Graduate students who wish to enroll in the Advanced Journalism Studies program for an additional semester work individually under the guidance of the director of the program. The concentration is designed to make its graduates more attractive to the marketplace by developing specific skills and experiences in response to the increasingly diversified and specialized nature of journalism. The program is ideally suited to the expression and cultivation of special talents and interests, allowing students to arrange internships that enhance their understanding of specialized areas in the field of journalism. Experience has proven that students from outside the United States, even though they obtain reasonable scores in traditional English-language tests, sometimes cannot keep up in our graduate degree programs. Two special introductory summer courses have been implemented for non-native speakers of English who have not spent an extended period of time at an American educational institution.
Students earn two credits for each introductory course.
The summer program encompasses courses introducing American journalism and society. The faculty reserves the right to reorganize a student's curriculum until his or her English language skills reach the required standard. In some cases, such reorganization means an additional one or two semesters of study before a degree can be granted. Degree Requirements Candidates for the basic Master of Science degree in Journalism must complete 32 graduate semester credits. Students choosing the professional project must submit their pieces by the department deadline.