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M.A. Degree Requirements by Sequence

 

 

Professional

Mass Communication

Basic Competencies
These courses may be at any level, undergraduate through graduate.

Choose three courses appropriate to path, such as:

  • JOMC 753 Reporting and Writing News

  • JOMC 157 News Editing

  • JOMC 180 Beginning Photojournalism

  • JOMC 185 The World of Graphic Design

  • JOMC 188 Introduction to Multimedia

  • JOMC 121 Writing for the Electronic Media

  • JOMC 120 Intro to Video Production & Editing

  • JOMC 730 Public Relations Foundations

  • JOMC 170 Principles of Advertising

  • JOMC 271 Advertising Copy and Communication

  • JOMC 272 Advertising Media

 

Three courses appropriate to path. These could include conceptual courses within the School, such as:

  • JOMC 141 Professional Problems and Ethics

  • JOMC 441 Minorities and Communication

  • JOMC 442 Women and Mass Communication

  • JOMC 445 Process and Effects of Mass Communication

Or they could be courses outside the School in such areas as:

  • Statistics

  • History

  • Political science

  • Communications studies

  • Business

  • Psychology

 

 

Core Courses

  • JOMC 701 Research Methods

  • JOMC 740 Mass-Communication Law

  • JOMC 701 Research Methods

  • JOMC 705 Theories of Mass Communication

  • JOMC 740 Mass-Communication Law

Path Courses
A total of at least six (mass-communication sequence) or seven (professional sequence) courses both inside and outside the School at the 400-level or above.

 

3-5 JOMC Courses and Seminars

Chosen with adviser

Must include at least one 800-level JOMC seminar

Chosen with adviser

Must include at least two 800-level JOMC seminars

 

2-4 Outside Courses

Chosen with adviser

Chosen with adviser

 

Thesis, Articles or Project

 

JOMC 993 Thesis or JOMC 992 Non-traditional Thesis Option (If articles are chosen as the JOMC 992 option, you must take JOMC 754.)

JOMC 993 Thesis

 

At least six of the 10 core, path and thesis or project courses must be at the 700-level or above.

 
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