<p>I'm pre-journalism. I've been reading from a lot of posts that the communication/journalism school is really easy. Does that mean you don't learn anything as a journalism major? Can anyone who is in journalism or knows people who've taken it tell me if it's a good program or not? Did you get a job after you got your BA? I was under the impression that UT had a good program so was I wrong?</p>
<p>A little more info: I want to get a job as an editor out of college for a book publisher. Almost all the scholarships I've applied to are for those wanting a degree in journalism so of course I really want to be a journalism major but if their program isn't good then I guess I'd have to change my major to english. It's just that journalism interests me much more. But I need to think about what's best for my future so if anyone has any info that would be great thanks.</p>
<p>No! Don't do it. The school is horrible and carries absolutely no weight on a resume. You would never find a career by getting a degree at The University of Texas. Don't waste your money. Oh, and moving to Austin... horrible! This town is considered one of the most boring places ever. Absolutely nothing to do! </p>
<p>You should apply to somewhere with a bit more credentials. Somewhere distinguished like a Texas State or UT-El paso. You'd love it at those places!</p>
<p>I assume you're kidding ericniel, I wasn't thinking that their journalism school was horrible or anything goodness! I just know that a lot of times easy really isn't the best way to go and I don't want to take the easy road in college. I don't understand how you can get a good education without challenging yourself so that's why I was worried! Also Ut is a great school however they have really prestigous challenging schools like the McCombs school of business and I figure there might be some that aren't as well-known/developed! I think UT is a great school I was just wondering if their journalism program which many people say is easy equals not enough actual learning? I know a lot of people who say they took easy courses to keep their grades up but that they barely learned anything.</p>
<p>Most of the subjects in the Communications college are considered easy because of the material you learn - not because the school is bad.</p>
<p>What people mean by "Journalism/Communications is easy" is that compared to other colleges and majors, Communications majors are usually the easiest. I'm sure there are some classes that people find "challenging" or have "large workloads" in the communications department, but compared to other things you can study at ANY university, Communications majors are probably the easiest. This can also be said about some Business majors.</p>
<p>"You would never find a career by getting a degree at The University of Texas"
"[Austin] is considered one of the most boring places ever. Absolutely nothing to do!"
"somewhere with a bit more credentials. Somewhere distinguished like a Texas State or UT-El paso"</p>
<p>I agree with hmf123. I HOPE you are kidding. Not only is UT @ Austin one of the top 50 universities in the nation, but Austin is certainly an interesting city. Of course, you ARE entitled to your own opinion, but they're kinda out there.</p>
<p>hmf123 - I'm a parent here and have been in the position of interviewing and hiring many UT journalism students and grads over the last 20+ years. </p>
<p>The most successful were proactive, curious and passionate. They sought out opportunities to learn, worked as many internships as possible and were willing to start at the bottom to learn as much as possible about their craft. I'm sure none of them thought the UT program was easy, because they were too busy pursuing a passion. </p>
<p>Those who took the minimum load, never tried an internship and never pushed themselves probably thought the school was easy. But I'm not sure, because I never hired any of them.</p>
<p>Thank you eggmom that's great to hear! I have no problem with starting at the bottom and working my way up and I was already planning on getting as many internships as possible, so what you've said just made my day thanks!</p>
<p>But everywhere I've looked/asked I was told that editors receive either degrees in journalism or english, are you talking specifically about editors or in general?</p>
<p>Well, if you go to Harvard or one of the other Ivies, then you probably won't need a journalism degree to get in the door (or at least the few doors open these days in journalism). Otherwise, it is indeed a good idea to major in journalism either undergrad or in graduate school. Among other things, it gives you access to internship opportunities that are very important in media.</p>
<p>Journalism is rapidly shifting away from the print model as I am sure you realize. I would look for schools that are committed to educating students for professional work on multiple platforms.</p>
<p>I guess I could do an internal transfer to the liberal arts school, it's just that many of the scholarships I've applied for (and actually have a chance at getting) are for journalism and so I really don't want to change my major. Also are you talking about talking to professors on campus when I go to UT or can I email someone who teaches at the journalism school? Would they answer soon or do they get too many emails during this time? I'm going to see if I can email someone.</p>
<p>I suppose this could be considered “hearsay” but …</p>
<p>I went to the Honors Colloquium at UT Austin, and took a bunch of tours and information sessions about the entire College of Communications because I’m going to be a radio/television/film major. Although I am not at all interested in pursuing journalism, their journalism program stuck in memory because of how impressed I was with the facilities, credentials and representatives of that department. They said that the UT journalism program is up there in the ranks of Mizzou’s (sp?) and I KNOW that school has an amazing program. Also, they have a spankin’ new college of communication, their own professional-appearance newspaper and journalism office, as well as their own printing press. The UT college newspaper is the most widely circulated and most prestigious college newspaper in the nation and Austin is an AMAZING city for networking and job opportunities.</p>
<p>… and I’m not even planning on studying journalism!</p>
<p>Yeah, I would say the UT Journalism program is good. =]</p>