Journalism and Mass Communications offers graduate certificates in Digital Communications, in Integrated Strategic Communications and in Media Management. Certificates serve students with or without a background in the field but with an interest in newspaper, magazine, television, radio, the internet or converged media, advertising or public relations. Courses are packaged to target specific areas of development that will augment depth of knowledge or skills, help students remain competitive in the job market, advance their careers, or help them pursue personal enrichment. Students may complete a stand-alone certificate or incorporate it into their JMC master’s program or other master’s programs on campus.

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:

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
JMC 603	Media Management	3
JMC 604	Law and Ethics	3
Select nine hours of the following:		9
JMC 510	Magazine Editorial Prac
JMC 536	International Mass Comm
JMC 550	Contemp Issues Radio-TV
JMC 555	Race Gender & Mass Media
JMC 612	Hist Mass Communications
JMC 641	Web Strategies for JMC
Total Credit Hours		15