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Twin Cities Campus
Mass Communication Ph.D.School of Journalism & Mass Communication
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 111 Murphy Hall, 206 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-9824; fax: 612-625-9525)
Email:
sjmcgrad@umn.edu
Website: http://sjmc.umn.edu/grad
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The PhD offers training for academic careers primarily in communication instruction, research, or policy. Areas of specialization include media processes, influences, and effects (including health communication, advertising, and political communication); media law, ethics, history; and media management. The program is suffused with the study of new communication technologies.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Students whose native language is not English are required to submit scores from the TOEFL or IELTS (academic). In addition, such students seeking teaching assistantships are required to pass the SPEAK test of spoken-English proficiency prior to appointment. Admission is considered for fall semester only; the application deadline is January 15.
The mass communication MA and PhD programs offer a joint degree with the Law School. Applicants to either joint degree--either the MA/JD or the PhD/JD--are reviewed separately by the Law School and the mass communication programs for admission, but are asked to identify themselves as seeking the joint degree option in their statement of intent for the mass communication application. For more information, contact sjmcgrad@umn.edu.
Special Application Requirements:
Applicants must submit a department application; a clearly written statement of career interests, goals, and objectives; three letters of recommendation from persons familiar with their scholarship and research potential; a complete set of transcripts; academic work samples in English; a resume or curriculum vita; and scores from the General Test of the GRE.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
34
credits are required in the major.
12 credits are required outside the major. 24 thesis credits are required.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 3.00
is required for students to remain in good standing.
A minimum of 46 course credits and 24 thesis credits are required. Coursework must include 16 credits in required core courses, and at least 30 other graduate credits. Of these credits, at least 18 credits must come from SJMC courses and at least 12 credits from outside the SJMC. All courses included on the PhD graduate degree plan must be taken A-F, except for JOUR 8009, which is taken S/N.
Electives
Take 18 or more credit(s) from the following:
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JOUR 5xxx
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JOUR 8xxx
Outside the Major in a Supporting Program
Take 12 credits outside the major in a minor or supporting program.
Thesis Credits
Take exactly 24 credit(s) from the following:
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JOUR 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1.0-24.0 cr)
Joint- or Dual-degree Coursework:
JD/ Mass Communications PhD
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