The programs provide s tudents interested in scholarship or practice of communication law or in reporting on the law with the opportunity to blend relevant work from the two colleges. Students must meet the entrance requirements of both colleges. A thesis or dissertation is required. Interested students should apply for admission to both the Graduate School and the College of Law, noting on the applications the joint nature of the admission requests. Further information on the programs and on application procedures is available from the Holland Law Center and from the Graduate Division of the College of Journalism and Communications.
Admission is granted to applicants with and without background in mass communication.
Students without academic preparation in mass communication or appropriate experience may be required to take articulation work. These courses are taken concurrently with general graduate courses, starting in the first term of registration. Students who have never completed a course in statistics must do so by the end of their second term. Doctoral studies require three or more years of full-time study and research. Students who may require articulation courses should contact the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies.