2017-19

Arizona State University
University Senate

Senate Motion #2017-19

Motion Introduced by: Curriculum and Academic Programs Committee, Caroline Harrison, Chair

Date of First Reading:  October 31, 2016

Date of Second Reading: November 28, 2016

Title of Motion: Request from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication– Dean’s Office – for the establishment of a graduate degree – MS in Business Journalism

Action Requested: This curricular proposal has received all college, school, unit and university administrative approvals, and is being presented to the Senate for review and voting decision.   

Rationale: The proposed Master of Science in Business Journalism is a 30-credit online degree program that combines courses in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the W. P. Carey School of Business. The combined degree program offers students the unique opportunity to take courses in two schools that are considered national leaders in their fields. The program begins with a Cronkite course covering business and the economy. Students then move on to courses that are part of the Carey School’s Master of Science in Management program that teach the basics of financial accounting, statistics, economics and organization theory and behavior. Those courses are interspersed with journalism courses on reporting on business and the economy, media law, data in business journalism and media entrepreneurship.

We believe the addition of this degree program would build on the demonstrated expertise of both the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the W. P. Carey School of Business and extend their reputation and reach nationally and internationally.