This is a core skill for all Medill graduates, offering an opportunity to develop a specialized body of knowledge. The magazine course work takes up two quarters, or six months, of intense effort. In the first of these quarters, students concentrate on magazine writing and editing in two overlapping workshop classes. The work consumes four days a week. The second quarter is the three-unit magazine publishing project, during which students create an original magazine.
Every student takes at least three units of credit each quarter.
Not every class is offered every quarter. The second sample demonstrates an approach taken by all students who start in the fall quarter, with Magazine Writing and Editing immediately following Journalism Methods. The third sample demonstrates the schedule of a student participating in the Global Journalism abroad option.