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Media Management Online Model

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The Media Management option is designed for students who have had substantial professional experience and want to direct their future careers toward management: publishers of a newspaper or magazine, managing partners or presidents of an advertising agency, or general managers or presidents of a broadcast or cable network or station, for example.

Program Core: 9 Credits

  • JOURN 8000 Mass Media Seminar (3 Credits)
  • JOURN 8080 Media Ethics (3 Credits)
  • JOURN 8006 Quantitative Research Methods in Journalism (3 Credits)
    or JOURN 8008 Qualitative Research Methods (3 Credits)

Media Management Core: 10-12 Credits

  • JOURN 7736 Economics and Finance of the Media (3 Credits)
  • JOURN 7978 Media Management and Leadership (3 Credits)
  • JOURN 8058 Communication in Media Organizations (3 Credits)
  • JOURN 8070 Professional Seminar (1-3 Credits)
    Can be repeated; attendance for one 1-hour seminar on campus is required.

Electives: 6 Credits

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 Semimar (1 Credit) and JOURN 8090 Research in Journalism (9 Credits)

Total Suggested for Graduation: 37 Credits

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