A while back I wrote about the University of Colorado's decision to essentially close its journalism school.

Under the plan, journalism would no longer be a standalone bachelor's degree. Instead, in a program called "Journalism Plus," students would earn a double major in journalism and another subject, or major in a subject with a certificate or minor in journalism. Eventually, CU officials hoped to replace the school with an interdisciplinary "information and communication technology" program.


I was critical of the move, saying that there are a great many students who need the specific kind of training found in j-schools.

But it turns out little has changed at the program, according to Brittany Anas of The Daily Camera, as reported in the Denver Post. Anas writes:

Despite the announcement that journalism students would be required to earn a double major, the campus is allowing them to receive a standalone journalism degree until a new information program is created in the next few years... The faculty remains the same and so does the curriculum.

Instead of requiring students to double major, students admitted in spring 2012 and later will be required to complete an "additional field of study" amounting to 30 to 36 credit hours." "Journalism plus" appears to have been shelved.

The university still plans to create a "cross-disciplinary entity" that involves journalism, but that could take several more years, Anas writes.

I'm not sure what a "cross-disciplinary entity" is. I only know that if CU stops teaching aspiring journalists the fundamentals of the craft, it will be doing them a disservice.

Also read:

Closing the University of Colorado Journalism School was the Wrong Move

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