Communications Mass - Brigham Young University - Provo

Communications Mass from Brigham Young University - Provo is a Campus Master Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. The master's program is intended to serve as preparation for: * Doctoral studies where theory, teaching, research, and publication are emphasized. * Advancement in communications professions. Beyond the courses required by the department, students select?in consultation with advisors?the specific courses that best meet their goals and interests. Generally, students with non-communications undergraduate majors will be expected to concentrate on communications electives. Those with a communications baccalaureate are encouraged to seek broadening electives outside the department. Consult with your graduate committee chair and the graduate coordinator about these issues. Admission and Entry. * Semesters of entry and application deadlines: fall, February 28. * Application requirements: the entrance examination is the GRE; minimum required GPA is 3.0 for last 60 semester hours of baccalaureate work. There is no predetermined required score for the GRE, but applicants are recommended to have a score of 1,000 or better, with a 600 or better on the verbal section and a minimum score of 5 on the written section. Exceptions are considered based on prior experience or other evidence of competence. Potential students are encouraged to prepare thoroughly before taking the test. * Prerequisites: baccalaureate degree (if undergraduate preparation in communications is not adequate, the department graduate coordinator may require certain undergraduate communications courses to satisfy the deficiency); background in research and statistics (prerequisite course in statistics or social science research methods is recommended); professional competence in written and spoken English (professional experience in communications is desirable). Requirements for Degree. * Credit hours (31): minimum 25 hours of course work. * Required courses: Comms 600, 602, 610, 611, 616 (13 hours). * Electives: 12 credit hours from Comms 604, 607, 612R, 619, 621, 622R, 623, 624, 625, 627, 691R, 692R, 695R, and/or interdisciplinary substitute courses (with prior approval). Electives determined in consultation with advisor and committee. * Thesis (Comms 699R, 6 hours minimum) or project (Comms 698R, 6 hours minimum). * Examinations: (A) written comprehensive examination; (B) final oral examination and defense of thesis or project. View more details on Brigham Young University - Provo, UT . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.