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MASTER OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM
MASTER OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
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Graduate level program for experienced journalists who can demonstrate professional status as writers or journalists
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REQUIREMENTS:
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- 32 semester/48 quarter credits
- Critical Analysis, Annotated Bibliography, Proposal and Thesis
- 25%-50% from core curriculum
- All but 9 credits must be completed in one or two years of study.
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PREREQUISITES:
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A prior degree or the equivalent in journalism, or in a related area, and/or substantive work experience in the field.
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INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
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CURRICULUM:
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(CORE REQUIREMENTS)
Mass Communications Research
Advanced Broadcast Newswriting
Public Relations Evaluation
Advanced Interpretive Writing
Media History and Law
International Reporting
Advanced Magazine Writing
Advanced Investigative Reporting
Precision Reporting
Editing and Design
Media and Society
Public Relations Management
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COURSE OUTLINES / SYLLABI
1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 430
Title: Mass Communication Research
1.4 Recommended Text List:
- Understanding Mass Communicaiton, 4th ed., Melvin L. De Fleur, Everette E. Dennis
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will exhibit research capabilities in the area of mass communication research.
- Course Description: Introduction to qualitative and quantitative research methods applied to mass communication.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 432
Title: Public Relations Evaluation
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will demonstrate his/her ability to accomplish public relations evaluations.
- Course Description: Advanced study in evaluating public relations, effectiveness; measurement and interpretation of public attitudes; use of internal and external communication audits.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 433
Title: Public Relations Evaluation
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will demonstrate reasonable efficiency in advanced interpretive writing.
- Course Description: Analysis and writing of editorials, essays, OP-ED page articles, profiles and other shorter forms of journalism; combines with study of historic practitioners of those forms.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 434
Title: Media History and Law
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will exhibit a thorough knowledge and understanding of media history and law.
- Course Description: Historical development of the press and fundamental legal issues affecting mass media in the United States including first amendment libel and public access law.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 435
Title: International Reporting
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student can articulate his/her abilities in international reporting.
- Course Description: Study of international news; emphasis on analysis of current news developing in foreign affairs; the role of the foreign correspondent and foreign desk editor.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 436
Title: Advanced Magazine Writing
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will exhibit a thorough knowledge and understanding of advanced magazine writing and will be capable of necessary research.
- Course Description: Reporting and preparation of articles for publication; analysis of magazine non-fiction markets, research and writing, techniques and analysis of magazine markets.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 437
Title: Advanced Investigative Reporting
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will articulate advanced skills in completing advanced investigative reporting.
- Course Description: Advanced reportorial and analytical skills and techniques required for evaluating newspaper events. Research required for evaluating newspaper events. Research and publication of stories on important current topics.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 438
Title: Precision Reporting
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will be able to demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding in using his/her skills to do precision reporting.
- Course Description: Advanced reporting techniques of the modern news reporter and broadcast journalist. Information gathering methods based on science research skills adapted for the mass media of communications. Investigation of local public issues through surveys, analysis of public documents, experimental design and content analysis of official reports.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 440
Title: Editing and Design
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will have a thorough knowledge of newspaper layout and design.
- Course Description: A survey of newsroom management and the editorial process, from story idea to print, with emphasis on layout and contemporary newspaper design.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 441
Title: Media and Society
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will have a thorough understanding of the functions and responsibilities of the media in society.
- Course Description: Organization, operation, functions, duties and responsibilities of the mass communication media; roles of consumers of the mass media; analysis of major theories on the role of commuication media and society with special emphasis on the role and responsibility of the news media.
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1. Course Designation:
1.1 School: Arts and Sciences
1.2 Department: Journalism
1.3 Course Number: JRM 439
Title: Public Relations Management
1.4 Recommended Text List:
FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION
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- Course Objectives: Student will demonstrate expertise in his/her abilities to resolve conflicts between public and private sectors.
- Course Description: Primary public relations responsibilities of organizational management; emphasis on resolution of conflicts between the public and private sectors or society.
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