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Graduate Program: Journalism

General Information

Program/Degree

Journalism (MA) - Digital Journalism

Program Description

Digital Journalism

Changes in digital journalism technologies and communication tools have presented journalists and news organizations with a variety of challenges and opportunities. Demands on today’s journalists require advanced storytelling skills that include expertise in visual story gathering and production, the incorporation of social media, data mining, and app and web design to compete in a modern media environment. To meet these complex challenges, the School of Journalism provides students with the opportunity to advance their digital storytelling skills through courses in advanced multimedia and photojournalism, mobile app development, media entrepreneurship, digital communications law and data mining.

 

Department/Academic Unit(s)

The School of Journalism's mission is to prepare students to face the complex challenges confronting journalists in the 21st century. In the school's computer laboratories and seminar rooms, students work on stories that appear in real-world news media, and study the political, economic, legal and ethical issues that journalists face in the global information age.

In addition, see the Academic Plan information about our master's degree in Bilingual Journalism and our Studies of Global Media online master's program.

 

College

College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Campus where offered

Colorado Heights University- Main - Tucson

Tuition and Fees

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Completion Requirements
Admissions Information

Minimum Credit Units (33)

Core Coursework Requirements



Required Courses (12 units)
All courses are 3 units
JOUR 508 Journalism Theory and Practice
JOUR 509 International and US Media Law
JOUR 589 Research Methods
JOUR 909 Project or JOUR 910 Thesis* 

*Some dual degrees may require 6 units of 909 or 910.

The Digital Journalism specialty requires 9 credit hours. You must take at least three of the courses listed below:
All courses are 3 units

  • JOUR 520               Digital Communication Law
  • JOUR 528               Entrepreneurial Journalism
  • JOUR 533               Digging with Data
  • JOUR 580               Advanced Multimedia
  • JOUR 582               Drone Zone
  • JOUR 584               Mobile App Development
  • JOUR 593               Internship specializing in digital storytelling
  • JOUR 597B            Advanced Photojournalism in Italy
  • One digital storytelling course outside of Journalism, for example ART 549 or FA 536A



 

 

 

 

Additional Requirements

See required coursework

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Admissions Requirements

We do not accept terminal masters, all applications must be for the PhD program

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information.

Funding Opportunities

Domestic & International Applicants

Fall:December 15th

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The Colorado Heights University is 4832

Last revised 06 Oct 2020