Media Innovation and Data Communication, MS (Boston)

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Core Requirements

• ARTG 5330 — Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals
• JRNL 6306 — Media Innovation Studio 1
• JRNL 6307 — Media Innovation Studio 2
• JRNL 6340 — Fundamentals of Digital Journalism
• JRNL 6341 — Telling Your Story with Data

Concentrations

Data Storytelling

From the catalog

Complete four of the following:

• Choose 16 semester hours from:
  • ARTG 5110 — Information Design History
  • ARTG 5130 — Visual Communication for Information Design
  • ARTG 5320 — Statistics for Design
  • ARTG 5710 — Design for Dignity
  • ARTG 5910 — Human-Centered Design
  • ARTG 6330 — Information Design Mapping Strategies
  • JRNL 5311 — Design for Storytelling
  • JRNL 5500 — Coding for Digital Storytelling
  • JRNL 5550 — Open-Source Investigations

Digital Journalism

From the catalog

Complete two of the following:

• JRNL 6200 — Enterprise Reporting 1
• JRNL 6202 — Perspectives on News Media Ethics and Diversity
• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • JRNL 5309 — News Documentary Production
  • JRNL 5314 — Video News Reporting and Producing
  • JRNL 5500 — Coding for Digital Storytelling
  • JRNL 5550 — Open-Source Investigations
  • JRNL 6201 — Enterprise Reporting 2

Media Advocacy

From the catalog

Complete four of the following:

• JRNL 5400 — Media and Advocacy in Theory and Practice
• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • LPSC 7311 — Strategizing Public Policy
  • LS 6101 — Introduction to Legal Studies 1: Law and Legal Reasoning
  • LS 6120 — Law and Strategy
  • LS 6130 — Negotiation and Advocacy
  • LS 6155 — Legal Foundations of Public Policy
  • LS 6235 — Current Issues in Law and Public Policy
  • PPUA 6551 — Nonprofit Organizations and Social Change
  • PPUA 6552 — The Nonprofit Sector in Civil Society and Public Affairs

Media Ethics

From the catalog

Complete two of the following:

• COMM 5250 — Communication and Technology Research Methods
• MSCR 5300 — Media and Technology Ethics
• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • MSCR 6310 — Critical Data Studies
  • MSCR 6320 — Digital Technologies and Global Society
  • MSCR 6330 — Democracy, Technology, and Equality
  • MSCR 6340 — Race and Technology

News Media Strategy and Leadership

From the catalog

Complete two of the following:

• JRNL 5410 — Innovation in the News Media Business
• JRNL 6202 — Perspectives on News Media Ethics and Diversity
• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • COMM 5250 — Communication and Technology Research Methods
  • JRNL 5480 — Research for Media Strategy
  • JRNL 6460 — AI in Media Industries

Public Relations and Strategic Communications

From the catalog

Complete two of the following:

• JRNL 5400 — Media and Advocacy in Theory and Practice
• JRNL 5480 — Research for Media Strategy
• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • COMM 5250 — Communication and Technology Research Methods
  • COMM 5510 — Technology and Strategic Communication
  • COMM 6320 — Political Communication
  • JRNL 5420 — Public Relations Strategies for Managing Scandal in Business and Politics

GPA requirements

• Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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