Old Course Requirements
OLD CURRICULUM (For students admitted prior to summer 2010)
The core curriculum offers grounding in the science and theory of communication. Elective courses address practical and applied skills in the communication professions. Subject areas range from political and health communication to business and non-profit communication. Within this varied curriculum, students work with an advisor to design a course of study that best suits their needs.
- Students must take a total of 10 courses
- Research and Writing Methods
- At least two core courses
- Six elective courses
- Thesis course
- All students must complete a thesis. Graduation is subject to completion of the thesis course and approval of the thesis by the thesis committee. Students who do not finish their theses in one semester must register for Thesis Continuation for every subsequent semester (including summer) until they complete their degrees. Students may not take a leave of absence while on thesis continuation.
- Provisional students may not take classes online.
Course Requirements*
*Students who earn a C or below in a required course must retake the course.
Core Courses (select a minimum of two)*
*Students who earn a C or below in a core course may not count that course toward core requirements.
**Students who have taken The Social Psychology of Persuasion have the option of treating this course as either a core or a course that counts toward the political communication concentration. It cannot be counted toward both. Persuasion Theory and Research and Persuasion do not count toward any concentration. Students cannot take both Persuasion Theory and Research and The Social Psychology of Persuasion.
Electives (select six)
Students may take electives in any area regardless of concentration. Students may take up to two communication courses in other Johns Hopkins University departments subject to the approval of the associate program chair.
CONCENTRATIONS
All students earn an MA in Communication. In addition, they may identify a concentration in one or occasionally two of the below fields. A concentration requires at least four of the courses in an area. Students may take electives in any area regardless of concentration. A single course cannot count toward two concentrations. Students who want to earn two concentrations must take eight electives. Students do not need to specify a concentration. Concentrations are not currently available for students taking courses online.
Note: The concentrations listed below are available to all new students. Students enrolled prior to the spring 2005 semester may refer to previous concentration offerings.
Note: Current students can check which archived courses count for which concentration.
Concentration in Public and Media Relations
Concentration in Political Communication
Concentration in Health Communication
Concentration in Digital Technologies
Concentration in Corporate and Non-Profit Communication
For a complete listing of courses see the Course Descriptions page.
For a current list of courses offered this semester see the Current Schedule.
For a list of our faculty see the Highlight on Faculty page.
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