecting public engagement in science and policy-making. Graduates will be prepared to enter and succeed in careers in government, non-profit, commercial, and academic research organizations dealing with health and environmental issues.
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| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | Yes |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Monday, October 24, 2011 12:42:30 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| State: | New Jersey |
| School: | Center for Science Writings |
| Website: | http://www.stevens.edu/csw/cgi-bin/index.php |
| Contact: | John Horgan |
| Address: | Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 |
| Phone: | (201) 216-5057 |
| E-mail: | jhorgan@stevens.edu |
| Criteria: | Students need only have an interest in both science and writing.
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| Faculty: | John Horgan, Lisa Dolling. |
| Orientation: | The science-writing program at Stevens highlights the importance of public communication of science by having students attend talks by world-class science writers, from Oliver Sacks to James Gleick. Students also learn how to improve their own communication skills and to be critical consumers of media representations of science. |
| Description: | Stevens hired veteran science journalist John Horgan in 2005 to create a minor and major in Science Writing for undergraduates. He has created a program not only for students interested in becoming full-time science journalists but also for those who are training to be scientists, engineers and physicians and who want to supplement their careers by writing books, articles, reviews, opinion pieces, essays, etc. The required, core courses, both taught by Horgan, are “Introduction to Journalism,” taught each fall; and “Science and the Press,” taught each spring. The remaining courses will be writing-intensive electives that address the history, philosophy and ethics of science; the relationship between science, politics, religion and other aspects of culture; the relationship between science, technology and medicine, and so on.
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| Serves grads: | No |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Sunday, November 6, 2011 2:02:24 PM CST |
| Institution: | University of New Mexico |
| State: | New Mexico |
| School: | Department of English Language and Literature |
| Website: | http://www.unm.edu/~english |
| Contact: | Steve Benz |
| Address: | Dept of English Lang and Lit MSC 03 2170 1
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 |
| Phone: | (505) 277-0754 |
| E-mail: | sbenz@unm.edu |
| Criteria: | N/A |
| Faculty: | See our website for a list of faculty in Rhetoric and Writing.
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| Orientation: | We have a single course, Engl 413/513 Science, Environmental, and Medical Writing, that relates directly to this topic. The course is offered once a year, and was taught most recently by a part-time instructor with professional experience, continuing ties to the professional non-academic communities associated with these topics. The course is part of our undergraduate program in professional writing (both the major and minor concentrations) and our MA and PhD programs in Rhetoric and Writing. |
| Description: | See our website for course descriptions over the past several semesters. The content of the course varies depending on the emphasis in the given semester on science, environmental, or medical writing. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | Yes |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:56:42 AM CST |
| Institution: | Cornell University |
| State: | New York |
| School: | Department of Communication |
| Website: | http://www.comm.cornell.edu |
| Contact: | Katherine McComas |
| Address: | Department of Communication
313 Kennedy Hall Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853 |
| Phone: | (607) 255-6508 |
| E-mail: | kam19@cornell.edu |
| Criteria: | UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM: Undergraduates who are accepted into the Communication major declare their focus area in Communication in the Life Sciences in their junior year, having successfully completed the focus area introductory course with a grade of B- or higher. GRADUATE PROGRAM: Applicants must submit recent GRE general test scores and are expected to have some competence in one area or several areas of communication or to be willing to spend time beyond the normal degree requirements to gain competence. Persons with experience in communication are encouraged to apply; evidence of superior performance in the professional field will be considered in combination with academic records and GRE scores. A minimum TOEFL score of 600 (paper-based) or 250 (computer-based) is required. |
| Faculty: | Bruce Lewenstein,Cliff Scherer, Katherine McComas, and Jeff Niederdeppe.
