Degree Requirements
Our students complete 12 courses for a total of 36 hours,* divided into three parts, which include a workplace practicum and a written exam.
M.M.C. Required Courses (12 hours):
- Research Methods in Mass Communication
- Media Law
- Issues in Mass Communication Management
- Practicum in Mass Communication Management
Multimedia Journalism Concentration Core Courses (15 hours)
- Foundations of Multimedia Journalism
- Plus 4 Multimedia Journalism Directed Electives
Multimedia Journalism General Electives (9 hours)
- 3 Multimedia Journalism General Electives
Directed and General Electives will be selected from courses such as:
- Freedom, Responsibility, and Ethics of the Mass Media
- Health Communication: The Science and Practice
- Environmental Communication: The Science and Practice
- Public Opinion and Persuasion
- Data Journalism
- Advanced Reporting Topics
- Advanced Special Topics (e.g., Longform Sports Writing)
- Fundamentals of Data and Digital Communications
- New Technologies and the Mass Media
- Seminar in Health, Science, and the Media
- Topics in Mass Communication (e.g., Political Communication, Crisis Communication)
- Other courses as approved
*At least 18 hours should be 700 level courses
Written Examination
- A four-hour written exam based on the core classes