Graduate Program Requirements

Communication Program Requirements

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JOURNALISM MA 2017

36 CREDITS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE MASTER OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM. Twenty-six (26) credits are required Core Journalism courses, one of which is Thesis, and ten (10) credits are Journalism electives.

JOURNALISM CORE 26cr

Courses: 10/10
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
53-5131 Web Design for Storytelling 2B
53-5660 Global Multimedia Reporting 2B
53-6610 Chicago News Bureau 5B
53-6616 Government and Politics Seminar 2B
53-6620 InfoSearchStrategies 2B
53-6645 Graduate Thesis Project 1S
53-6650 Foundations of Journalism 4B
53-6655 Legislative & Investigative Reporting 3B
53-6665 Journalism Culture: Trends & Traditions 2P
53-6675 Digital Journalism 3B


GRADUATE ELECTIVES 10cr

Courses: 4/7
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose ten (10) credits from the following list:
53-5110 The Business Beat 3B
53-5120 Covering Politics: 3B
53-5535 Launching a Journalism Startup 3B
53-5523 Social Media Storytelling 1B
53-5540 Advanced Sports Reporting 3B
53-5570 Topics in Journalism 3B
53-5840 Digital Storytelling II 3B
53-6115 Interactive Graphics 2B
53-6116 Mobile Journalism 2B
53-6117 Media Entrepreneurship 3B
53-6132 Advanced Coding for Media Industries 3B
53-6710 Reporting & Producing TV News 4B
53-6730 Magazine Journalism I 3B
53-6788 Internship: Journalism 1B
53-6798 Indep Project: Journalism 1B

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