Courses of Study

At the graduate (M.A.) level, the Institute offers ten areas of study:

• Science, Health and Environmental Reporting
• Business and Economic Reporting
• Cultural Reporting and Criticism
• Global and Joint Program Studies
• Reporting New York: In Multimedia
• Reporting the Nation: In Multimedia
• Magazine Writing
• News and Documentary
• Literary Reportage
• Studio 20

Please note that Global and Joint Program Studies consists of joint programs with:

• Russian/Slavic Studies (M.A. Journalism and Russian/Slavic Studies)
• International Relations (M.A. Journalism and International Relations)
• Africana Studies (M.A. Journalism and Africana Studies)
• European and Mediterranean Studies
• The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (M.A. Journalism and Latin American and Caribbean Studies)
• The Institute of French Studies (M.A. Journalism and French Studies)
• The Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies (M.A. Journalism and Near Eastern Studies).

For joint degrees, students must apply to and be accepted by both participating departments and should indicate their interest when applying.

The Business and Economing Reporting program awards a Master of Arts degree with a Certificate in Business and Economic Reporting.

Students are sometimes permitted to take courses from other areas of study within the Institute; the corresponding director must approve such requests.