Graduate Faculty: Albright, Busby, Carstarphen, Kim, Land, Owens, Rogers, Wells, Westmoreland, Zavoina.
The Department of Journalism offers graduate programs leading to the following degrees:
The university library has a strong holding of periodicals that supports the journalism and mass communication field. Media library materials include resources on research methods in mass communication and theories of mass communication.
Journalism graduate students are required to pass a written comprehensive examination over journalism courses taken. The examination should be scheduled near the end of the student's program.
Journalism graduate students who write a thesis will defend that thesis in an oral examination with thesis committee members.
A satisfactory score on the aptitude portion of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) must be submitted before admission to the graduate program in journalism. A student will not be permitted to enroll in any courses for credit toward the master's degree until the score is submitted and approved. International students also must submit satisfactory scores on the TOEFL. The department chair may make an exception in an unusual case.
The MA candidate in journalism must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours, including a thesis of 6 hours and a minimum of 24 hours in courses numbered 5000 or above. Up to 12 hours may be taken in a minor field, or the 12 hours may be divided between two minor fields.
JOUR 5040, Studies in the Mass Media, must be taken in the first semester of study in the journalism graduate program.
Required courses for the MA follow.
JOUR 5040, Studies in the Mass Media, must be taken in the first semester of study in the journalism graduate program.
Required journalism courses for the MJ follow.