Eligibility Criteria
Academic Requirements:
Completion of British Columbia Grade 12 or equivalent. If students do not have British Columbia Grade 12 or equivalent and they are at least 19 years of age, they may be accepted provided they have a minimum of 3 credits of university-transferable courses with a grade point average of 2.00 or higher.
One of the following:
LET with a minimum level 3; LPI with a minimum 26 on the essay and one of 5 in English usage, 5 in sentence structure, or 10 in reading comprehension; British Columbia English 12 or equivalent with a minimum 80%; British Columbia English Literature 12 with a minimum 80%; a university-level English or Communications course for which Langara awards transfer credit, with a minimum ‘C-‘; or an ‘S’ in one of ENGL 1107, 1108, or 1110.
Program Requirements:
A high level of achievement in English and/or writing in the senior grades of secondary school or the equivalent.
Successful completion of the Journalism Program entrance test that includes sections on English language usage, current events and news writing.
Keyboarding skills of at least 40 words per minute.
A résumé.
A minimum 500-word typed statement of intent indicating why students want to be a journalist and their career goals.
An interview with journalism faculty may be required.