The program The A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications offers a master of science in mass communication. The degree program requires a core of mass communication research and theory classes. Students work with a faculty advisor to develop an emphasis beyond the core. The school offers a full range of academic and professional classes. The courses in each emphasis encourage students to apply the core concepts and to prepare for careers in the mass media and teaching professions.
All candidates deliver a final oral defense of their theses or reports.
Admission to the master's degree program requires an undergraduate degree from a four-year college or university, with basic undergraduate course work in journalism and mass communications. Provisional admission may be granted to applicants entering the degree program with no previous course work in mass communications, with the requirement to take basic undergraduate courses along with the graduate course work. Also required are satisfactory scores on the GRE and an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above on the final 60 hours of course work. Tuition is waived during the academic year for a student holding a .5 GTA appointment. GTAs work as assistants to professors in classes and on projects.