Overview
Media and Public Affairs from Louisiana State University offers a focus on political communication through course study in partnership with the LSU Department of Political Science. Doctoral students may also pursue other avenues of research with a public affairs focus, and can take outside courses from many other schools and colleges including LSU’s internationally acclaimed College of the Coast & Environment.
Our faculty and current doctoral students regularly publish with top academic presses and leading journals. They win major book prizes, top paper awards and other recognition at scholarly meetings. With six endowed chairs and more than 40 endowed professorships, we attract a world-class faculty.
Students at Media and Public Affairs from Louisiana State University will:
- use a diverse set of empirical and theoretical approaches,
- get a broad preparation to study an evolving media landscape and the ever-changing public sphere.
Programme Structure
Courses include:- Advanced Research Methods in Mass Communication and Public Affairs
- Experimental Applications in Mass Communication Research
- Independent Research: Mass Communication
- Special Topics in Mass Communication
- Thesis Research
- Professional Internship
- Professional Project
- Public Affairs Externship
- Dissertation Research
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Disciplines
Film Studies Media Studies & Mass Media Public Relations View 15 other PhDs in Film Studies in United StatesAcademic requirements
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Student insurance
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Other requirements
General requirements
- You must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA, undergraduate and master’s.
- You must have earned a completed master’s degree or a terminal graduate degree (for example, an M.F.A. or a J.D.)
- We prefer to see GRE scores above 156 verbal & quantitative and above 4.5 analytical writing.
- Transcripts
- Curriculum Vitae/Resume
- Letters of Recommendation
- For TOEFL, we prefer scores above 100 on the internet-based test.
Tuition Fee
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29448 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 29448 USD per year -
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29448 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 29448 USD per year -
In-State
12533 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 12533 USD per year
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