Licence en Journalisme

A journalism degree prepares students to thrive in today’s digital media landscape. From writing news stories to producing television news packages and making beautiful photographs, journalism majors build their degrees on six core courses and numerous discipline-specific electives to personalize their journalism experience. Here’s a sample of how your journalism degree can be customized for you:

• Sports Communication

Students learn the fundamentals of communicating in a sports environment. Learn how to tell compelling sports stories for print and TV. You will hear from professionals in the industry about their experiences and get hands-on experience.

• Videography

Videography builds skills in visual storytelling. Students work with digital video cameras to shoot, write and edit video news stories including several video news packages, one of which must focus on a social justice topic.

• Digital Communication

In this course students use tools like Snapchat, Instagram, WordPress, Avid, Facebook Live and more to create campaigns and tell stories. Students learn critical thinking skills about the technology used to produce mass media messages in modern American society. They are introduced to visual theories as well as elements and principles of design. The digital communication student leaves this course versed in current media technologies with a critical understanding of its use in creating memorable and meaningful communication materials.

Loyola’s College of Music and Media serves as the preeminent center of performing and visual arts study among all Jesuit colleges and universities throughout the United States and recognizes the historical role of music and the arts in the Roman Catholic Church.

Our College prepares students for professions in the arts, or other fields, in a manner that reflects the Jesuit ideals of truth, service, and justice, and provides the campus, region, and nation with activities demonstrating the University’s commitment to the arts.

The School of Music offers a wide range of programs, including baccalaureate and master’s programs in music performance (vocal, instrumental, and keyboard), programs in music education, and third oldest program in music therapy in the United States.

Loyola’s programs in the Film and Music Industries Studies department (featuring a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Music option) are outstanding, as is our opera program - arguably the best in the entire Gulf Coast region.

In the Department of Art, the College offers the BA and BFA degrees in Studio Practice.

The Theatre Arts and Dance department offers the BA in Theatre Arts, the BA in Theatre Arts and Musical Theatre, and the BA in Theatre Arts with a minor in Business Administration.

The Design Department offers a Bachelor Design and a Bachelor of Interactive Design.

The College enjoys special relationships with several important cultural organizations, particularly the Louisiana Symphony Orchestra and the New Orleans Opera, many of whose artists also teach for us.