Degree Requirements
Course Requirements
The Master of Arts in Journalism requires 12 courses (48-credit hours) — three core courses, a minimum of six elective courses in Journalism, and a maximum of three outside electives.
Core Courses
Students are required to take all of the following:
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
JOUR 501 | THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF JOURNALISM | 4 |
JOUR 502 | NEWS NOW: JOURNALISM IN THE INFORMATION AGE | 4 |
JOUR 503 | REPORTING FOR CONVERGED NEWSROOMS | 4 |
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JOUR 504 | MULTIMEDIA NEWS PRODUCTION | |
JOUR 505 | TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING | |
JOUR 506 | NEWSCAST PRODUCING | |
JOUR 507 | VISUAL COMMUNICATION | |
JOUR 521 | SPORTS PRODUCING | |
JOUR 522 | MULTI-PLATFORM NEWS EDITING | |
JOUR 587 | SOUND AND VISION | |
Journalism Electives
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
1 | 24 |
JOUR 504 | MULTIMEDIA NEWS PRODUCTION | |
JOUR 505 | TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING | |
JOUR 506 | NEWSCAST PRODUCING | |
JOUR 507 | VISUAL COMMUNICATION | |
JOUR 509 | JOURNALISM LAW AND ETHICS | |
JOUR 510 | SPORTS REPORTING | |
JOUR 511 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT REPORTING | |
JOUR 512 | BUSINESS WRITING AND REPORTING | |
JOUR 513 | POLITICAL REPORTING | |
JOUR 514 | OPINION AND COLUMN WRITING | |
JOUR 515 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM | |
JOUR 517 | EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN JOURNALISM | |
JOUR 518 | WRITING AND REPORTING | |
JOUR 519 | INTERNATIONAL REPORTING | |
JOUR 520 | DATA JOURNALISM | |
JOUR 521 | SPORTS PRODUCING | |
JOUR 522 | MULTI-PLATFORM NEWS EDITING | |
JOUR 523 | ONLINE SPORTS REPORTING | |
JOUR 524 | WRITING FOR THE DEPAULIA | |
JOUR 525 | URBAN AFFAIRS REPORTING | |
JOUR 526 | POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | |
JOUR 527 | LIFESTYLE REPORTING | |
JOUR 528 | REPORTING FOR GOOD DAY DEPAUL | |
JOUR 529 | ONLINE NEWS BUREAU | |
JOUR 530 | RADIO NEWS | |
JOUR 531 | JOURNALISM BY NUMBERS | |
JOUR 532 | THE PRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY | |
JOUR 533 | JOURNALISM & FREEDOM OF INFORMATION | |
JOUR 534 | TOPICS IN PHOTOJOURNALISM | |
JOUR 535 | RADIO DEPAUL | |
JOUR 536 | SPORTS BLOGGING | |
JOUR 537 | FROM FRANKLIN TO THE INTERNET: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM | |
JOUR 538 | MASS COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE | |
JOUR 539 | CURRENT ISSUES IN THE JOURNALISM INDUSTRY | |
JOUR 540 | THE INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY, AND POLITICS | |
JOUR 541 | MASS MEDIA & AMERICAN POLITICS | |
JOUR 542 | SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE NEWS | |
JOUR 543 | LONG FORM REPORTING | |
JOUR 544 | ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNALISM | |
JOUR 546 | PHOTOJOURNALISM FOR STUDENT MEDIA | |
JOUR 548 | ADVANCED GRADUATE REPORTING FOR GOOD DAY DePAUL | |
JOUR 551 | ADVANCED REPORTING I | |
JOUR 552 | ADVANCED REPORTING II | |
JOUR 553 | SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTING I | |
JOUR 554 | SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTING II | |
JOUR 587 | SOUND AND VISION | |
JOUR 588 | REPORTING FOR 14 EAST MAGAZINE | |
JOUR 590 | JOURNALISM WORKSHOP | |
JOUR 598 | JOURNALISM STUDY AWAY/ABROAD | |
ACT 500 | VOICE AND DICTION:FOR BROADCAST AND COMMUNICATION | |
CMN 591 | INTERNSHIP | |
CMN 592 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | |
CMN 593 | RESEARCH PRACTICUM | |
CMN 598 | STUDY ABROAD | |
Outside Electives
With approval from the graduate program director, students can take up to three relevant elective courses from other Communication graduate programs, or relevant graduate elective courses from outside of Communication. Examples of courses students have taken previously are:
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
CMNS 545 | COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY | |
CMNS 552 | RELATIONSHIPS AND INFLUENCE IN THE WORKPLACE | |
CMNS 563 | MULTICULTURAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS | |
MCS 530 | NEW MEDIA AND CULTURE | |
MCS 541 | AUDIO DOCUMENTARY | |
PRAD 562 | MEDIA RELATIONS | |
PRAD 575 | COMMUNICATION ETHICS AND LAW | |
Optional Latino Media & Communication Concentration
The graduate concentration in Latino Media & Communication is comprised of at least three graduate courses drawn from the areas of advertising, journalism, media and cinema studies, multicultural communication, organizational communication and public relations. Graduate students in any of the College of Communication Master of Arts programs can elect to complete the Latino Media & Communication concentration. Students may need to use outside electives to complete this concentration.
Students who complete the concentration will:
- Develop an understanding of the heterogeneous and rapidly changing Latino communities locally, nationally and globally
- Ground their knowledge of intercultural studies within a more extensive and concrete knowledge of a particular (even though diverse), rapidly growing, and increasingly important population within the U.S.
- Increase their cross-cultural competence (understanding and ability to dialogue across difference, develop cultural sensitivity and awareness) with Latino communities
- Enhance their capacity to communicate with and learn from Latino populations in the workplace, in community situations and other sites of engagement
- Recognize the impact of the movement of Latinos across the globe and develop the skills to critically consume and produce media, public relations and advertisement representations that communicate to and about Latino communities
- Develop field-specific knowledge of Latino media and communication along with an understanding of how Latino studies shapes other fields of communication
Courses
Students are required to take three courses (12 credits) from the following list:
Course List
Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
CMNS 509 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION 1 | |
CMNS 542 | MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE | |
JOUR 515 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM 1 | |
MCS 521 | TOPICS IN CINEMA STUDIES 1 | |
MCS 533 | LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA/MEDIA | |
PRAD 511 | CONSUMER INSIGHTS | |
PRAD 512 | ENGAGING LATINX COMMUNITIES | |
PRAD 514 | CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING 1 | |
PRAD 595 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS & ADVERTISING 1 | |
CMN 591 | INTERNSHIP 1 | |
CMN 598 | STUDY ABROAD 1 | |
Grade Requirements
All students are required to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.000 in their coursework. If a student's cumulative GPA falls below 3.000, the student will be allowed to complete an additional 16 credits or 3 quarters (whichever comes first) to attain the 3.000 minimum GPA. If the cumulative GPA remains below a 3.000 at the conclusion of this time period, the student may be dismissed from the program. The student's cumulative and term GPAs along with overall academic performance will be factored into the dismissal decision.
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