Graduate Journalism Courses
Graduate Telecommunications Courses
The E. W. Scripps School of Journalism and the School of Telecommunications jointly offer a doctoral program in mass communication. Students may work toward a Ph.D. in mass communication with an emphasis on telecommunications, journalism, or mass communication research.
The minimum requirements are a total of 135 quarter hours of graduate work, including up to 50 hours of previous work on the graduate level for the School of Journalism and 60 hours for the School of Telecommunications that have been accepted for transfer. The hours include up to 15 quarter hours of credit for the dissertation; a major of at least 54 quarter hours (other than the dissertation) in mass communication; at least 18 quarter hours in a related area outside the College of Communication; distribution of the remaining hours among courses selected with the approval of a program committee; and either two scholarly disciplines (e.g., statistics, historiography) or intensive proficiency in one scholarly discipline.
The Ph.D. program in mass communication is highly student oriented. Rather than conforming largely to a common set of requirements, you choose your own program of study, with the advice and approval of your guidance committee, according to needs determined by your personal and career goals.
There are minor program differences in the schools cooperating in the mass communication program. The School of Telecommunications offers doctoral sequences in international telecommunications studies, critical studies, and media studies, while journalism focuses on content analysis, audience research, and legal and historical study.
For course offerings, see listings under Journalism and Telecommunications . Detailed program requirements are available from each school.
Ordinarily, new doctoral students are admitted only in the summer or fall. The application deadline is January 31 for the School of Telecommunications and February 15 for the School of Journalism.
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