Curriculum

The 36-credit Master's Degree in Arts Journalism is completed in one calendar year in residence at Syracuse University. The program begins in Syracuse in early July with the summer term known as the Newhouse Boot Camp experience.

Students take four core arts journalism classes. In addition, during the fall and spring, they attend elective courses in journalism and the arts. Students have the option of a magazine or newspaper internship.

During the winter break, students participate in an arts-immersion trip to New York City, which includes attendance at theater and music performances, film screenings, museum and gallery tours, architectural site visits, symposia, lectures, encounters with artists and administrators at major arts institutions, and sessions with New York arts editors and writers. Through the SU Abroad Program, students may enroll in a course with international travel and experience. The Goldring program concludes with a capstone writing workshop during May and June.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Required Courses
AJP 601 Current Issues for Arts Journalists
AJP 611 Arts & Arts Criticism (Literature of Criticism)
AJP 621 Practicum: New York City Arts
AJP 631 Capstone: Arts Writing Workshop
NEW 605 Newswriting and Reporting
COM 698 Media Law

RECOMMENDED COURSES
AJP 600 Critical Writing: Arts & Culture
AJP 700 Capstone Arts Writing Research

Electives

Additional graduate courses in architecture, film, music, popular culture, television, theater and visual arts, as well as journalism, communications, and writing courses, and culture travel writing with an international experience.

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