Professional Writing, M.P.W.

Required Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
JMC 5514	Writing the Novel-Graduate	4
JMC 5734	Writing the Screenplay	4
JMC 5594	Writing the Commercial Nonfiction Book	4
Core Courses
Choose one of the following:		3
JMC 5063	Readings in Mass Communication
JMC 5073	Conceptual Issues in Graduate Study in Journalism and Mass Comm
JMC 5083	Mass Communication Theory
JMC 5093	Introduction to Research Methods in Mass Communication
Electives
Choose 9-12 hours of graduate electives in Professional Writing		9-12
Choose 3-6 hours of graduate electives in outside supporting areas		3-6
Graduate Project
JMC 5880	Graduate Project	2-4
Total Credit Hours		32

General Requirements for all Master's Degrees

The master’s degree requires the equivalent of at least two semesters of satisfactory graduate work and additional work as may be prescribed for the degree.

All coursework applied to the master’s degree must carry graduate credit.

Master’s degree programs which require a thesis consist of at least 30 credit hours. All non-thesis master’s degree programs require at least 30 credit hours.

Credit transferred from other institutions must meet specific criteria and is subject to certain limitations.

Courses completed through correspondence study may not be applied to the master’s degree.

To qualify for a graduate degree, students must achieve an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the degree program coursework and in all resident graduate coursework attempted. A student must also have at least a 3.0 in all coursework (including undergraduate coursework if any).

Additional information for master's degree students may be found in the Graduate College Bulletin.