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| Orientation: | The Communication program at Cornell examines science, environmental, health and risk communication using various levels of analysis (individual, dyadic, group, organizational, cultural, institutional, and societal) and employing a variety of methods and theoretical approaches for the purposes of generating knowledge about communication as a process and about institutions that shape the social world. We encourage our students to become critical thinkers who look at socially relevant questions, based on global knowledge of communication, and who will use their skills and abilities for research, teaching, and outreach. |
| Description: | Cornell`s Department of Communication is located in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - a world center for genetic research, community sociology, applied business and economics, biotechnology, and numerous other specialties that advance vital scientific and sustainability issues. Our department has an established record of interdisciplinary collaborations across the university, and students are encouraged to take courses in other departments to complement their coursework in communication. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:52:44 AM CST |
| Institution: | Skidmore College |
| State: | New York |
| School: | English Department |
| Website: | http://cms.skidmore.edu/english/ |
| Contact: | Mason Stokes |
| Address: | Palamountain Hall Room 313
815 North Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 |
| Phone: | (518) 580-5150 |
| E-mail: | mstokes@skidmore.edu |
| Criteria: | none |
| Faculty: | Dale Willman, Adjunct |
| Description: | Students practice skills needed to write on and report on and write environmental stories. They critique and learn from the work of other environmental journalists and each other. Assignments include a weekly discussion of current environmental news, several short writing assignments and one major project.
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| Serves grads: | No |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Monday, November 7, 2011 9:09:37 AM CST |
| Institution: | Cleveland State University |
| State: | Ohio |
| School: | School of Communication |
| Website: | http://www.csuohio.edu/undergradcatalog/class/certificates/sciwrite.htm |
| Contact: | Cheryl Campanella Bracken |
| Address: | Cheryl Campanella Bracken, PhD
Journalism & Promotional Communication School of Communication, MU223 Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH 44115 |
| Phone: | (216) 687- 4512 |
| E-mail: | c.bracken@csuohio.edu |
| Criteria: | For admission to this certificate program, students must complete the prerequisite course COM 225 - Media Writing, with a minimum grade of B-. The following courses make up the certificate program. A 2.25 GPA must be maintained across all required courses. |
| Faculty: | Dr. Anup Kumar, Dr. Gary Pettey, Dr. Edward Horowitz, and Dr. Michael A. Gates. |
| Orientation: | The goal of the program is two-fold: The program is designed to educate journalism students in science concepts and methodology and to teach science students journalistic writing and editing skills. |
| Description: | The Science Writing Certificate in the School of Communication provides undergraduates and professionals with the opportunity to develop specialized knowledge in media writing, science reporting, the scientific method and contemporary science. The certificate comprises courses in the School of Communication and the Science College. Students who complete this certificate are expected to have a working knowledge of contemporary scientific concepts and methodological approaches appropriate to their study. Students who successfully complete the certificate will have the tools necessary to explain interesting and complex ideas to a general audience. |
| Serves grads: | No |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | Yes |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | Yes |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Friday, December 9, 2011 3:49:38 PM CST |
| Institution: | Ohio State University |
| State: | Ohio |
| School: | School of Communication |
| Website: | http://www.comm.ohio-state.edu/ |
| Contact: | Erik Nisbet |
| Address: | OSU School of Communication
154 N. Oval Mall, Rm. 3016 Columbus OH 43210-1339 |
| Phone: | (614) 247-1693 |
| E-mail: | nisbet.5@osu.edu |
| Criteria: | All undergraduate students who apply for admission to the School of Communication (Journalism or Communication) must have completed a minimum of 30 cumulative hours at OSU and the following listed requirements: Comm 101 (History of Human Communication); Comm 200 (Communication in Society); and Statistics 135. Graduate students may take classes but need to submit GRE scores and be accepted in the OSU Graduate School. |
| Faculty: | Susan Kline, Chul-joo Lee, Erik Nisbet, Janice Raup-Krieger, and Michael Slater.
