专业中文名：新闻学与大众传媒文科硕士
专业英文名：Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication
学　　　制：2.00 年
学　　　费：25574 美元/年
入学时间：1,8月
授课语言：英文
授课校区：美国爱荷华大学
领　　　域：创意产业学
申请费：100美元

美国爱荷华大学新闻学与大众传媒文科硕士课程旨在满足以下人员的需要： （1）希望继续获得硕士学位的新闻学与大众传媒的研究生。 （2）希望通过获得硕士学位可以从事教育工作的有经验的记者或传媒人员。 （3）拥有非新闻/大众传媒领域的学士学位，却希望进入该领域并获得硕士学位的人员。 美国爱荷华大学新闻学与大众传媒文科硕士课程侧重于学术和理论，提供大量的研究生水平的专业的新闻和媒体课程，帮助学生提高报告、写作、视觉和看图说话等技能。美国爱荷华大学新闻学与大众传媒文科硕士课程注重技术、创新和媒体、社会和协作多媒体、跨媒介的研究和视觉传达。新闻学与大众传媒文科硕士要求学生完成33学期学时的课程，并完成一篇论文。 The M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication is designed to meet the needs of: (1) Journalism/mass communication graduates who wish to continue their education by earning a master’s degree. MA students who wish to continue on to earn a doctoral degree can be considered for admission into the doctoral program after completion of all their MA degree requirements (including the creative thesis). (2) Experienced journalists or communicators who wish to prepare themselves for teaching by earning the MA degree and continuing on to earn the Ph.D. degree after completion of all their MA degree requirements (including the creative thesis). (3) Persons who hold bachelor’s degrees in fields other than journalism/mass communication and wish to enter the field and earn an MA degree. They may or may not wish to continue studying for the Ph.D. degree after completion of all their MA degree requirements. Those who wish to be admitted to the Ph.D. program will be considered for admission and transfer to the doctoral program after they finish all their MA requirements (including the creative thesis). The MA degree is a balanced program whose focus is academic and theoretical and yet has substantial graduate-level professional journalism and media courses that help students to hone technical skills in reporting, writing, visual and graphic story telling, and so on. The emphasis of the degree is on technology, innovation and media, social and collaborative multimedia, cross-media studies, and visual communication, with appropriate grounding in concepts, theories, and research methods. The nature and focus of this work is determined by students in collab

美国爱荷华大学新闻学与大众传媒文科硕士课程入学要求： 学术要求： 大学本科毕业，拥有学士学位，GPA不低于3分。 语言要求：雅思总分不低于7分，单科不低于6分；托福总分不低于81分。 Minimum TOEFL Score Requirements for Graduate College Admission TOEFL scores must be reported to the university directly from the Educational Testing Service (ETS), which administers the TOEFL. The university's institution code for the TOEFL is 6681. Admission to the Graduate College, which confers the majority of degree programs at Iowa, requires: a score of 550 or higher on the paper-based (PBT) version of the test, or a score of 81 or higher on the Internet-based version of the test (iBT). Newly admitted graduate students who present TOEFL scores below 600 on the PBT or below 100 on the IBT will be required to complete an English Proficiency Evaluation on campus before their first registration for classes. There is no conditional admission for graduate students whose TOEFL scores are below 550 on the PBT or below 81 on the IBT. Students may be required to complete English as a Second Language course work (typically within the first year of study) if specified as a result of the English Proficiency Evaluation. Minimum IELTS Score Requirements for Graduate College Admission As an alternative to taking the TOEFL, students may take the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Admission to the Graduate College requires a total IELTS score of 7.0, with no subscore less than 6.0. In addition, all IELTS test takers—regardless of score—will be required to take an on-campus English Proficiency Evaluation. 美国爱荷华大学新闻学与大众传媒文科硕士课程申请材料： 毕业证、学位证扫描件； 成绩单（在校成绩、语言成绩）； 个人陈述； 银行存款证明； 翻译件（所有中文申请材料的翻译件，并加盖公章）； 2-3封推荐信

美国爱荷华大学新闻学与大众传媒文科硕士课程设置: 媒体和传播的社会科学理论，媒体和传播的批判性文化理论，媒体和传播的定量研究方法，媒体和传播的定性研究方法，硕士研讨会，媒体原则、问题和挑战，媒体法律与伦理学，硕士论文。 The following courses are required for the MA in Journalism and Mass Communication Required Courses Credit Hours JMC:6210 (19:231) Social Science Theories in Media and Communication OR 3 JMC:6220 (19:232) Critical Cultural Theories in Media and Communication JMC:6310 (19:235) Quantitative Research Methods for Media and Communication OR 3 JMC:6320 (19:236) Qualitative Research Methods for Media and Communication JMC:5100 (19:220) Master’s Seminar (1 s.h. for 2 semesters) 2 JMC:5300 (19:225) Media Principles, Problems and Challenges 3 JMC:xxxx (19:xxx) Media Law & Ethics 3 JMC:5955 (019:299) Master’s Thesis 1 Total required courses 15 Electives 18 Minimum total credits for the MA in Journalism and Mass Communication degree: 33 semester hours

美国爱荷华大学新闻学与大众传媒文科硕士就业方向： 通过美国爱荷华大学新闻学与大众传媒文科硕士课程的学习，学生毕业后可以在新闻、市场营销、公共关系、或者在其他媒体相关的领域从事工作。