Media Management, Graduate Certificate
Admission Requirements
Admission to the certificate programs requires:
- official transcript baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university,
- an application for admission to a certificate program or a Secondary Program Request form if already admitted to a graduate degree program,
- at least a 2.5 undergraduate GPA, and
- a 3.0 graduate GPA if already awarded a master’s degree, or current admission to a Marshall University graduate program
Courses completed in certificate programs can apply to an M.A.J. where appropriate. (Students who want to apply certificate credit to a master’s must meet all admission requirements for the M.A.J. including completion of the GRE.)
Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA in all coursework with no more than two C’s. If the student falls below these standards, the student will be placed on academic probation. A student who successfully completes the series of courses will earn a certificate.
Plan of Study
Students pursuing the graduate certificate in Media Management must complete 15 hours as follows:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| JMC 603 | Media Management | 3 |
| JMC 604 | Law and Ethics | 3 |
| Select nine hours of the following: | 9 | |
| Magazine Editorial Prac | ||
| International Mass Comm | ||
| Contemp Issues Radio-TV | ||
| Race Gender & Mass Media | ||
| Hist Mass Communications | ||
| Web Strategies for JMC | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 15 | |