About the Department
The Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication (HSJMC) at the University of Minnesota is part of the College of Liberal Arts and is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Journalism and Mass Communication. The HSJMC offers majors in Strategic Communication, Professional Journalism, and Mass Communication; and minors in Mass Communication and Digital Media Studies. The HSJMC offers an academic M.A. and Ph.D., a Professional M.A. in Strategic Communication, and a 5-year B.A./M.A. in Health Communication. Housed in Murphy Hall, a state-of-the-art facility for teaching and research of journalism, mass communication, and new media studies, the HSJMC is home to the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, the Minnesota Journalism Center, the Digital Media Studios, and the Digital Information Research Center/Sevareid Library. HSJMC facilities also include the Murphy Hall conference center, multimedia classrooms, and the communication Research Lab/Focus Group Room, which is used to support graduate-level experimental research. For further information, please visit the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's website, at: https://cla.umn.edu/hsjm.
About the College of Liberal Arts
Home to the arts, social sciences and humanities disciplines and programs, the College of Liberal Arts is the largest college in the University of Minnesota and comprises 31 academic departments, and over 20 interdisciplinary research centers and administrative/support units. CLA has over 1,300 faculty and staff spanning research, teaching, advising, outreach, and administrative functions. CLA units reside in over twenty buildings on the East Bank and West Bank of the Twin Cities campus. CLA enrolls nearly 13,000 undergraduate students, over 40% of the undergraduate enrollment on the Twin Cities campus, 1,400 graduate students, and has an annual all-funds budget of $290 million.
CLA is a destination for curious, compassionate individuals who are committed to making our increasingly interdependent and diverse global community work for everyone. That foundational commitment begins in our CLA Constitution. CLA is committed to increasing enrollment of underrepresented and under-resourced students, diversifying our faculty across all disciplines, recruiting, and retaining a diverse staff, and promoting the expression and exploration of diverse perspectives and viewpoints—so that we all gain the background knowledge and analytical skills we need to understand and respect differences.
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