Minimum qualifications are a master s degree with significant professional experience.
A Ph.D. and a secondary interest or research focus in a related communications field are preferred. The successful candidate will have a good knowledge base in the areas of video, multi-media, web design, interactive advertising, digital communications, and integrated communication. The successful candidate will be able to address the needs of a student population with great diversity in age, cultural background, and ethnicity. The School of Journalism, with the only advertising degree program in northern California, has 600 undergraduate majors and 70 graduate students. San Jose State University, part of the 23-campus CSU system, is located in downtown San Jose and enrolls about 30,000 students.