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| Orientation: | The School has four focus areas students may follow on their track toward a degree: communication technology, communication analysis and practice, strategic communication, and public affairs journalism. |
| Description: | The following courses can be elected in any of these areas: Risk Communication: Students learn how to plan a risk communication effort, how to put it into action, and how to evaluate this effort. Health Communication: Study of the relationship between health care and communication. Health Communication in Interpersonal Contexts, Health Communication in Mass Mediated Contexts, Communication and e-Health: Focus on the current and future uses of technology in health communication, with an emphasis on technology in both patient-provider relationships and health campaigns. Science Communication: Explores the structure, meanings and implications of "science communication," with an emphasis on how values, attitudes, social structure and communication affect public perceptions of science and technology. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | Yes |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Monday, April 9, 2012 5:39:24 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Ohio State University |
| State: | Ohio |
| School: | School of Environment and Natural Resources |
| Website: | http://senr.osu.edu/ |
| Contact: | Robyn Wilson |
| Address: | 210 Kottman Hall
2021 Coffey Rd. Columbus OH 43210 |
| Phone: | (614) 247-669 |
| E-mail: | wilson.1376@osu.edu |
| Criteria: | Successful applicants are those who demonstrate interest in and aptitude for succeeding in an interdisciplinary program focusing on the science and management of natural resources and the environment through an understanding both the human and natural systems. Admissions are handled through the OSU admissions office. |
| Faculty: | Robyn Wilson, Jeremy Bruskotter, Eric Toman, Greg Hitzhusen
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| Orientation: | UNDERGRADUATE COURSES: ENR 2300 (Society and Natural Resources), ENR 2367 (Communicating Environment and Natural Resources Information), ENR 3400 (Psychology of Environmental Problems), ENR 3611 (Foundations for Environmental Communication, Education and Interpretation), and ENR 4611 (Environmental Interpretation and Visitor Services).
GRADUATE COURSES: ENR 7380 (Climate and Society), ENR 7400 (Communicating Environmental Risk), ENR 7500 (Resolving Social Conflict) and ENR 8150 (Advanced Environment, Risk and Decision Making). |
| Description: | Improving communication with a variety of audiences about science and the environment is an important component of the courses listed above, and of the following degree programs in the School. We offer undergraduate (BS) majors in Environmental Policy & Decision Making (EPDM), as well as Natural Resource Management (NRM). EPDM majors can specialize in climate change, international issues or water conservation. NRM majors can specialize in parks and recreation, natural resources administration and management, or sustainable agriculture. We also offer a professional Masters program in Environment and Natural Resources that can be tailored to the professional needs of the student, as well as MS/PhD programs with a specialization in Environmental Social Science. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | Yes |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | Yes |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:05:52 PM CST |
| Institution: | Ohio University |
| State: | Ohio |
| School: | School of Communication Studies, Scripps College of Communication |
| Website: | http://www.coms.ohiou.edu/ |
| Contact: | Austin Babrow |
| Address: | Ohio University
Lasher Hall, 43 West Union Athens, OH 45701 |
| Phone: | (740) 593-4842 |
| E-mail: | babrow@ohio.edu |
| Criteria: | http://www.ohio.edu/graduate/programinfo2/CommStudies-Req.pdf |
| Faculty: | Austin Babrow, Benjamin R. Bates, Christina Beck, Amy Chadwick, Lynn Harter, Carolyn Bailey Lewis, Mirit Shoham, J.W. Smith |
| Orientation: | The School offers a health communication focus at both the undergraduate and doctoral levels. |
| Description: | Ohio University health communication undergraduates are concerned with meeting people's communication and knowledge needs in such areas as the relationships between patients and their health care providers, family dynamics, dissemination of health information, and cultural and gender influences on communication." Courses include: Introduction to Health Communication, Women and Health Communication, Information Diffusion, Environmental Communication, Health and Environmental Campaigns, Environmental/Science Journalism (through Scripps J School), Communicating with People with Disabilities, and special topics (e.g., Communication Activism in the Debate Over High-volume, Slick-water Hydraulic Fracturing). The doctoral track is broad in its orientation, with students and faculty addressing topics ranging from narrative approaches to understanding health to health message effects. Scholars in this area have developed meaningful connections with the College of Osteopathic Medicine, the College of Health Sciences and Professions, as well as several health related community advocacy organizations. Courses include: Organizing for Health, Health Communication and Culture, Relational Issues in Health Communication, Public Understanding of Health and Healing, Communication and Information Diffusion, and Communication and the Construction of Risk. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:17:14 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Ohio University |
