Programs
Communication
Students in communication will complete a program that includes developing basic intellectual and communication skills; mastering core theories and concepts in social influence, mass communication effects, and audience assessment; studying communication industries and associated technologies, including interactive media, film, television, radio, and journalism; and taking elective courses that provide depth and breadth in areas of special interest. Northwestern prepares its communication students for a variety of creative and management roles in the entertainment industries and for responsible civic participation in the proliferating world of global media.
Journalism
Northwestern prepares its journalism students to be successful professionals as well as well-rounded citizens. That preparation means students take only one-third of their classes in journalism and the remainder in the arts and sciences — subjects such as literature, history, economics, and religion. This formula creates the very best journalists, the journalists Medill and Northwestern are known for. Even while still in college, Medill journalism students are really doing journalism — they’re learning by doing, reporting from across the city or across the world. While journalism students will master one of the media — newspapers, magazines, television, the Internet, or whatever comes next — before graduating, all students will be instructed in all the media to ensure proficiency in the evolving world of journalism.
