MA Journalism at University of Arkansas

Programme overview

Stresses public affairs coverage, interpretive, investigative, and analytic journalism, involving research, work with documents, public records, and budgets and specialized reporting.

Faculty: Graduate School | Department: School of Journalism and Strategic Media | Study mode: full-time | Location: Fayetteville, AR, United States

What you will study

18 hours of graduate credit in journalism; all students must take JOUR 50203 Journalism Theory and JOUR 50403 Research Methods in Journalism .

Career pathways

They may then take up to 12 hours of graduate coursework as undergraduates in their last two semesters (senior year).

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Entry requirements

Prerequisites to Degree Program: Students must have appropriate professional experience and/or an undergraduate degree in the journalism field that is approved by the graduate coordinator or the Journalism Graduate Faculty Committee as preparation for graduate study. A student must have a minimum undergraduate grade-point average of 3.00. The GRE is not required, but preferred for an assistantship consideration.

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.

Graduate entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer sessions.

Graduate School application deadlines: August 1 for fall, December 1 for spring, April 15 for summer sessions; some departments set earlier deadlines. The application fee is $60 for new applicants; $30 for returning UA graduate students.

Law (JD): priority application deadline April 15, with rolling review after that date; admission is for the full-time program in the fall.

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