| State: | Ohio |
| School: | E.W. Scripps School of Journalism |
| Website: | http://www.scrippsjschool.org/ |
| Contact: | Bernhard Debatten |
| Address: | E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
32 Park Place - Scripps Hall Athens, OH 45701 |
| Phone: | (740) 593-9809 |
| E-mail: | debatin@ohio.edu |
| Criteria: | As a rule, undergraduate students must have taken the core course Multiplatform Reporting & Writing. Graduate students can take the course as a "topics" option. Non-journalism students from related fields (environmental studies certificate, MS program in environmental studies, etc.) need instructor permission. The course fulfills a requirement for our university's environmental studies program and certificate. Science training is not required but recommended. |
| Faculty: | Bernhard Debatin, Ellen Gerl |
| Orientation: | The course, Environmental and Science Journalism (ESJ), provides students with practical and conceptual skills of environmental and science journalism. Students work on writing assignments of various formats, both conceptual (book chapter responses) and practical (journal articles), and participate in field trips to get first-hand knowledge of specific issues and sites. Students work on short articles and long-form pieces on topics of their choice as long as they are related to science and/or environmental issues and are written in the style of a popular science or environmental magazine. |
| Description: | ESJ is an advanced course for students with a strong interest in environmental and science writing. The course consists of field trips, writing assignments, workshops with experts, and seminar discussion. The course teaches how to research, report, and write about the environment and the sciences for a number of different topics and audiences. It promotes an in-depth understanding of conceptual/ theoretical issues in the environment and science, including ethical and philosophical approaches to these areas. It analyzes the socio-political role, ethical challenges, and societal effects of environmental and science journalism and raises awareness of the social and ethical responsibility of the environmental and science journalist. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:20:18 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Lehigh University |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| School: | Department of Journalism and Communication |
| Website: | http://www.lehigh.edu/journalism/sciwrit/index.html |
| Contact: | Sharon Friedman |
| Address: | Science and Environmental Writing Program
Department of Journalism and Communication 33 Coppee Drive Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18015 |
| Phone: | (610) 758-4179 |
| E-mail: | sharon.friedman@lehigh.edu |
| Criteria: | Admission to the College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University is the only requirement for admission to the Science and Environmental Writing program. |
| Faculty: | Sharon M. Friedman, Director; Kenneth A. Friedman; Jack Lule; Walter W. Trimble
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| Orientation: | The program concentrates on science writing and environmental reporting courses, but various types of health issues are discussed in most courses. Its basic writing course covers both science and technical writing. There also are courses in environmental media coverage, politics of science, controversies in science, health and the environment, and in environmental health and risk communication. |
| Description: | The Science and Environmental Writing Program offers an undergraduate major for students who want to write about science, the environment, medicine, health, technology and engineering for audiences varying from the general public to scientists and engineers. In addition to learning how to write about these fields, students can gain knowlege and experience in media analysis, research and risk communication. The major requires four science and environmental writing courses, four general journalism courses, a senior-year internship, work on the student newspaper and four courses in science. The program provides course credit for students to attend major scientific meetings as fully accredited science reporters to gain "real world" experience. Students also are encouraged to pursue undergraduate research projects for course credit. The program is primarily print based, but offers several online courses. A minor in Science and Environmental Writing is available. |
| Serves grads: | No |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | No |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Monday, September 19, 2011 1:24:39 PM CDT |
| Institution: | Penn State |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| School: | Communication Arts & Sciences |
| Website: | http://cas.la.psu.edu/index.htm |
| Contact: | John Gastil |
| Address: | 234 Sparks Building |
