Stony Brook University has announced that the School of Journalism is being
renamed to the School of Communication and Journalism.
School officials say the school is the first, and only, in the 64-campus
SUNY system that is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in
Journalism and Mass Communications.
The new name aligns more closely with the school’s expanding undergraduate
and graduate degree programs, and with the increased demand for professionals with
backgrounds and experience in different communication-related disciplines,
officials say.
“Communication goes beyond journalism, and Stony Brook’s School of
Communication and Journalism will offer new opportunities for our students to
explore important fields in science communication, health communication and
mass communication, in addition to journalism,” Fotis Sotiropoulos, interim
university provost and dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, said.
In the past year, the school has begun to offer graduate programs in science
communication, in collaboration with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating
Science, and in public health, in collaboration with the Stony Brook Program in
Public Health. Additional programs are in development.
The School of Journalism was founded in 2006 and enrolls approximately 250
students.