Minors:

Journalism and any major field listed in Columbian College

Double Majors:

Students may double major among majors offered with Columbian College and with majors offered in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Secondary Fields:

Available in international affairs, engineering, business administration, exercise science, and public health

Special Programs:

Dean’s Scholars in Globalization, Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare, Elizabeth Somers Women’s Leadership Program, Scholars in Quantitative and Natural Sciences, Presidential Scholars in the Arts, University Honors Program

Opportunities:

• The GW Hatchet-- twice weekly newspaper
• Daily Colonial-- online newspaper
• GW TV
  
• WRGW
  

Internship Examples:

• Washington Post
  
• CNN
  
• National Geographic
• USAToday
  
• Major television networks
  

Highlights:

• The Prime Movers program combines mentors--professional journalists – with young minds, the resources of a great university, and the support of major news outlets to create a winning combination. We believe that Prime Movers can ensure that media organizations of the future are infused with the energy and the talent of a diverse body of young professionals that will play a vital role in our democracy.
  
• The Documentary Center is an expansion of a decade-long commitment at The George Washington University to teaching documentary film production theory and techniques and to creating documentary films for national audiences. Inaugurated in 1990 as The Center for History in the Media, the Documentary Center is one of the few educational centers in the nation that focuses exclusively on the production of non-fiction filmmaking.
  
• In January 2001, the School of Media and Public Affairs moved into its current residence, a $27-million state-of-the-art facility located at the corner of 21st and H Streets. The Media and Public Affairs Building features a 258-seat auditorium designed to attract media events and a flash studio where faculty can be interviewed and broadcast to television shows such as ABC's Good Morning America without leaving Washington, DC. In addition, the building is equipped with an advanced fiber optic network, wireless Internet access, and a teleconferencing classroom used to enhance GW's distance learning programs. The latest technology can be found in the student media center that is equipped for print, broadcast, and online media projects. SMPA students also benefit from the Richard Eaton Broadcast Suite which houses a fully-functional television studio and control room as well as audio and editing laboratories.