MA Journalism & Media Studies at University of Alabama

Programme overview

The Department of Journalism and Creative Media offers the Master of Arts degree with a major in Journalism & Media Studies. Students work closely with a faculty dedicated to the principles and practices of sound journalism, mass communication and scholarly inquiry.

Faculty: College of Communication and Information Sciences | Department: Journalism Creative Media | Duration: 31 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

What you will study

The degree requires 31 credit hours. Courses in the listed curriculum include JCM 500 Grad Studies Orientation 1, MC 551 Sem Communication Theory, CIS 605 Cultural and Critical Theory, JCM 562 Cont. Issues in Journalism, JCM 522 Science & Environment in Media, JCM 520 Media Effects.

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Application information

Entry requirements

In addition to the minimum Graduate School admission requirements, to be considered for regular admission an application must include: Three letters of recommendation Resume Examples of journalistic work if available – e.g., stories, photos or multimedia -- via hard copy, disk, or website link Statement of Purpose addressing how the degree will advance the applicant’s professional and educational goals The department faculty may require up to nine hours of additional coursework for applicants lacking undergraduate classes related to the professional values and competencies that are central to the master’s program. Students must register for graduation before the deadline of the semester in which they expect to complete their degree. See the Graduation section of this catalog for more information. Acquisition of Financial Support: All admitted and currently enrolled graduate students in good standing in the College of Communication & Information Sciences, both main campus and online, ar

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer (the admissions page lists Spring, and Summer/Fall priority deadlines).

Graduate application fee is $65 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents and $80 for international students (nonrefundable). Deadlines are set per programme in the Academic Programs Portal; some programmes require a standardized test such as GRE or GMAT.

Apply through the official page: https://graduate.ua.edu/

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