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Two-Year MA Model
Magazine Design
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This model is for students who want to focus on designing magazines, from small newsletters to consumer magazines. The model is designed to provide the skills, theoretical framework and decision-making/management techniques important to a successful designer/art director. The model provides the necessary insights into writing and editing but focuses on the design and art direction of contemporary magazines. Students have the opportunity for hands-on work at a variety of magazines, including Vox, a weekly city magazine, and The Global Journalist.
Program Core: 9 Credits
- JOURN 0900 News Practicum (3 Credits) This course does not count toward the degree.
- JOURN 8000 Mass Media Seminar (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8006 Quantitative Research Methods in Journalism (3 Credits) or
JOURN 8008 Qualitative Research Methods (3 Credits)
One of the following four courses:
- JOURN 8026 Philosophy of Journalism (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8030 History of Mass Media (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8038 Seminar in Communication Law (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8080 Media Ethics (3 Credits)
Magazine Design Core: 12 Credits
- JOURN 7408 Magazine Editing (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7500 Advanced Newspaper Editing and Design (3 Credits) or
JOURN 7508 Information Graphics (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7506 Magazine Design (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7988 Advanced Magazine Design (3 Credits)
Electives: 6 Credits
Suggested Courses:
- JOURN 7226 Strategic Design and Visuals I (3 Credits) Highly recommended.
- JOURN 7416 Science, Health and Environmental Writing (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7418 Critical Reviewing (3 Credits)
Highly recommended.
- JOURN 7420 Editorial Writing (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7430 Computer-Assisted Reporting (3 Credits) Highly recommended.
- JOURN 7436 Investigative Reporting (3 Credits) Highly recommended.
- JOURN 7556 Fundamentals of Photojournalism (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7566 Electronic Photojournalism (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7568 History of Photojournalism (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7700 Online Journalism (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7738 General Semantics in Journalism (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7986 Advanced Writing (3 Credits)
- JOURN 7994 Magazine Publishing (3 Credits) Highly recommended.
- JOURN 8026 Philosophy of Journalism (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8028 Literature of Journalism (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8030 History of Mass Media (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8038 Seminar in Communication Law (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8036 Seminar in History and Principles of Journalism (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8080 Media Ethics (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8086 Critical Analysis of the Mass Media (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8092 Photography in Society (3 Credits)
- JOURN 8106 The Magazine, Then and Now (3 Credits)
Highly recommended. Highly recommended.
Capstone Level: 10 Credits
Professional Project
- JOURN 8098 MA Project Seminar (1 Credit) and
JOURN 8190 Area Problem in Journalism (9 Credits)
Thesis
- JOURN 8100 MA Thesis Seminar (1 Credit) and
JOURN 8090 Research in Journalism (9 Credits)
Total Suggested for Graduation: 37 Credits
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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. |
Two-Year MA Program Models
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Strategic Communication
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Convergence
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Print
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Radio-Television
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Miscellaneous
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Magazine
Newspaper
Photojournalism
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Five-Year BJ/MA Program Models
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