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Journalism/Law Dual Degrees
Journalism PhD and Law JD
The Schools of Law and Journalism offer an integrated program for students seeking both a PhD degree in journalism and a JD degree in law. Students should consider this program if they are interested in teaching or in senior-level practice or policy work in either of these fields, domestically or internationally. Although a PhD degree in journalism normally requires three years of study, and a JD requires three, students may be able to complete the full program in as few as five years.
Program Requirements
Dual-degree program requirements consist of both required and elective courses.
Required Courses
First Year (31 Credits)
- LAW 5010 Civil Procedure I/LAW 5015 Civil Procedure II (5 Credits)
- LAW 5020 Contracts (5 Credits)
- LAW 5035 Criminal Law (4 Credits)
- LAW 5040 Property I (5 Credits)
- LAW 5060 Torts I (5 Credits)
- LAW 5080 Legal Research and Writing (2 Credits)
- LAW 5085 Advocacy and Research (2 Credits)
- LAW 5095 Lawyering: Problem Solving and Dispute Resolution (3 Credits)
Any student who does not achieve a 70.00 GPA in the fall semester will be required to take LAW 5090 Legal Reasoning. Those students in LAW 5090 Legal Reasoning will not take LAW 5085 Advocacy and Research until their second year. This course is designed to assist students in meeting the graduation requirements.
Required Journalism Courses
- JOURN 9000 Doctoral Proseminar I (3 Credits)
- JOURN 9006 Doctoral Proseminar II (3 Credits)
- JOURN 9010 Doctoral Seminar (3 Credits)
- JOURN 9087 Doctoral Research Seminar (1 Credit/semester until student passes comprehensive examination.)
- JOURN 9090 Research in Journalism (3 Credits, dissertation.)
- Additional graduate course work must total at least 72 credits (master's and doctoral combined).
Second Year Required Courses (8 Credits)
- LAW 5220 Constitutional Law (4 Credits)
- LAW 5260 Evidence (4 Credits)
Second or Third Year Required Courses (6 Credits)
- LAW 5240 Criminal Procedure (3 Credits)
- LAW 5280 Professional Responsibility (3 Credits)
Elective Courses
Law Electives
Students at the School of Law are required to take 89 credits to receive the JD degree: 45 credits of required courses and 44 credits of electives. Students in the dual-degree program may count up to six credits of course work taken under course names and numbers assigned by the School of Journalism toward the 44 credits of electives required for the JD degree. As explained below, students in the dual-degree program also may undertake a joint research project and receive elective credit at both the School of Law and the School of Journalism.
Journalism Electives
Courses in the doctoral program are categorized into whatever number of subfields is dictated by the specialization of the student. Evaluation of the course selections and their categorization is based on the intellectual requirements of the dissertation and the teaching areas the student wishes to pursue. No courses that focus primarily on professional skills may be counted toward the doctoral program, whether taken at the master's or the doctoral level. Generally, courses from journalism would compose no more than two-thirds of the total credits earned in the dual-degree program.
The program must include language and research tools including quantitative research or qualitative research based on the type of dissertation research planned. See the Doctoral Program Handbook (PDF: 260K) for specific regulations regarding the language and tools requirements, qualifying process and comprehensive examination.
Doctoral Dissertation
Doctoral students are required to write and defend a dissertation in journalism. Students in the dual-degree program may choose to undertake the dissertation in conjunction with the JD independent study course, LAW 5875 Research in Law. The faculty member overseeing LAW 5875 Research in Law shall be responsible for determining whether the dissertation satisfies the requirements of LAW 5875 Research in Law, considering those requirements as they apply to all other law students. Generally, credit under LAW 5875 Research in Law is appropriate only for a paper of substantial length on a topic related to law.
If a student chooses to undertake the doctoral dissertation in conjunction with LAW 5875 Research in Law, the dissertation committee must include at least the law faculty member overseeing LAW 5875 Research in Law. The committee may include other members of the law faculty. Students should consult the "Doctoral Program Handbook" of the School of Journalism for further explanation and rules about the doctoral dissertation.
At the discretion of the Law faculty member overseeing LAW 5875 Research in Law, the upper-level writing section at the School of Law may be waived for students who use this course to successfully complete a joint journalism thesis or project. In exercising his or her discretion, the Law faculty member should determine whether the joint LAW 5875 Research in Law/thesis or project satisfies the regular requirements for an upper-level writing section at the School of Law.
Summary of Requirements
Requirements for the JD degree are met with 89 credits: 45 credits of required courses and 44 credits of electives. Students in the JD-PhD program satisfy those 89 credits with 83 credits in courses taken at the School of Law and 6 credits in courses taken at the School of Journalism.
Requirements for the PhD degree in Journalism are met with 72 credits of courses in the School of Journalism and 9 credits of specialized courses within the School of Law. The detailed program of study in Journalism is subject to approval by the student's adviser and committee in the School of Journalism and by the Director of Graduate Studies. In general, a maximum of 21 credits of the doctoral plan may be counted toward both degrees (see example).
