Master of Arts in Journalism - Professional

This MA Professional Track is geared toward students who are coming to Journalism from another field of study or for additional professional experience. This degree requires 30 hours of coursework and a professional internship. Some of the internships past students completed included work with The Texas Tribune, The Texas Observer, Sports Illustrated, Texas Monthly, Spectrum News, McGregor Mirror, The Austin Chronicle, The Briscoe Center, The Horn FM, The Austin Monitor and AARP.com, among others. The MA Pro Track is designed for three types of students:Students who have little journalistic background but want to switch careers entirely, such as from engineering, political science, or business to journalism.Students who already have an undergraduate journalism degree andor professional experience, who want to expand and focus their abilities, or switch career paths within journalism, for example, from daily journalism to foreign correspondence, or from writing to visual storytelling.Students with journalism experience in non-U.S. media systems seeking to develop an understanding of the purpose, principles, and process of journalism in the U.S.