Graduate Program - Communication Program

Communication as a Professional Field

The School offers advanced professional training in journalism and mass communication leading to the master of science degree. Graduate work prepares students for professional careers in a variety of mass communication fields. Students with limited training or experience in journalism and mass communication may include skills courses in their programs. The degree requires either a creative component or thesis.

Areas of professional specialization include: journalistic writing and reporting for the traditional and new media, visual journalism, advertising and public relations.

All students in the two degree programs must complete four core courses: Introduction to Graduate Study in Journalism and Mass Communication (Jl MC 601), Theories of Mass Communication (Jl MC 501), Communication Research Methods (Jl MC 502) and Seminar in Mass Communication (Jl MC 650). Each student selects elective courses based on his/her area of specialization and career goal, in consultation with the student's major professor and Program of Study Committee.

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The Reading Room has a media room with a DVD player, VCR, telephone, typewriter and an audiocassette player.