Department description

The Certificate International Journalism program enables students with advanced language skills and majors in global studies, area studies, modern languages, English, communication studies, history, anthropology, and other majors to supplement their programs with preparation in international journalism. The certificate program combines introductory courses in journalism and media studies with advanced seminars, internships, and a capstone media project where students can apply their international expertise to the study and practice of journalism. For inquiries or application contact program director Suda Ishida (see below).

Certificate Requirements

The certificate requires six courses plus a semester of study abroad:

• ENG 3320: Fundamentals of Journalism or
• ENG 3330: Journalism: Special Topics

• COMM 1320: Introduction to Critical Media Studies
• COMM 3320: Mass Communication

• COMM 3420: Media in Global Perspective

• GLOB 5900: Senior Research Seminar or
• GLOB 5910: Senior Honors Seminar*

• IJRN 5960: Internship Seminar in International Public Journalism*

• IJRN 5970: Independent Study (for preparation of capstone media project)

* Student should enroll simultaneously in one of the research seminars and the internship seminar (GLOB 5960)

Students complete a semester of study abroad in some field of international area studies and journalism (including internship) at one of the approved programs. Bilateral exchange programs currently exist with Universitat Trier (Trier, Germany), Independent University, Bangladesh (Dhaka, Bangladesh), Universidad Austral de Chile (Valdivia, Chile), and Universite Gaston Berger (Saint-Louis, Senegal).  New internship sites are being established in China, Thailand, and Australia.

Other Departmental Information

Admission for Postbaccalaureate Students:

Students must have earned a degree in an appropriate area of study from a regionally accredited institution of higher education and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 from prior undergraduate coursework.

Please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admission at 651-523-2207 for application materials.

Faculty

Suda Ishida
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Director of International Journalism

Education:
BA, English & Journalism, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 1988
MA, International Communication, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 1996
PhD, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, 2002

Specializations: mass media studies, history of American mass media,
international communication, globalization and social movements,
environmental journalism.

Office: Drew Science Hall, room 123D
Telephone: 651-523-2768
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David Hudson

Associate Professor of English (on sabbatical 05-06)

Education:
B.A., 1979, University of Minnesota
M.A., 1987, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., 1994, University of Minnesota

Academic Interests:
Journalism
Writing Technology
Literature of the First World War

Office: Learning Center 229W
Phone: 651-523-2893
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Verne A. "Van" Dusenbery

Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Global Studies Program
(on sabbatical 05-06)

Education:
A.B. 1973, Stanford University
A.M. 1975, Ph.D. 1989, The University of Chicago.

Academic Interests:
Social theory,
global/transnational/diaspora studies.

Office: Giddens Learning Center 4
Telephone: 651-523-2129
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Terry Wolkerstorfer

Adjunct Assistant Professor
(Supervisor of internships and capstone media projects)

Education:
B.B.A. 1964, University of Notre Dame
M.S.J. 1969, Columbia University (Carnegie Foundation Fellow in East Asian Journalism)

Background:
Former correspondent for the Ridder Newspaper Group and the Associated Press
Former reporter and editor at the Minneapolis Star
President, Cross-Cultural Communications.
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