Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 30
Note: Elective credits can be fulfilled in the following ways:
- JRN graduate courses
- Graduate courses across Klein (5000+ courses in MSP, COMM, ADPR, CDSC, & MMC)
- Upper-level JRN undergraduate courses (3000- and 4000-level) taken for graduate credit. Petition signed by instructor and program director required.
Required Courses:
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summer II | Credit Hours | |
| JRN 5301 | Introduction to Journalism | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Fall | ||
| JRN 5302 | Reporting Lab 1 | 3 |
| JRN 5303 | Journalism Concepts I | 3 |
| JRN 5308 | Multiplatform Journalism | 3 |
| JRN Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Spring | ||
| JRN 5305 | Reporting Lab 2 | 3 |
| JRN 5306 | Journalism Concepts II | 3 |
| Two JRN Electives | 6 | |
| Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Summer I | ||
| JRN 9995 | Master's Research Project | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 | |
Culminating Event:
Capstone Project:
JRN 9995 Master's Research Project constitutes the culminating event. Students complete an independent reporting project that results in a journalistic masterwork analogous to a thesis that will be pitched to a professional news organization, creating the foundation for a portfolio of published work.