This paper explores the mission of the field of art journalism and the subject matter, objectives, and goals of the elective course titled ‘Media Coverage of Arts’ offered by the Scientific-Educational Center for Public 196 Communication and Journalism at BSU. It discusses the learning outcomes of the course and addresses several key aspects.
The article presents art as a unique and essential means of understanding the world, defining terms such as culture and art, and examining the history and current significance of art journalism. For the first time in the Republic of Armenia, it outlines the objectives of journalism education related to art journalism and examines various issues concerning the teaching methodology of the course “Media Coverage of Arts”. Additionally, the article contains the author’s considerations on the elective nature and the duration of the ‘Media Coverage of Arts - 1, 2’ course, which spans two semesters of undergraduate study.