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Master of Arts
This concentration offers a broad overview of mass communication and media arts and their processes and effects in the larger social system. Graduates gain both an appreciation of the field's strengths and an understanding of its obstacles in being a force for social development. Areas in which this specialty is used include department-level leadership in the mass media industries, opinion research, commentary, critical theory, content analysis, and teaching. The degree often leads to doctoral studies.
Admission
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Application deadline is Feb 1. Priority funding application deadline Jan 2. *
If you are unable to meet this deadline contact the Director of Graduate Studies.
Students whose preparation is lacking in certain areas may be required to take undergraduate courses that will not be counted towards the M.A. degree.
International Students must have a TOEFL of at least 600 (paper score) or 250 (computer socre). All applicants must take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Generally applicants must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 (A=4) for their last two years of undergraduate work. Other factors will also be considered including professional and academic accomplishments, examples professional work, awards and honors, graduate examination scores or evidence of scholarship such as research papers. Application fee of $40.00 (U.S.) payable to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and mailed to the Director of Graduate Studies in MCMA.
Retention
No course in which the grade is below C shall count toward the degree or fulfillment of any requirement, but the grade will be included in the grade point average. No more than 3 hours of C work in graduate courses will count toward the degree.
Credit Requirements
Candidates must complete a minimum of 32 credits including a minimum of 17 core requirements, 12 credits in an emphasis area, and a 3-credit thesis.
Core:
• MCMA 500-3 Mass Media as Social Institutions
• MCMA 504-3 Foundations of Mass Communication Theory
• MCMA 506-3 Law and Policy of Mass Communication
• MCMA 532-3 Quantitative Research Methods in Mass Communication
• MCMA 592-2 Proseminar
Research Tools Course (one of the following):
• EPSY 506-4 Inferential Statistics
• MCMA 530-3 Historical Research in the Mass Media
• MCMA 533-3 Research Methodology in Mass Communication II
• MCMA 534-3 Qualitative Research Methods in Mass Communication
• MCMA 536-3 Content Analysis
• MCMA 539-3 Legal and Governmental Research in the Mass Media
Emphasis Area:
A minimum of four courses (12 credits) selected in consultation with the faculty adviser to include at least 2 courses from outside of the college and 1 course from within. Possible emphasis areas include but are not limited to: advertising/persuasion, film and criticism, interactive multimedia, international communication, law and policy, media economics, media effects, media history, political communication, public relations, social issues, and telecommunications.
Thesis:
• MCMA 599-3 M.A. Thesis
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