Bachelor of Journalism

The Bachelor of Journalism, abbreviated as B.J., is a degree that may be earned at certain colleges by students who have completed an undergraduate programme in journalism that is either three or four years long. Some colleges in the United States do not provide the Bachelor of Justice degree. degree instead confer a Bachelor of Arts, Journalism (B.A.J.), Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication (B.A.J.M.C.) or Bachelor of Science, Journalism (BSJ) that is frequently part of or in conjunction with a course of study in mass communication. This degree is yet another epithetological form of the B.J. and B.A.J. degrees.

Accreditation for journalism programmes at the university level in the United States is handled by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, which is housed at the University of Kansas. At this time, there are 109 such certified programmes located in a total of 40 states.