Features and Goals

Features and Goals

In accordance with the principles of holistic education, the Department offers students theoretical and professional training in journalism and speech communication. It aims to cultivate in students professional competence in their major fields of study and a propensity for public service.

Considering the factors of educational resources, professional developments and social needs, the Department sets the following as its goals of curriculum:

I. Integrating related academic fields in journalism and speech communication.

Knowledge and skills in speech communication can help journalists grasp the essence and functions of speech communication, so that they can develop a keen sense of languages. In addition, contemporary journalism stresses the communication modes of dialogues between cultures, instead of clinging to the previous confrontational, linear and ethno-centric models. Hence, the studies of speech communication (e.g., principles of interviews, interpersonal communication and cross-cultural communication) will cast new lights in journalism.

II. Developing a spirit of social concerns and services.

Journalists must understand the changing world around them, concern themselves with social issues, and pay respect to different ethnic groups and cultures. The Department offers courses to foster abilities in discovering social issues and to uphold the “practice” spirits of “service and learning” so that students can express their concerns to the society, while serving the community in their journalistic practices.

III. Cultivating reflective social insight and creative exploratory competence in news/information processing.

Independent thinking and creative exploring abilities help journalists to analyze problems and form strategies on their own in the face of the changes and challenges in today’s information-ridden society. In addition, only journalists with reflective social insight can discern the constraints which are inherent in social structures and which also underlie all happenings in society in the form of news. And, adjustment to the changes in the media environment and informational needs crucially depends on such abilities and insights.

IV. Fostering historical and international visions for journalists.

In journalistic work, historical and international visions lay the foundation for both intensive and extensive news reports. News coverage offers not only descriptions, but also perspectives. As such, historical and international visions help to broaden the horizons of journalists.

To achieve these goals, the Department, in addition to offering professional courses, encourages students to:

1. Embrace the opportunities of self-learning by taking minors and courses outside the Department and participate in lectures, seminars, scholarly activities etc.;

2. Engage in serving local communities by means of internships in media and community services etc.;

3. Broaden international visions by joining international programs of exchange students, international societies and activities etc.; and

4. Acquire foreign language competence by mastering one or two foreign languages.

Features and Goals

In accordance with the principles of holistic education, the Department offers students theoretical and professional training in journalism and speech communication. It aims to cultivate in students professional competence in their major fields of study and a propensity for public service.

Considering the factors of educational resources, professional developments and social needs, the Department sets the following as its goals of curriculum:

I. Integrating related academic fields in journalism and speech communication.

Knowledge and skills in speech communication can help journalists grasp the essence and functions of speech communication, so that they can develop a keen sense of languages. In addition, contemporary journalism stresses the communication modes of dialogues between cultures, instead of clinging to the previous confrontational, linear and ethno-centric models. Hence, the studies of speech communication (e.g., principles of interviews, interpersonal communication and cross-cultural communication) will cast new lights in journalism.

II. Developing a spirit of social concerns and services.

Journalists must understand the changing world around them, concern themselves with social issues, and pay respect to different ethnic groups and cultures. The Department offers courses to foster abilities in discovering social issues and to uphold the “practice” spirits of “service and learning” so that students can express their concerns to the society, while serving the community in their journalistic practices.

III. Cultivating reflective social insight and creative exploratory competence in news/information processing.

Independent thinking and creative exploring abilities help journalists to analyze problems and form strategies on their own in the face of the changes and challenges in today’s information-ridden society. In addition, only journalists with reflective social insight can discern the constraints which are inherent in social structures and which also underlie all happenings in society in the form of news. And, adjustment to the changes in the media environment and informational needs crucially depends on such abilities and insights.

IV. Fostering historical and international visions for journalists.

In journalistic work, historical and international visions lay the foundation for both intensive and extensive news reports. News coverage offers not only descriptions, but also perspectives. As such, historical and international visions help to broaden the horizons of journalists.

To achieve these goals, the Department, in addition to offering professional courses, encourages students to:

1. Embrace the opportunities of self-learning by taking minors and courses outside the Department and participate in lectures, seminars, scholarly activities etc.;

2. Engage in serving local communities by means of internships in media and community services etc.;

3. Broaden international visions by joining international programs of exchange students, international societies and activities etc.; and

4. Acquire foreign language competence by mastering one or two foreign languages.