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Journalism MA Program

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Note: Some courses will not be offered every semester. Plan accordingly by checking with your graduate adviser and the Registrar's Schedule of Courses Online for current course availability.

Program Core: 12 Credits

• JOURN 0900 News Practicum (3 Credits) This course does not count toward the degree.
  No graduate credit for Newspaper Journalism track.
• JOURN 7450 Newspaper Reporting (3 Credits) (Newspaper Journalism) or
  JOURN 7300 Broadcast News I (3 Credits) (Radio-Television Journalism)
• JOURN 8000 Mass Media Seminar (3 Credits)
• JOURN 8006 Quantitative Research Methods in Journalism (3 Credits) or
  JOURN 8008 Qualitative Research Methods (3 Credits)
• JOURN 8066 Proseminar: Science, Society and the News Media (3 Credits)

Option 1: Advanced Reporting/Writing Core: 9 Credits

• JOURN 7416 Science, Health and Environmental Writing (3 Credits)
• JOURN 7460 Advanced Reporting (3 Credits) or
  JOURN 7406 Newspaper Editing (3 Credits)

One of the following three courses:

• JOURN 7410 Intermediate Writing (3 Credits)
• JOURN 7430 Computer-Assisted Reporting (3 Credits) Highly recommended.
• JOURN 7436 Investigative Reporting (3 Credits) Highly recommended.

Option 2: Advanced Broadcast News Core: 6 Credits

• JOURN 7306 Broadcast News II (3 Credits)
• JOURN 7416 Science, Health and Environmental Writing (3 Credits)

Natural Resources Core: 12 Credits

• NAT R 1070 Ecology and Renewable Resource Management (3 Credits) No graduate credit.
• NAT R and JOURN 8060 Environmental Research for Journalists (3 Credits)
• Nine hours chosen from graduate classes in General Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation and/or Aquatic Resource Conservation. One three-hour class must be in a field or laboratory course.

Journalism Electives: 2-3 Credits

Capstone Level: 10 Credits

• JOURN 8098 MA Project Seminar (1 Credit) and
  JOURN 8190 Area Problem in Journalism (9 Credits)
  
  

• JOURN 8100 MA Thesis Seminar (1 Credit) and
  JOURN 8090 Research in Journalism (9 Credits)

Total Suggested for Graduation: 42-46 Credits

Note: The University requires at least half of a graduate student's coursework to be in 8000-level (or greater) courses. 4000-level (and below) courses do not carry graduate credit. Please plan accordingly; check with your graduate adviser.

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