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Online Masters in Mass Communication (M.M.C.)
Most students choose our innovative online program for its professional orientation and convenient schedule. The program is entirely online and provides mid-career professionals with an opportunity to earn an advanced degree. It is a 32-credit, option B (professional project required) program. Fifty percent or more of the courses must be skills-based.
Communication and Media Studies (M.A.)
A personalized, professional program designed to prepare you for success in higher education and beyond.
The Master of Arts in communication and media studies is a broad-based graduate degree for students with an undergraduate degree in communication studies, media studies or related areas. Coursework emphasizes the intersections of academic and professional approaches to understanding, creating and evaluating messages across contexts. Core coursework covers the foundations of the communication and media studies disciplines (including relevant theories and methods), explores cross-platform communication and offers applied coursework in either professional communication or media law.
Students who pursue Option A (thesis) complete an additional 9-12 credits of elective coursework and an independent, theoretically-based study that generates new disciplinary knowledge and prepares them for advanced graduate work. Students who pursue Option B (project) complete an additional 15-18 credits of elective coursework and an independent, applied project that addresses a practical issue using skills related to students’ chosen career fields.
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