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2022/2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

JMS 600A - Seminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Mass Communication and Media Studies

Units: 3

Prerequisite(s): Classified or conditionally classified graduate standing in the School of Journalism and Media Studies.

Contemporary and emergent mass communication theory. Extensive writing from exercises in bibliographical techniques, database searches, reference works, scholarly journals, and research proposal.

Note: Required for first semester of graduate work; prerequisite for advancement to candidacy. May not be repeated more than once.