Social Policy + Journalism
SESP launches new dual degree program with Medill
Northwestern University has launched a five-year dual-degree partnership between SESP and the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications to teach students media skills in the context of education and policy.
The joint degree program prepares students for a wide range of careers, targeting those who hope to work in fields that involve communications, policy analysis, and reporting.
Science writers, for example, may need to know how to convey the importance of a vaccine campaign to skeptical communities. Others may work in roles that require government testimony or explaining scientific evidence to a lay audience.
In addition to social policy, students can select any of SESP’s undergraduate concentrations, including elementary and secondary teaching, learning and organizational change, learning sciences, and human development in context.