Comments on: Are there too many journalism degrees? http://www.freelanceunbound.com/2009/10/30/are-there-too-many-journalism-degrees/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:23:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Hill http://www.freelanceunbound.com/2009/10/30/are-there-too-many-journalism-degrees/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Steve Hill Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:12:38 +0000 http://www.freelanceunbound.com/?p=2532#comment-377 Hi, I just posted on Paul's site, but I just get lost with this debate about which courses are considered to be 'academic' and which are 'practical/vocational'. If someone can write a criteria, I would love to read it. Is medicine academic? Or is that practical? What about fine art? What about engineering? Or do we decide the worth of these courses purely on whether students end up with jobs in their chosen areas? And of course we can debate whether journalism is a trade or a profession. These are very muddy waters. OK, so journalism is a relatively new subject. But the huge amount of academic material that's coming out from the USA and Australia (UK to a lesser extent) proves that this is a subject worthy of serious study. Hi, I just posted on Paul’s site, but I just get lost with this debate about which courses are considered to be ‘academic’ and which are ‘practical/vocational’. If someone can write a criteria, I would love to read it.

Is medicine academic? Or is that practical?
What about fine art?
What about engineering?

Or do we decide the worth of these courses purely on whether students end up with jobs in their chosen areas? And of course we can debate whether journalism is a trade or a profession.

These are very muddy waters. OK, so journalism is a relatively new subject. But the huge amount of academic material that’s coming out from the USA and Australia (UK to a lesser extent) proves that this is a subject worthy of serious study.

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