我们拥有四个重点的硕士课程，即集成战略媒体，新闻和故事讲述，视觉媒体和大众媒体研究。学生选择重点来指导他们选择的课程。对于那些希望提高新闻，广告，公共关系，战略传播和视觉媒体技能的个人，我们是一个理想的家。我们的课程也以当今大众媒体的理论和实践为基础。然后，要求学生在学习实践技能的同时运用该理论，例如创建多媒体项目，开展前沿的受众研究，制作有效的危机信息并完善故事情节。我们的课程在网络上和校园内均提供，因此，无论其时区如何，学生都可以上课。我们还提供3个研究生证书：企业家新闻学，学生可以在该学院与教职员工
We have master's program with four emphases—Integrated Strategic Media, News and Storytelling, Visual Media and Mass Media Research. Students choose an emphasis to guide the courses they take.<br>We are a great home for individuals who want to improve their skills in journalism, advertising, public relations, strategic communication and visual media. Our courses are also grounded in the theories and practices of today's mass media. Students are then expected to apply that theory while learning practical skills, such as creating multimedia projects, developing cutting-edge audience research, crafting effective crisis messaging and perfecting a story pitch.<br>Our courses are offered both online and on campus, so students regardless of their time zone can take classes. We also offer 3 graduate certificates: Entrepreneurial Journalism, where students work with faculty and the Crews Center for Entrepreneurship to learn more about the realities and abilities of creating a startup business, with the chance to pitch and promote their ideas to funders and other entrepreneurs in Memphis and the Mid-South; Multimedia Storytelling, where students gain the technical expertise needed to create multimedia projects and the reporting and storytelling skills needed to create compelling content in today's media market; and Social Media Analysis and Strategies, where students gain the knowledge of how to use social media, how to engage the public, and how to analyze the information social media provides in order to improve performance and understanding.<br>Program objectives are: (1) Apply the principles and laws of freedom of speech and press, both in a global context and in the United States. (2) Demonstrate an understanding of the multicultural history and role of professionals and institutions in shaping communications. (3) Demonstrate culturally proficient communication that empowers those traditionally disenfranchised in society, especially along racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation and ability differences. (4) Present images and information effectively and creatively, using appropriate tools and technologies. (5) Write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the communications professions, audiences and purposes they serve. (6) Demonstrate an understanding of professional ethical principles and work ethically in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness and diversity. (7) Apply critical thinking skills in conducting research and evaluating information by methods appropriate to the communications professions in which they work. (8) Effectively and correctly apply basic numerical and statistical concepts. (9) Critically evaluate their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammatical correctness. (10) Apply current tools and technologies appropriate for the communications professions in which they work. (11) Contribute to knowledge appropriate to the journalism and strategic media profession.