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Home Page > Academics > College Of Arts And Sciences > Journalism and Mass Communication
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| Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
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 The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at SDSU has the right mix of faculty, philosophy and technology to prepare you for a career in journalism and mass communication.
The four-year journalism program awards either a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree.
Students select one of the following specializations within journalism: advertising, broadcast journalism or news-editorial. Students interested in photography enroll in the news-editorial sequence.
The department cooperates with the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences to offer a four-year bachelor of science degree in agricultural journalism.
For more information, email:
SDSU.MCOM@sdstate.edu |
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 Adding Storytelling Competition to LNI
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at South Dakota State University is helping to add a Lakota/Dakota Storytelling Competition to the 31st annual Lakota Nation Invitational (LNI) with funding from the South Dakota Humanities Council.
The competition will be held during the LNI on Dec. 19-22 at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City.
In September and October, Doris Giago, SDSU associate professor of journalism, will visit schools around the state to distribute teaching materials and promote the contest. She will also be available to teach a 50-minute lesson on storytelling during her visits.
While basketball is the major focus of LNI, the tournament also includes knowledge and language bowls, an art show, a hand game competition, and wrestling and boxing matches.
“The academic portion of LNI demonstrates to students that there is more to school than sports,” said Bryan Brewer, LNI coordinator. “We are adding this competition to the line-up of events because storytelling is an important part of Lakota/Dakota culture that is dying out. This competition is a step in the right direction toward reviving it.”
For the storytelling competition, Native American high school students will tell stories in three different categories: traditional stories told in a native language or in English, contemporary stories that blend today’s experiences into the traditional storytelling framework and issue-based stories on important topics in Indian Country.
“Holding the event during the LNI in December is particularly appropriate because among Indian tribes throughout America, winter is storytelling time,” said Mary Arnold, head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. “But young people are encouraged to start preparing for the storytelling competition now,” she continued.
“Sponsoring this program is an important part of our department's outreach to Native American high school students,” Arnold said.
Jerome Kills Small, Oglala Lakota tribal member from Porcupine on the Pine Ridge Reservation and traditional storyteller will assist with the judging and give a storytelling performance during the LNI. Kills Small also teaches Lakota language courses at the University of South Dakota.
The planning team from SDSU, led by Giago, includes Kathleen Danker, English professor, and Russell Stubbles, horticulture, forestry, landscape and parks professor.
The competition is free of charge and open to all Native American high school students. The deadline to register for the competition is Dec. 1.
Contest materials will be mailed to schools in July. Those wanting additional information should contact Giago at doris.giago@sdstate.edu or 605-688-6236.
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Storytelling Brochure
Download this 10-page document containing contest information, criteria and registration forms.
pdf (287k) |
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 Expanding program, Adding new site
The South Dakota Board of Regents has approved the department’s request to move Media Production to our department and to offer our entire program at the University Center (formerly USDSU) in Sioux Falls starting in the Fall 2007 semester.
The brochure that can be downloaded below outlines our initial offerings in Sioux Falls. On the back page of the brochure, you’ll find the list of classes we’re offering starting this Sept. 5. This semester, in addition to two overviews of the mass communication and film making scenes, we are offering two writing classes – one basic and the other for electronic media.
In future semesters (and summers, too), we’ll offer more courses in Media Production topics like electronic media, digital storytelling, media administration and management and other topics that reflect new developments in our field. To accommodate work schedules, most will be offered for three credits one night a week.
We hope that our program will help to fill the niche for anyone who wants to add to his or her skills or upgrade current ones.
How to enroll in University Center classes
To enroll in classes, you do not have to be admitted to a degree-seeking program. You can register on the spot as a special student up until the time that the class starts - as long as there are vacancies and they complete the registration form.
All you have to do is go to the main office at the University Center in Sioux Falls and ask for a registration form. The only thing that you have to bring is proof of your MMR immunization if you were born after 1957.
The UC Main office hours are Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have any additional questions, call 367-5640 and ask for Sandy or Jill.
Please don't hesitate to contact us or the folks at University Center (email at info@sduniversitycenter.org, Web site at http://www.sduniversitycenter.org or phone (605) 367-5640)
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MCOM at University Center
Download this two-page brochure outlining our new Media Production specialization that will be offered at the University Center in Sioux Falls and on the Main Campus in Brookings.
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| Summer 2007 issue of J&MC Update available for download |
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 Mills speech highlights Native American Media Symposium
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Olympic Gold Medalist and Pine Ridge native Billy Mills urged Native American students to "find their dreams" in his keynote speech at the Native American Media Symposium held Oct. 6 and 7 at SDSU.
Native American journalists, activists, authors and educators explored issues ranging from tribal sovereignty to press freedom at the symposium, which was made possible by a grant from the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation of Oklahoma City.
To view photos of the event click here .
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