ProgramCIP 09.0405

Business and Economic Journalism

A program of study that prepares students to gather, analyze, and synthesize verbal and visual information to communicate stories related to business and economics across multiple media platforms. Includes instruction in accounting, business, business and economic reporting, business law, economics, finance, financial accounting and reporting, ethics, journalistic research methods and resources, and journalism skills and techniques.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).