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PhD Journalism and Mass Communications at University of Kansas

University of Kansas, United States

Programme overview

Graduation requirements and regulations for every academic program are provided in this catalog; however, this catalog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a contract. Degree and program requirements and course descriptions are subject to change. In most cases, you will use the catalog of the year you entered KU (see your advisor for details).

Faculty: William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications  |  Duration: 18 credit hours  |  Location: Lawrence, KS, United States

What you will study

The following courses must be completed by the end of the semester of the oral comprehensive exam and must be completed with a grade of B or higher. Additional requirements for the degree, including enrollment in dissertation hours for doctoral candidacy, are described below the grid.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission KU Graduate Admission Standards. Regular admission requires a bachelor's degree and a grade-point average of at least a B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale), from KU or from another regionally accredited institution or foreign university with substantially equivalent bachelor's degree requirements. The bachelor's degree is not acceptable if it contains credit awarded for work experience that was not directly supervised by faculty members of an accredited university or not evaluated in units that identify the academic content.

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 follow the KU academic calendar; the application for first-year and transfer students is submitted through the KU application portal (go2.ku.edu). The fall freshman scholarship deadline is Dec. 1, the FAFSA priority deadline is Feb. 1 and the fall transfer scholarship deadline is Aug. 1.

Graduate application fee: $65 domestic degree-seeking, $100 international degree-seeking; waivers available. Requirements and deadlines are set by each programme.

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