Communication or Journalism?
BS, Communication
NU-Q students receive their degrees from Northwestern’s top-rated School of Communication.
Careers
School of Communication alumni have found success both in front of the camera and behind the scenes in television, radio and film. They create content, manage digital information, analyze the impact of new media, and more. They pursue advanced degrees in the communication sciences and distinguish themselves in education and research.Curriculum
Students gain an impressive sense of the industry through communication courses such as media history, research and theory, as well as hands-on learning in creative media arts such as scriptwriting, cinematography, film production and animation. The curriculum also provides students with a solid liberal arts education designed to broaden and enrich the study and understanding of human expression and interaction.
Course Examples
- Exploring Global Media
- Foundations of Screenwriting
- Theories of Persuasion
- Communication, Technology and Society
- The Technique and Art of Editing for Film
- Documentary Film: History and Criticism
- 3-D Computer Animation
Syed Owais Ali, Class of 2016, Communication
"We are all influenced by media. Whether we accept it or not, we are. And being a content producer and a leader in the media world, we choose what people think, we choose what people see and we choose what goes on the news and what doesn’t go on news... we are influencing whether people accept it or not. If you in any way want to influence the lives of people around the world, I think NU-Q’s programs, both journalism and communication, are going to equip you with the best knowledge to do that."
BS, Journalism
NU-Q students receive their degrees from Northwestern’s renowned Medill School of Journalism.
Careers
Medill alumni have won Pulitzers and Emmys and covered the biggest stories in the world since the first class graduated more than 85 years ago. They influence society as reporters, editors, producers, corporate communicators and public relations professionals, and they often pursue advanced degrees in fields such as business, public policy and law.Curriculum
The journalism curriculum emphasizes journalism excellence, multimedia storytelling, ethics and professional behavior, audience understanding, research, quantitative literacy, visual literacy, and creativity. Journalism students take about one-third of their courses in the journalism program (which includes a track in public relations); the other two-thirds are in the liberal arts and sciences. In their junior year, students go off-campus for 10 weeks to work fulltime for, with and alongside veteran journalists or PR practitioners in professional environments.
Course Examples
- Advanced Online Storytelling
- Visual Journalism
- Media Law and Ethics
- Magazine and Feature Writing
- Broadcast Production and Presentation
- Public Relations Strategies and Writing
- Introduction to 21st Century Media
Jaimee Haddad, Class of 2015, Journalism
"I feel I got a lot from my residency but couldn’t have done that without the experience I had at NU-Q—overall, learning how to learn. The entire experience teaches you so much, just by being here in Qatar. You become informed about a lot of things that people in the US are not aware of or informed about."