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ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS & PROCESS
Students pursuing a graduate degree in any participating school or college are eligible to apply for admission at any time after entering their graduate program. For more information, students should speak to the participating faculty in their department or contact Sharon Strover at the Telecommunication and Information Policy Institute, Department of Radio-TV-Film (471-6652). Students should have the consent of their home department graduate advisor to participate. Students who wish to apply should submit an application that includes a brief (1-3 pages) statement of purpose outlining their interests and intention in completing the portfolio. The Admissions team for 2004-2006 includes Dr. David Phillips (RTF), Professor Gary Chapman (LBJ School of Public Affairs), and Dr. Phil Doty (School of Information). They will meet with interested students, and deliberate on the program of work students submit for the portfolio program. This program of work should include the courses and presentations the student intends to complete for meet the program's requirements, as well as a list of courses already completed at the graduate level. The Graduate Portfolios in Communication, Information and Cultural Policy will include a Master’s Portfolio, for students for whom the Master’s degree is a terminal professional degree, and the Doctoral Portfolio, which will include a more rigorous research and writing component. As well, the portfolio requires that students in both MA and the Ph.D. programs present their work in either a professional conference setting or a public venue at the The program requires the completion of nine credit hours (for Master’s Portfolio) or twelve credit hours (for Doctoral Portfolio) in approved graduate level courses and the preparation of a scholarly research paper, submitted and approved by the Portfolio Committee. At least two of the student’s completed courses shall be from departments outside the student’s home department. Of the completed courses, no more than one may be taken as an independent study or conference course without approval of the Portfolio Committee. The following are examples of twelve-hour course sequences CICP portfolio students might use: For a concentration in Cultural Policy:
For a concentration in Telecommunications Policy:
Students should check the course schedule each semester to find graduate course offerings of CICP faculty associates. A sample of courses typically offered follows:
Students seeking portfolios will be encouraged to propose a dissertation related to policy studies and encouraged, but not required, to include at least one Communication, Information and Cultural Policy faculty on their dissertation committee. The portfolio certificate will be awarded contemporaneously with the student’s graduate degree. |
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