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The 36-credit Master's Degree in Arts Journalism is completed in one calendar year in residence at Syracuse University. The program begins in Syracuse in early July with the summer term known as the Newhouse Boot Camp experience.
Students take four sequenced core arts journalism classes. In addition, during the fall and spring, they attend elective courses in journalism and the arts. Students also have the option of a magazine or newspaper internship.
During the winter break, students participate in a 10-day arts-immersion trip to New York City, which includes attendance at theater and music performances, film screenings, museum and gallery tours, architectural site visits, symposia, lectures, encounters with artists and administrators at major arts institutions, and writing workshops with New York arts editors and writers. The program concludes with a capstone writing workshop with nationally known editors during May and June.
Program Requirements - 36 Credits - M.A.
Second Summer Session
AJP 601 – Issues for Arts Journalists
NEW 605 – News Writing and Reporting
Fall Semester
COM 698 – Media Law
Electives in the Arts and in Journalism
Spring Semester
AJP 611 – Literature of Criticism
AJP 621 – Practicum: New York City Arts (Winter Break)
Electives in the Arts and in Journalism
First Summer Session
AJP 700 – Capstone Arts Writing Research (not required, but highly recommended)
AJP 631 – Capstone Arts Writing Workshop
Electives
Additional graduate courses in architecture, film, music, popular culture, television, theater and visual arts, as well as journalism, communications, and writing courses, and culture travel writing with an international experience.
This curriculum was updated 4/08 and is subject to change.
For further information and course descriptions, please link to a PDF version of the University's Graduate Course Catalog.