The Master of Arts in Multi-Media Journalism is a program designed to prepare students for careers in media being transformed by developing new technologies. The program provides students with traditional journalistic writing skills adapted to the digital age. It also teaches the requisite theory and research methods to enable graduates to be ethical, informed users of online data bases for news gathering as well as video graphics and other technologies for electronic media delivery.

Applicants for admission to the program must complete and submit an application form and arrange for complete and official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work to be sent directly to the Arkansas Tech University Office of Graduate Studies.

1. Applicants must meet admission requirements for Graduate Studies.

2. Applicants must have completed the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) and have scores on file in the Office of Graduate Studies.

3. Applicants must present a 500 word writing sample to the Director of the Multi-Media Journalism Program.

Applicants who fail to meet the grade point requirement specified for unconditional admission may be admitted conditionally to enroll for a maximum of twelve semester hours. If a cumulative 3.00 grade point average is achieved at the completion of twelve hours, the student will be granted unconditional admission.

An applicant who satisfies the grade point requirements at an unaccredited college may also be granted conditional admission. In some instances, transcripts may be judged to be deficient and the student will be required to complete supplemental undergraduate or graduate hours in addition to graduate credits required for the degree.

The director of the program will assign a faculty advisor to each student admitted to the degree program. The advisor will assist the student in the design of a curriculum of study that leads to the fulfillment of degree requirements. Subsequently the academic advisor, the Department Graduate Committee, and the Office of Graduate Studies monitor the student’s progress as he/she progresses through the program. It remains, however, the student’s responsibility to understand and to satisfy all degree requirements.

Students who have been granted conditional admission are eligible for admission to candidacy for the degree upon the completion of twelve hours with a 3.0 grade point average and completion of all deficiencies. Students who have been granted unconditional admission are eligible for admission to candidacy upon completion of twelve hours with a 3.0 grade point average. It is the student’s responsibility to complete the "Application for Admission to Candidacy" form and to submit it to the director of the program. The form is to be submitted upon the completion of twelve hours of graduate work.

Master of Arts in Multi-Media Journalism Degree

1. The completion of a minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate work.

2. A cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on all graduate work with no grade lower than a "C".

3. Satisfactory completion of the professional project.

4. Completion of all degree requirements within six years of admission to the degree program.

Graduate Credit Taken Prior to Admission to Arkansas Tech University. Students who are admitted to the M.A. degree program may apply up to six transfer graduate credits toward the satisfaction of degree requirements, subject to the following conditions.

1. The graduate credits must have been earned at a regionally accredited college or university.

2. Only courses with grades of "B" or "A" are eligible for transfer.

3. Graduate credit earned six years prior to the completion date of all degree requirements may not be applied toward the degree without the approval of the program director and the Dean of Graduate Studies.

A maximum of six hours from another master’s degree may be applied toward M.A. degree requirements.

Graduate Credit Taken After Admission to Arkansas Tech University. If, after admission to graduate study, a student wishes to take a course at another institution to count toward degree requirements at Arkansas Tech University, the student must secure, in advance of enrollment, a letter from the Dean of Graduate Studies approving the course for use in the Arkansas Tech University program.

Candidates for the Master of Arts with a major in Multi-Media Journalism must complete the following 30-semester-hour degree program.

SPH 5003:   Human Communication Theory  3 hours

SPH 5153:   Persuasive Theory &

                      Audience Analysis                        3 hours

JOUR 5163: Advanced Photography

                       and Video                                     3 hours

JOUR 6053: Media and Society                       3 hours

JOUR 6133: Multi-Media Publishing                3 hours

JOUR 6193: Journalistic Writing

                       for Multi-Med                                3 hours

Electives¹                                                            6 hours

JOUR 6996: Professional Project                    6 hours

                                                                            30 hours

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