Degree Requirements
Our students complete 10 courses for a total of 30 credit hours*, divided into three parts, including a three-credit-hour media workplace practicum, which is a highlight of the program.
M.M.C. Required Core Courses (12 credit hours)
- Research Methods in Mass Communication
- Media Law (or substitute course approved by Associate Director of Graduate Studies if student has made a “B” or higher in an approved undergraduate media law course)
- Issues in Mass Communication Management
- Practicum in Mass Communications Management (working with an organization or agency in their chosen field.)
Strategic Communication Management Concentration Core Courses (9 credit hours)
- Strategic Communication Principles
- Strategic Communication Strategies
- Strategic Communication Campaigns or Strategic Communication for Behavior and Social Change
Recommended electives (9 credit hours) such as:
- Interactive Communication Strategies
- Advanced Special Topics
- Corporate Communication
- Organizational Communication
- Seminar in Health, Science, and the Media
- Risk Communication
- Public Relations Theory
- Theories of Global Communication
- Topics in Mass Communications such as crisis communications, digital media, and corporate social responsibility
Other courses as approved
*At least 15 credit hours must be 700-level or above courses.