The MA Newsgathering print option is designed for students with limited academic or professional experience in news reporting and writing. It prepares students for careers in a wide variety of professional settings including newspapers and magazines, broadcast media outlets, online publishing and corporate communications.

Course Requirements for Newsgathering Print Majors
A total of 36 hours is required for graduation.

Journalism Core Requirements (9 hours)
JOUR 5511 Newsgathering 1, fall semester
JOUR 5521 Precision Journalism, fall semester
JOUR 6651 Press and the Constitution, second fall semester

Print Sequence Requirements (15 hours)
JOUR 5552 News Editing, second fall or spring
JOUR 5502 Newsgathering 2, second fall, spring or summer
JOUR 5851 Professional Project – Print
JOUR 6661 Media Ethics or JOUR 6771 History of Mass Comm
One conceptual course. See Master's Courses

Required Electives (12 hours)
Outside SJMC related to area of interest
Outside SJMC related to area of interest
Inside SJMC related to professional emphasis
Inside or  outside  SJMC related to area of interest or  professional emphasis

Professional Project
Print students will produce a major product typical of the work done by professionals in the field — e.g., a well-researched magazine article; a package of opinion pieces; or a rationale, design and mock-up for a magazine with sample articles. Students will submit their products and accompanying support materials at an oral defense before their committee.

Degree requirements are subject to change.

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School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0478
303-492-5007