MAVMajors INFO - Mass Media

 

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Mass Media

• This major is in the College of Arts & Humanities

Office location -  136 Nelson Hall Center
Phone: 507-389-6412

Department website 

•  Mass Media

 

On This Page

• The Department and Advising
  
• What do the experts say about a major in Mass Media
  
• Take action and network with people in the field of Mass Media
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The Department and Advising

[PDF] Admission requirements – (19 KiB)
1. Admission to the major is gained by receiving permission to register for the department's first core course, MASS 221 (Media Writing I).

• Degree Requirements & Policies
  1.     ENG 101 (Composition) and
  2.     MASS 110 (Introduction to Mass Media).
  Students who have attained the 3.0 GPA for the above courses will then be considered for admission to MASS 221, but only after completing the department's diagnostic exam, which is offered at particular dates and times each semester. The exam is a 1 hour long objective test over English grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary.
  After all applicants have taken the exam in a given term, faculty choose who will enter the program for the following term by considering each applicant's diagnostic-exam score in conjunction with overall GPA and prerequisite grades.
   

How to declare this major – Contact the Mass Media Department.

• Contact the Advising Center.
  College of Arts & Humanities Advising
  Student Relations Coordinator
  226 Armstrong Hall
  507-389-1712
   

The current undergraduate bulletin for this major –

• [PDF] 2012-2013 (104 KiB)
  

 Graduate responses 1 year after graduation

• Graduate Statistics 2009-2010 By Major

 

What do the experts say about a major in Mass Media

Occupational Outlook Handbook

•  Search Results for Mass Media

Search for related books available in the Career Resource Library in the CDC

•  Media

What Can I Do With A Major In...?

• Public Relations
• Communication Studies
  

The Princeton Review

•  Major: Digital Communications and Media/Multimedia

College Board

• Search Results for Mass Media

iSeek.org

• Field of Study: Mass Communication Studies

O*NET

• Mass Media

 

Take action and network with people in the field of Mass Media

On campus clubs

•  Student Organizations

Professional Organizations-

• Public Relations Society of America (Parent Organization)
• The AEJMC Home Page
• American Communication Association
• The Freedom Forum
• Journalism Education Association
• National Press Club
• National Press Photographers Assn.
• Newspaper Association of America
• The Poynter Institute for Media Studies
• Society of Professional Journalists
• White House News Photographers' Association
• Minnesota Newspaper Association and Minnesota Newspaper Foundation
• American Society of Newspaper Editors

Read more about Mass Media

Memorial Library Guides

• Mass Media

Additional resources – 

• Choosing your Career in Mass Media
• Mass Media

 

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