The School of Law's independent study course, LAW 5875 Research in Law, may be taken in partial satisfaction of both the School of Law's elective requirement and the School of Journalism's dissertation research requirement. Interested students should register for LAW 5875 Research in Law, and the credits earned for that course also will be counted toward the journalism research requirement.
Sample Course of Study
Year 1
- First Year Required Law Courses (31 Credits)
Year 2
- Second Year Required Law Courses (8 Credits)
- LAW 5220 Constitutional Law (4 Credits)
- LAW 5260 Evidence (4 Credits)
- Two Elective Law Courses (6 Credits)
Required Journalism Courses (11 Credits)
- JOURN 9000 Doctoral Pro Seminar I (3 Credits)
- JOURN 9006 Doctoral Pro Seminar II (3 Credits)
- JOURN 9010 Doctoral Seminar (3 Credits)
- JOURN 9087 Doctoral Research Seminar (1 Credit each semester; assume 2 Credits)
- Journalism/Collateral Field Course Work (9 Credits)
Year 3
- Second/Third Year Required Law Courses (6 Credits)
- Law Electives (18 Credits)
- JOURN 9087 Doctoral Research Seminar (1 Credit each semester; assume 2 Credits)
- Journalism/Collateral Field Course Work (6 Credits)
Year 4
- Law Electives (14 Credits), including LAW 5875 Research in Law
- Journalism Electives; Law Credit (6 Credits)
- Journalism/Collateral Field Course Work (17 Credits)
Year 5
- Journalism/Collateral Field Course Work (17 Credits)
- Doctoral Comprehensive Examination
- Dissertation
Sample PhD Program
Required Journalism Courses (13 Credits)
- JOURN 9000 Doctoral Proseminar I (3 Credits)
- JOURN 9006 Doctoral Proseminar II (3 Credits)
- JOURN 9010 Doctoral Seminar (3 Credits)
- JOURN 9087 Doctoral Research Seminar (1 Credit/semester until Journalism comprehensive examinations are passed; assume 4 credits total)
Research Methods (12 Credits)
- ESC PS 7610 Quantitative Methods in Educational Research I (3 Credits)
- ESC PS 7620 Quantitative Methods in Educational Research II (3 Credits)
- ESC PS 9650 Application of Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research (3 Credits)
- HIST Introduction to Historical Research (3 Credits)
Law/Dispute Resolution
- JOURN 7000 Communications Law (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8038 Seminar in Communications Law (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8040 Cyberspace Policy and Regulation (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8046 Controls of Information (3 Credits)
- LAW 5450 Conflict Theory (3 Credits)
Further Law Specialization Courses
- LAW 5220 Constitutional Law (4 Credits)
- LAW 5535 E-Commerce Law (3 Credits)
- LAW 5840 Public Policy Dispute Resolution (3 Credits)
Management/Persuasion (9 Credits)
- JOURN 8020 Strategic Communication Principles (3 Credits)
- JOURN 9008 Readings in Advertising and Public Relations Research (3 Credits)
- PSYCH 8310 Survey of Social Psychology (3 Credits)
Ethics and History (6 Credits)
- JOURN 8030 History of Mass Media (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8080 Media Ethics (3 Credits)
Dissertation (9 Credits)
- LAW 5875 Research in Law
- JOURN 9090 Research in Journalism
Total: 73 Credits
Application Procedure
Applicants to the dual-degree program must submit formal applications for admission to the School of Law and to the School of Journalism. Students must meet the requirements for admission to both programs. Applicants should make it clear on their applications to each school that they are applying for the dual-degree program. Contact the School of Journalism and the School of Law for further information on admissions requirements.
Students normally should declare an intent to enter both programs before entering the University. This request should be submitted before a student has substantially completed the requirements of either program. However, petitions requesting admission to the program from students at more advanced stages in either program may be considered.
Additional Regulations
- Law students who receive credit under the dual-degree program for taking journalism courses may not receive credit for taking other classes outside the School of Law.
- Occasionally, students entering the PhD program in Journalism are required to strengthen their undergraduate experience by taking extra course work to round out their graduate programs. The most commonly required additional courses are American Government, American History, and Economics. These courses do not count as part of the PhD program.
- A dual-degree candidate who subsequently decides to pursue only one of these degrees must complete degree requirements subject to the same rules as a student not pursuing a dual degree.
- Student honors and class rank at the School of Law will be computed on classes enrolled in as law courses.
- The School of Law cannot award credit for any class taken before matriculation at the School of Law. Dual-degree candidates must therefore enroll at the School of Law before taking any Journalism courses to be counted toward the JD degree.
- The School of Journalism and the School of Law reserve the right to limit participation in the program, including dismissal. Those interested are encouraged to submit a request for permission to participate in the program, along with applications for admission, at the earliest possible time.
- The listing of courses does not constitute a binding commitment that the courses will be offered during the student's course of study.
- Students in the dual-degree program are subject to the same rules and regulations that apply to all students at the School of Law and the School of Journalism.
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