Master of Art in Communication

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Unconditional Admission may be granted to a student whose record includes at least the following:

Certification of a bachelors degree from a regionally accredited institution
Documentation through official transcripts using a 4.0 grade point scale of having earned at least:

A 3.25 in communication or undergraduate major work.
Either a 3.0 overall undergraduate average GPA or a 3.25 average GPA in the last half of undergraduate credit hours, and
Inclusion of nine (9) to 15 undergraduate (junior or senior level) theory and/or research courses in communication (e.g., communication studies, speech communication, broadcasting, journalism, mass communication, media communication or studies, rhetoric) or a related field as approved by the graduate program chair (GPC) and/or the graduate admissions committee.

Provisional Admission may be granted for reasons of experience, maturity or other circumstances to a student who does not meet the unconditional admission standards. A student will not be admitted who does not meet UNO Graduate College provisional admission standards (a 2.75 GPA for both undergraduate major and minor).

The school's graduate admission committee may require any one or any combination of the following in deciding whether or not to recommend provisional admission:

Completion of prescribed course(s) (not for graduate credit) with a grade of “B” (3.0/4.0) or better, with course(s) approved in advance by the GPC and/or the graduate admission committee.
Completion of the first 12 graduate hours of coursework with a grade of "B" (3.0/4.0) or better as a non-declared student.