Multimedia journalism
The M.S. in Mass Communications with a concentration in multimedia journalism is designed to prepare students to work in a highly competitive and multiple-platform (print, broadcast, online/digital) news environment. The program is for recent graduates who have an undergraduate degree in journalism or a related field, or for more veteran journalists who want to upgrade their professional skills.
Applicants also need to take the Graduate Records Examinations (GRE) General Test. Learn more about the GRE now, and see a list of GRE testing centers.
The degree requires 36 credit hours, 30 of which are in the journalism discipline. Students take an additional six credit hours in a collateral area outside of mass communications. Students in this program learn the theory and practice of journalism in an immersion news environment, and can specialize through graduate electives, projects and stories in any number of “beat” areas. For example, students can focus on coverage of health, science or the environment or concentrate on learning about international media coverage.
Classes will meet during 46 intensive Friday evening and Saturday sessions over 14 months. Students who have not completed journalism baccalaureate course work or who have not had the appropriate professional experience in journalism will be required to attend an intensive three-week orientation session beginning about May 15 of each year. Students who enter the program in summer could graduate the following summer.
You may find more information for this degree program on the VCU Graduate School website.
Schedule for Multimedia Journalism Master's of Science Degree 2008-09
Application Process (USA and International)
For additional information, contact:
June O. Nicholson,
Associate Director for Graduate Studies
Room 1108 Temple Building
(804) 827-0251
jonichol@vcu.edu