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Master of Arts Program

The one-year M.A. degree program offers students expertise in one of four concentrations: politics, arts & culture, business & economics, or science. Under close supervision by journalism faculty, M.A. students draw deeply on expertise that resides elsewhere at Columbia University. Students work with professors from both the journalism school and the university’s academic departments and professional schools.

M.A. students take five courses per semester with at least one course per semester from other schools or departments at the University. All M.A. students are required to complete a master’s thesis, a year-long project jointly advised by a member of the journalism faculty and a member of the Columbia faculty or a subject-area expert from outside the journalism school. Students in the M.A. program work closely with faculty leaders in their chosen concentration, receiving intensive editing and mentoring throughout the school year.

Following is a list of professors in the M.A. program, with links to their biographies:

Applicants are assumed to have attained a high degree of competency as journalists. This may be demonstrated either by a M.S. degree in journalism from Columbia or a peer institution, or a record of substantial journalistic achievement.

For more information contact
Evan W. Cornog
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
212-854-3865
ewc2@columbia.edu

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