| Phone: | (814) 865-5232 |
| E-mail: | jgastil@psu.edu |
| Criteria: | Graduate standing and CAS453 or equivalent |
| Faculty: | Roxanne Parrott, Jon Nussbaum, and Rachel Smith. |
| Orientation: | Communication processes in information and persuasion campaigns. |
| Description: | Penn State University has a leading program in Communication Arts and Sciences emphasizing both humanistic and social scientific approaches. In addition to multiple types of rhetorical studies, the following communication science programs are available: Interpersonal Communication - Parent-Child Communication, Lifespan Communication, Family Dynamics, Divorce and Family Communication Systems, At-Risk Behavior in Intimate Relationships, Dialectics of Disclosure and Avoidance, Uncertainty and Information Management; Intercultural Communication - Intergroup Communication, Ethnicity and Identity, International Communication, Ethnicity and Health; Health Communication: Social Influence, Health Campaigns, Doctor-Patient Communication, Organizational Communication in Health Care Settings, Health Message Design; we also offer training in small group communication and decision making, and organizational communication. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | Yes |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:10:02 AM CDT |
| Institution: | University of South Carolina |
| State: | South Carolina |
| School: | School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Website: | www.jour.sc.edu |
| Contact: | John C. Besley |
| Address: | 600 Assembly Street
Columbia SC 29208 |
| Phone: | (803) 777-3764 |
| E-mail: | jbesley@sc.edu |
| Criteria: | Admission to the graduate programs is based on grades, GRE scores, letters of reference, a statement of interest, and other supporting documentation (see website for details) |
| Faculty: | John C. Besley, Sei-Hill Kim, Karen Mallia, Carol Pardun, Andrea Tanner, Brooke Weberling |
| Orientation: | Professional and academic-oriented masters program are offered. The Masters of Mass Communication (MMC) is a professional degree that may include a focus on “integrated communication” or “newspaper leadership.” A separate Master of Arts (MA), and the PhD, both in communication, take a more academic focus. These programs emphasize the social scientific study of mass communication phenomena and are meant to prepare students for research positions at universities or in the private sector. |
| Description: | The School offers the following courses specifically focused on topics related to science communication: “Communicating Science, Health and the Environment” (undergraduate), “Seminar in Science, Health and the Media” (graduate) and “Risk Communication” (graduate). Students may also enroll in an Interdisciplinary Certificate of Graduate Study in Health Communication offered by the SJMC in cooperation with Arnold School of Public Health and the School of Library and Information Science. These programs also offer courses of direct relevance to the study of science communication. The school also hosts an active “Science and Health Communication Research Group.” See: http://www.sc.edu/healthcomm/. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | Yes |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | Yes |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Thursday, February 2, 2012 4:06:14 PM CST |
| Institution: | University of Tennessee |
| State: | Tennessee |
| School: | School of Journalism and Electronic Media |
| Website: | http://www.cci.utk.edu/~jem/scicomm/courses.php |
| Contact: | Mark Littmann |
| Address: | School of Journalism and Electronic Media
333 Communications Building University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0333 |
| Phone: | (865) 974-8156 or (865) 974-5155 |
| E-mail: | littmann@utk.edu |
| Criteria: | For graduate study, a bachelor's degree and GRE scores are required. An applicant for graduate study need not have a journalism degree or any previous courses in journalism. Undergraduates may major or minor in journalism and electronic media, with a concentration or emphasis in science journalism. |
| Faculty: | Mark Littmann, Michael Palenchar, Suzie Allard
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| Orientation: | The Science Communication Program offers both writing skills and theoretical courses across the spectrum of science communication. These courses have no prerequisites, so they are open to (and are regularly taken by) students in the sciences, engineering, health, agriculture, and the humanities, enriching the class experience. These courses are: Writing about Science and Medicine (undergraduate & graduate), Environmental Writing (undergraduate & graduate), Science Writing as Literature (undergraduate & graduate), Seminar in Health Communication (graduate), Seminar in Crisis Communication (graduate), Contemporary Issues in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medical Communication (graduate). At least four of these six courses are offered each year. |
| Description: | The University of Tennessee Science Communication Program allows students to specialize in writing about science, medicine, health, technology, and the environment; in communication studies of science, medicine, health, technology, and the environment; or to combine these approaches.
