Student Learning Outcomes in Computational Journalism
Students in the Computational Journalism Master’s program are expected to achieve the following educational goals:
1. Demonstrate strong writing ability
2. Demonstrate the ability to construct and tell a story effectively in spoken words, images, text and through multimedia
3. Understand and make use of information technology, and grasp its import for society
4. Understand effective visual language and how to apply it to create visual messages and enhance communications
5. Understand the events and issues of the day in public communications and society in an environment both encouraged and deepened by the liberal arts experience
6. Think analytically, gain numerical proficiency and learn to develop well-researched positions on issues
7. Demonstrate knowledge of the historical traditions in public communications, and of industry practices and products
8. Demonstrate knowledge of ethical practice in the communications field, along with an understanding of the responsibilities communications practitioners have for the public welfare
9. Demonstrate an understanding of the First Amendment freedoms of speech and press along with a commitment to using these freedoms in the service of democracy
10. Develop the knowledge to compare and contrast media systems around the world
11. Learn to value, embrace and support diversity in society and the media
12. Learn to access, evaluate, synthesize and make use of information to create media products
13. Become media literate and a critical consumer of media content
14. Develop the ability to analyze the validity and structure of many types of data, identify any essential public interests captured therein, and, frame the relevant data in a comprehendible story
15. Mine or otherwise obtain raw data and form it into query-able databases
16. Develop the ability to code, modify, and develop the presentation means to communicate newsworthy stories to mass audiences on multiple platforms