新闻与大众传播学院提供新闻文学硕士学位。硕士课程需要31篇论文。计划在学校继续攻读博士学位的学生可以完成所需的硕士学位课程课程，再加上一门附加课程，并成功通过资格考试，因此无需论文。新闻学硕士课程的学生必须完成以下课程工作。他们必须在新闻与大众传播学院至少从方法，理论或选修领域中选修两门课程。
The Master of Arts in Mass Communication is an academically-oriented degree that prepares students for doctoral studies or a career in research. A candidate for a research master's degree is expected to demonstrate knowledge in the chosen discipline and to synthesize and create new knowledge, making a contribution to the field in an appropriate timeframe.<br><br>Make a contribution to the scholarship of the field: synthesize existing knowledge, identify and access appropriate resources and other sources of relevant information, critically analyze and evaluate one's own findings and those of others, apply existing research methodologies, techniques, and technical skills, and communicate in a style appropriate to the discipline. Demonstrate commitment to advancing the values of scholarship: keep abreast of current advances within one's field and related areas, show commitment to personal professional development through engagement in professional societies and other knowledge transfer modes, and show a commitment to creating an environment that supports learning through teaching, collaborative inquiry, mentoring, or demonstration.