Undergraduate students can choose the science journalism track and graduate with a B.S. degree in communications, with a concentration in science journalism. Graduate students can obtain M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in communications, with a specialization in science communication. Three professors regularly teach courses in the program and many others are active in science communication research. Graduate assistantships, research assistantships, and teaching associateships are available. Science writing internships, such as at nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, are available and encouraged. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | Yes |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:02:29 PM CDT |
| Institution: | George Mason University |
| State: | Virginia |
| School: | Department of Communication |
| Website: | http://comm.gmu.edu/ |
| Contact: | Gary Kreps |
| Address: | Gary L. Kreps
Department of Communication George Mason University Thompson Hall, MS 3D6 Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 |
| Phone: | (703) 993-1090 |
| E-mail: | gkreps@gmu.edu |
| Criteria: | Basic admission requirements to the graduate program are flexible, but generally include a minimum of a 3.0 GPA, 1,100 scores on the combined math and verbal parts of the GRE, letters of recommendation, written statement of goals and, in some cases, personal interviews. Emphasis is on program fit and potential of applicants. |
| Faculty: | Joani Bedore, Don Boileau, Carl Botan, Xiaomei Cai, Richard Craig, Warren Decker,Stephen Farnsworth, Andy Finn, Carla Fisher, Sheryl Friedley, Timothy Gibson, Mark Hopson, Gary Kreps, Bob Lichter, Cindy Lont, Ed Maibach, Jim McAuley, Star Muir, Anne Nicotera, Peter Pober, Susanna Priest, Katherine Rowan, Melinda Villagran, Cathy Wright, Xiaoquan Zhao |
| Description: | The Department of Communication at George Mason University offers a broad undergraduate BA program in communication that includes courses in health, risk, and science communication, a 33-credit MA degree in the study and practice of health, risk, science, and crisis communication, and a 60-credit Ph.D. degree in the study of health, science, and strategic communication. These programs provide students with a strong theoretical and multi-methodological foundation to examine the role of communication in information dissemination, diffusion of innovations, communication campaigns, health promotion, disease prevention, quality of care, risk assessment, and crisis management. Faculty and students conduct research concerning science communication, consumer-provider relationships, organizational communication, media systems, health campaigns, new information technologies, communication policy, and health communication interventions. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | No |
| MA degree: | Yes |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Thursday, February 2, 2012 1:51:39 PM CST |
| Institution: | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| School: | School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
| Website: | http://www.journalism.wisc.edu |
| Contact: | Sharon Dunwoody |
| Address: | School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Wisconsin-Madison 821 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 |
| Phone: | (608) 263-3389 |
| E-mail: | dunwoody@wisc.edu |
| School 2: | School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
| Website: | http://www.journalism.wisc.edu |
| Contact: | Deborah Blum |
| Address: | School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Wisconsin-Madison 821 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 |
| Phone: | (608) 263-3395 |
| E-mail: | dblum@wisc.edu |
| Criteria: | Undergraduates are encouraged to double major in journalism and an area of science; please see the journalism school's web site for admissions information. The professional master`s program welcomes highly motivated individuals with excellent grades in previous coursework, good GRE scores, and a keen interest in telling stories about science, environment, health and technology. We invite individuals from all backgrounds, not just those with formal science training. The thesis MA program attracts students interested in acquiring intermediate research skills in science communication. Students interested in doctoral training must have completed a master's thesis and show scholarly promise. |
| Faculty: | Deborah Blum, Sharon Dunwoody, Al Gunther, Shawnika Hull, Sue Robinson, Dhavan Shah, Stephen Ward
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| Orientation: | The school offers training for professional careers in science, environmental, technology and health reporting and strategic communications at both the undergraduate and professional masters levels, as well as research training for a career as a science communication scholar at both the master's and doctoral levels. |
| Description: | As one of the oldest professional training programs for science and environmental communicators in the country, the 30-credit professional master`s degree in SJMC has a history of graduating individuals who go on to distinguished careers in science/environmental journalism and strategic communication. Rather than work within traditional channels (i.e., newspapers, television, the WWW), the degree concentrates on giving students a communications toolkit that emphasizes understanding audiences, learning how to explain complex concepts and processes, learning how to evaluate evidence, and learning how to tell compelling stories about science. Students also benefit from taking courses in top science departments, at the first-rate Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and from faculty in the university`s Science and Technology Studies Program. A Science-Writer-in-Residence Program brings to campus a steady stream of professional colleagues to network with students.
