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Master of Arts in journalism
High-level training in a chosen subject area
Our 9-month M.A. program is designed for experienced journalists, with a proven mastery of journalistic skills, who would like to deepen their knowledge of journalism while studying a particular subject area: politics, science, business or the arts.
Students work closely with journalism school professors as well as professors from other academic departments at the university. The program is available full-time only, and runs from August to May.
All M.A. students are required to complete a master’s thesis, a year-long project jointly advised by a member of the journalism school faculty and a member of the Columbia faculty or a subject-area expert from outside the journalism school. The end result is an ambitious journalistic work of about 10,000 words or its equivalent in the electronic media.
The M.A. faculty
The professors teaching in the Master of Arts program are experts in their fields, and are also exceptional teachers and role models. Students in the M.A. program work closely with their professors, and receive intensive one-on-one editing and mentoring.
The following is a list of professors who teach in the M.A. program, with links to their biographies:
| Evan Cornog Thomas Edsall David Hajdu Marguerite Holloway Nicholas Lemann Sylvia Nasar |
Michael Schudson Alisa Solomon James Stewart Alexander Stille Jonathan Weiner |
Course schedule
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| Evidence & Inference | 3 | -- | |
| History/Principles of Journalism | 3 | ||
| Graduate Seminar in Major | 6 | 6 | |
| Masters Thesis | 3 | 6 | |
| Fall Elective (outside J-School) | 3 | -- | |
| Spring Elective I (outside J-School) | -- | 3 | |
| Spring Elective II (outside J-School) | 3 | ||
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| 36 credits (min.) to MA degree: | 18 | 18 | |
The concentrations
The seminar in your concentration, taken both in the fall and in the spring, is the most intensive part of the Master of Arts degree. Taught by members of the journalism school faculty and subject-area experts from Columbia and beyond, the seminars use a combination of course readings, case studies, field trips and visits with experts to provide expertise in the student’s chosen concentration.
Arts and Culture Seminar
Business Seminar
Politics Seminar
Science Seminar
In addition, students take one fall elective and two spring electives in their concentration. One course in each term must be taken at other schools or departments at Columbia University.
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