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  Honours Bachelor of Digital Journalism

      120 Units

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        Please note that admission to the Honours Bachelor of Digital Journalism jointly with Algonquin College is suspended until further notice.

        Journalism is currently undergoing a digital shift (Internet, mobile and tablet technology, data journalism), driving change in journalistic practice and forcing practitioners to develop new skills techniques and approaches. Today's journalists need to fill a diversity of roles, requiring not only a good understanding of emerging social trends, but also specialized expertise and knowledge.

        With this program, students (future digital journalists) will better understand the challenges related to journalism in the Digital Age, in order to help them enter the fast-changing media industry. Upon graduation, you will be qualified for an exciting career as a journalist, researcher, presenter, media analyst, producer, etc.

        The Department of Communication offers the Honours Bachelor in Digital Journalism jointly with Algonquin College (in English), with La Cité (in French), and with the CÉGEP de Jonquière (in French). Courses at the Department of Communication will provide theoretical, analytical and critical foundations, while courses at the College will focus on practical training. Combining both theory and practice, this training is bound to give you a head start.

        This program is offered in English and in French.

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      Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2025-2026 calendars for the previous requirements.

      Students enrolled in the Honours Bachelor of Digital Journalism in English must take all journalism (JOU) courses in English (JOU 1150, JOU 3100, JOU 3300, JOU 4100 and JOU 4300)

      Course List
        Code                                                                                                                                                               Title                                                   Units  
        CMN 1160                                                                                                                                                           Introduction to Media Studies                           3 Units
        JOU 1150                                                                                                                                                           History of Journalism                                   3 Units
        CMN 2101                                                                                                                                                           Research Methods in Communication                       3 Units
        CMN 2170                                                                                                                                                           New Media                                               3 Units
        CMN 3102                                                                                                                                                           Quantitative Methods                                    3 Units
        ENG 3170                                                                                                                                                           Writing for Digital Media II                            3 Units
        ENG 3171                                                                                                                                                           Communication in the Information Age                    3 Units
        JOU 3100                                                                                                                                                           Digital Journalism I                                    3 Units
        JOU 3300                                                                                                                                                           Theories of Journalism                                  3 Units
        JOU 3916                                                                                                                                                           Internship                                              3 Units
        CMN 4115                                                                                                                                                           Media and Public Broadcasting                           3 Units
        CMN 4170                                                                                                                                                           Social Uses of New Media                                3 Units
        JOU 4100                                                                                                                                                           Digital Journalism II                                   3 Units
        JOU 4300                                                                                                                                                           Sociology of Journalism : From Production to Reception  3 Units
        3 course units from:                                                                                                                                               3 Units                                               
          CMN 3105                                                                                                                                                         Media Ethics                                                   
          CMN 3152                                                                                                                                                         Journalism Ethics                                              
        3 optional course units in Indigenous Studies (EAS)                                                                                                                3 Units                                               
        3 optional course units in English (ENG) from the list of optional courses                                                                                         3 Units                                               
        9 optional course units in economics (ECO), geography (GEG), in history (HIS), in political science (POL) or in sociology (SOC) from the list of optional courses  9 Units                                               
        60 course units in equivalences for the diploma in Journalism from Algonquin College                                                                               60 Units                                              
        Total:                                                                                                                                                             120 Units                                             
        

        List of Optional Courses

        Course List
          Code      Title                                                        Units  
          ECO 1102  Introduction to Macroeconomics                               3 Units
          ECO 1104  Introduction to Microeconomics                               3 Units
          ENG 2137  The Politics of Literature                                   3 Units
          ENG 2151  Literature and the Sciences                                  3 Units
          ENG 3112  Narrative Genres: Theories and Approaches                    3 Units
          ENG 3375  Critical Theory                                              3 Units
          GEG 1301  The Physical Environment                                     3 Units
          GEG 1302  Places and Spaces of Human Activity                          3 Units
          GEG 2110  Sustainable Cities                                           3 Units
          GEG 2320  GIS and the Digital Earth                                    3 Units
          HIS 1101  The Making of Canada                                         3 Units
          HIS 1111  The Twentieth-Century World from 1945                        3 Units
          HIS 1120  What Is Europe? (16th-21th Century)                          3 Units
          HIS 2153  The United States from 1945 to the Present                   3 Units
          POL 1101  Introduction to Political Science                            3 Units
          POL 2101  Introduction to Canadian Politics                            3 Units
          POL 2103  Introduction to International Relations and Global Politics  3 Units
          POL 2107  Introduction to Political Thought                            3 Units
          POL 3126  Gender and Politics                                          3 Units
          SOC 1101  Principles of Sociology                                      3 Units
          SOC 2103  Socio-anthropology of the Family                             3 Units
          SOC 2104  Gender and Society                                           3 Units
          SOC 2106  Introduction to Deviance and Social Problems                 3 Units
          SOC 2309  Canadian Society                                             3 Units
          SOC 2312  Political Sociology                                          3 Units
          
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