2001-2003 Graduate Catalog - Texas Southern University: ::em.tsu ...

College of Liberal Arts andBehavioral Sciences…………………………………………Communications…………………………………………The Department of Communications currently offers one graduate degree, the Master of Arts in Communications with twocurricular choices: Mass Communications and Speech Communications. In offering this degree, the Department seeks toachieve the following objectives:1. To prepare students for further study toward the Ph.D. degree.2. To train students in the techniques used by mass communication media so that they may enter communicationfields as practicing professionals with a potential for upward mobility.3. To provide upper-level service courses to public school and junior college teachers seeking either professionalcertification or a master’s degree for teachers offered through the College of EducationADMISSIONS CRITERIAIn addition to the general requirements for admission to the Graduate School (see the General Information Section of thiscatalog), applicants for admission to graduate standing in Communications are expected to present evidence of havingcompleted a minimum of twenty-one (21) undergraduate semester credit hours above the freshman level in their chosenoption.DEGREE REQUIREMENTSMaster of Arts in CommunicationFulfillment of the general requirements for graduation as outlined in the General Information Section of the Graduate SchoolBulletin, and specific requirements for the Master of Arts in Communications as summarized below:• Completion of thirty (30) semester credit hours of graduate level courses (usually 500 level or above), fifteen(15) of which will be Communication core courses and fifteen (15) in the chosen area of specialization;• Satisfactory performance on the written comprehensive examination prior to enrolling in the research or internshipcomponents; and• Thesis option: Completion and presentation, through oral defense, of a thesis before a committee composed ofmembers of the Department of Communications and representatives of the Graduate School; or• Non-thesis option: Completion of a full-time internship in the media industry (Telecommunications Administration).CURRICULUM SUMMARYMaster of Arts in CommunicationsThe Department Communications offers two programs leading to the Master’s degree:1. Plan A - Master of Arts degree - a minimum of thirty (33) semester credit hours of course work and an acceptableresearch project.2. Plan B - Master of Arts - a minimum of thirty-six (36) semester credit hours including internship.Students who select either Plan A or B must meet the general requirements for all graduate students as prescribed in thisbulletin. Degree plans must be approved by the graduate program advisor prior to submission to the Graduate School.68