Creative Writing for Popular Media, M.F.A. in Media Arts

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Minimum Total Hours: 36

Program Code: M258

Program Requirements

Core Courses
JMC 5033Foundations of Aesthetics & Media Criticism3
JMC 5713The Business of Writing for Popular Media3
Required Courses 1
JMC 5663Writing the Novel3
JMC 5053Writing the Screenplay3
JMC 5103Writing the Commercial Nonfiction Book3
JMC 5853Media as a Mirror on Society3
Electives
Choose 12 hours from the following:12
Graduate electives (0-12 hours) in outside supporting areas, approved by the college
Graduate Project
JMC 5880Graduate Project6
Total Credit Hours36
1

May substitute a 5000-6000 level elective, as approved by the student’s advisory committee, if these courses were taken at the B.A. level.

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.