Diploma - Diploma [2 Years]
$12,230 /Yr On-campus full_time

Diploma Journalism

  • Diploma in Journalism at Conestoga College allows students to complete this program in 3 Years.
  • Students are required to successfully complete two language electives (in one language) in order to graduate.
  • The Journalism program allows students to develop multimedia skills that are used in digital news reporting and storytelling across all media platforms.
  • The first year of the program emphasizes the fundamentals of news writing, research, interviewing, legal and ethical standards, digital news design, and the journalistic use of social media.
  • The main concepts covered under the program are:​
    • Production Technology
    • Research and Interviewing
    • Digital News Design
    • Social Media
    • News Writing
  • Students take courses in photojournalism, as well as audio and video technologies that are vital to telling stories in an online news environment.
  • Students who graduate from this program will receive advanced standing as a Weapons Engineering Technician in the Royal Canadian Navy (subject to successful enrolment in the Canadian Armed Forces).
  • The student to teacher ratio is 15:1 which helps increase in interaction between professors and students.
  • On average, 82% of students from the last three years found employment within six months of graduation.
  • After completing this course, students have career opportunities as
    • Editor
    • Cartoonist
    • Photo Journalist
    • Proof Reader
    • Feature Writer
    • Leader Writer, etc with an average salary of 46,475 USD per year.

Tution & Application Fees

Year Year 1 Year 2
Tuition Fees $10313 $10313
Other Fees $1918 $1918
Total Fees $12230 $12230

Examinations

Exam Type Exam Name Score Out of Score Exam Level
IELTS International English Language Testing System 6.5 9 3
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language 88 120 3
PTE Pearson Test of English 58 90 3
Duolingo Duolingo 115 160 1

Academic Eligibility:

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or 19 years of age or older with mature student status.
  • Grade 12 compulsory English, C or U, or equivalent, OR Conestoga College Preparatory Communications
  • All applicants who meet the academic strength requirements must attend a program information session and present a portfolio of their creative work.

Indian Student Eligibility:

  • Indian students need to maintain an overall average of 70% in Grade 12th

Along with the minimum eligibility requirements, international students hailing from non-English speaking countries need to prove English proficiency through IELTS/TOEFL/any equivalent test.

The above requirements are the minimum requirements and do not guarantee admission. The admissions committee will consider all evidence in the file and decide. To know more about the requirem….Read More