Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Promotional Communication/Master of Applied Communication Theory and Methodology

This accelerated program enables students to earn both a Bachelor’s in Journalism and Promotional Communication (JPC) and a Master’s degree in Applied Communication Theory and Methodology in 5 years. The program allows a School of Communication student to take up to 12 credit hours of designated COM graduate courses and count these courses both toward the Bachelor’s in JPC and the Master’s degrees in COM. High performing undergraduate students may apply for this 5-year program as early as the end of their sophomore year. Students must apply before the spring semester of their third (junior) year of undergraduate study and, if accepted, start COM graduate coursework during their fourth (senior) year. Students may then complete all remaining COM graduate coursework in one year of full-time graduate study.