Program Director :
        Liza Alexander - Admissions Information
        Prof. Lynne Farber - Advertising and
        Public  Relations and  -Student Media Advising
        Dr. Mercedes Vigon - Journalism (Spanish)

Department’s Phone Number : (305) 919-5625
Department’s FAX Number : (305) 919-4410

For More Information, go to

• Program's web site
• School of Journalism and Mass Communication web site

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Brief Description of the Program:

        The School of Journalism and Mass Communication is fully accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. Only 25 percent of all Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication in the United States are fully accredited. The graduate program of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication offers professional education leading to the M.S. in Mass Communication with specializations in student media advising, integrated communications: advertising and public relations, journalism and Spanish-language journalism. The orientation of the graduate program is primarily professional, not theoretical. The program is designed to enhance graduates abilities to work in the mass communication professions.

        The Integrated Communications: Advertising and Public Relations program was ranked ninth best in the nation in a study by Bill Baxter, professor emeritus, Marquette University. The Spanish-Language Journalism program is the only one of its kind in the nation. The orientation of the graduate program is primarily professional, not theoretical; the program is designed to enhance graduates' abilities to work in the mass communication professions.

Application Requirements:

• Candidates must have a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Applicants must have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0, during the junior and senior undergraduate years, for admission into the graduate programs.
• The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or-upon request from the candidate in certain cases-the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is required. Passing score for the GRE is at least 1000; passing score for the GMAT is 500.
• Students applying to the Spanish-Language Journalism Master's Program must take the PAEG, which is the Spanish-language equivalent. Minimum passing score for the PAEG is 525, the percentile equivalent of the 1000-level GRE score.
• A limited number of admissions waivers are available for students who do not meet these minimum requirements. Students not fully admitted can only take courses as special students. These individuals are non-degree-seeking and may not take more than 6 total credit hours of course work.

Additional Requirements for International Students:

• Foreign graduate applicants are accepted subject to space and fiscal limitations
• Must be academically eligible for further study in their own country
• Must demonstrate proficiency in the English language by presenting a minimum score of 550 or higher paper-based and a minimum score of 213 computer-based on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
• Applicants who hold an undergraduate degree from an institution within the United States or other English speaking countries are not required to submit TOEFL