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Master of Arts Program

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. Advanced standing credits are not accepted for this program.

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.

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