The School's long standing reputation for science communication research attracts both master's and doctoral students interested in science, environmental and health scholarship. The SJMC offers a Ph.D. focusing on theory and research, jointly administered with the Department of Life Sciences Communication. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | Yes |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | Yes |
| MS degree: | No |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:49:19 PM CST |
| Institution: | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| School: | Department of Life Sciences Communication |
| Website: | http://lsc.wisc.edu |
| Contact: | Dominique Brossard (undergraduate) |
| Address: | Department of Life Sciences Communication
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences University of Wisconsin - Madison 1545 Observatory Dr. Madison, Wisconsin 53706 |
| Phone: | (608) 262-0122 |
| E-mail: | dbrossard@wisc.edu |
| School 2: | Department of Life Sciences Communication |
| Website: | http://lsc.wisc.edu |
| Contact: | Dietram Scheufele (graduate) |
| Phone: | (608) 262-1506 |
| E-mail: | scheufele@wisc.edu |
| Criteria: | Undergraduate students in the Department of Life Sciences Communication (LSC) share a passionate interest in communication about the life sciences. The department welcomes students with an interest in specialized areas of science and, as a result, many of our undergrads are double majors.
Successful applicants to the graduate MPS program have interests in developing high-level skills in professional communication. Applicants to our research tracks – the thesis MS or PhD program – seek a better understanding of the processes underlying science communication, processes vitally important to the health and well-being of society. Other requirements are listed on our web pages. |
| Faculty: | Dominique Brossard, Patty Loew, Larry Meiller, Shiela Reaves, Dietram Scheufele, Bret Shaw, Teresa Schenk, Jacqueline Hitchon McSweeney |
| Orientation: | In 2008 the Department of Life Sciences Communication (previously known as Agricultural Journalism) will be 100 years old. The undergraduate and graduate programs in LSC prepare students to obtain jobs reporting and communicating about science and related topics, including agriculture, natural resources, business, technology, environment, health and other specialized subjects. |
| Description: | The undergraduate degree program includes courses that focus on writing, editing and producing messages, as well as planning, designing and evaluating effective communication programs. Students can emphasize print, broadcast, marketing communication, or take a broader scientific and technical communication perspective. Many undergraduate students pursue a double major, combining their interest in communication with another discipline, such as animal sciences, biotechnology, wildlife ecology, or entomology. Learning outside of the classroom is a big part of the program, and internships are available in a wide range of industries, government agencies, and non-profit organizations.
The undergraduate degree program includes courses that focus on writing and message production for sound, video, visual composition and on line media, as well as planning, designing and evaluating effective communication campaigns. The graduate program in Life Sciences Communication offers two degrees within three programs: (1) a course-based Master’s of Professional Studies is a program designed to prepare students for professional careers in science communication that earns an M.S. degree, (2) a thesis-based M.S. degree requiring completion of course work and also a thesis based on original research, and (3) a Ph.D. focusing on theory and research, jointly administered with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. |
| Serves grads: | Yes |
| Serves undergrads: | Yes |
| BA degree: | No |
| BS degree: | Yes |
| MA degree: | No |
| MS degree: | Yes |
| PhD degree: | Yes |
| Certificate program: | No |
| Short courses: | No |
| Midcareer training: | No |
| Distance education: | No |
| Last updated: | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:43:49 PM CDT |