The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the School of Telecommunications jointly offer a doctoral program in mass communication. Students may work toward a Ph.D. in mass communication with emphasis on telecommunications, journalism, or mass communication research.
The minimum requirements for the doctorate are a total of 135 quarter hours of graduate work, including previous work on the graduate level which has been accepted for transfer. The hours include up to 15 quarter hours of credit for the dissertation; a major of at least 54 quarter hours (other than dissertation) in mass communication; at least 18 quarter hours in a related area outside the College of Communication; distribution of the remaining hours, up to a total of at least 135, among courses within or outside the college which, with the approval of your guidance committee, you believe will contribute to your professional competence; and two scholarly disciplines (e.g., statistics, historiography) or intensive proficiency in one scholarly discipline.
The Ph.D. program in mass communication at Ohio University is highly student oriented. Rather than conforming largely to a common set of requirements, you choose your own program of study, with the advice and approval of your guidance committee, according to needs determined by your personal and career goals.
Because there are minor differences in the programs of the schools cooperating in the mass communication program (for example, the School of Telecommunications offers three sequences at the doctoral level: international telecommunications studies, critical studies, and media studies; journalism focuses on content analysis, audience research, and legal and historical study), you should contact the graduate coordinator of the school through which you are seeking entry.
Ordinarily, new doctoral students are admitted only in the summer or fall. The application deadline is February 15.
For course offerings, see listings under Journalism and Telecommunications.
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