Concentration in Journalism

Our journalism program will prepare you for an exciting career in multimedia and digital storytelling, enabling you to tell impactful stories across various platforms. Our expert faculty will guide you towards rewarding careers in digital storytelling, magazines, newspapers, online and television. Upon graduation, you will join our other journalism alumni in newsrooms throughout the UAE, the GCC region and beyond who are producing accurate and timely information to the highest professional standards. Our journalism graduates leave AUS prepared for an industry increasingly reliant on technology and marked by convergence, but still grounded in the fundamentals of good reporting.

Possible Career Options

• Print Journalist 
• Television News Reporter
• Video Editor
• Video Field Reporter
• TV Producer
• Blogger
• Digital Journalist
• Digital Storyteller
• Editorial Columnist
• Infographics Specialist
• Media Researcher
• Multimedia Journalist
• Online Content Creator
• Online Editor
• Online Reporter
• Photojournalist
• Podcaster

Possible Future Employers

• Government Agencies
• Newspapers and Magazines
• Online News Sites
• Social Media Companies, including Google, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, TikTo, and others
• Television and Radio Networks

Students who select the journalism concentration must successfully complete a minimum of 30 credits as follows:

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (24 CREDITS)

• MCM 275 Principles of Journalism
• MCM 310 Infographics for Journalism
• MCM 371 News Writing
• MCM 381 Digital Storytelling for Journalists
• MCM 474 Field News Reporting
• MCM 479 Multimedia Journalism

Students must successfully complete two courses selected from the following list, with a minimum of one course at the 300 level:

• ARA 314 Media Arabic
• HIS 208 Women in History
• HIS 307 Modern Palestinian History
• HIS 310 Modern Gulf History
• POL 201 Introduction to Political Studies
• POL 202 Introduction to International Relations
• TRA 210 Introduction to Translation

CONCENTRATION ELECTIVES (MINIMUM OF 6 CREDITS)

Students must successfully complete a minimum of six credits in courses selected from the following list:

• MCM 309 Social Media for Mass Communication
• MCM 374 Feature Writing
• MCM 376 Writing for Magazines
• MCM 377 Photojournalism
• MCM 378 Literary Journalism
• MCM 379 Journalism in the Arab Countries
• MCM 394/494 approved special topic courses in mass communication. Consult the online course catalog or the online class schedule accessible via the AUS student information system to verify course classifications.
• MCM 480 Critical Analysis of the Mass Media