Writing sample作为申请的要求之一,不仅考察写作能力,更是通过论述与行文考察逻辑推理能力和西方教育看重的critical thinking,不容小觑。
现在就将US News综排前100的学校中Communication相关的项目中对WS有要求的列举如下。
Journalism
新闻类项目会培训采访、调查的方法,但写作能力不是短期提高的。因此新闻类的申请重点考察写作能力,一般都要求3篇journalistic writing,这里就不重复列举了。
PhD
PhD一般是跨学科、细分的研究领域,所以要求申请者对该领域已具有研究基础,具备研究思维,还需要掌握或至少熟悉基本的研究方法,所以通常也会要求academic writing sample, 在此也不重复列举。
所以以下为要求WS的非新闻的master program。以首字母排序,绿色字体为WS的具体要求,以截至2018年7月官网要求为准。
这些项目的其他要求均可以在www.camoonlight.com的学校信息查询中找到。
Boston University
BU很有想法,喜欢限制命题的ws。
MS in Television -
TV Producing/Management Concentration
Writing Sample: Name three American TV shows, each from a different TV genre, and then tell how those shows reveal interesting trends in American society. In other words, choose a TV comedy, a TV drama, reality program, or talk show. Then name the network which carries the program. That network could be a traditional network or cable program. It could be Netflix or Amazon. You choose. The point is to look at current TV program so you can write about their connection to what is actually going on in America. Your response should be no longer than 750 words and double-spaced.
MS in Television -
TV Producing/Writing Concentration
Writing Sample: Please select an American situation comedy series or dramatic series that is currently being aired with original episodes. Create an original storyline for this series. Write no more than three pages of dialogue for a scene in the story you created. You are only required to submit the three pages of dialogue for this scene, not the entire story.
Media venture
Case Study
Everyone is familiar with companies such as Apple, Snapchat, Facebook, and Google and recognize the innovations these brands have made in shaping how consumers create, share, and consume content. However, in all parts of the world, other companies and innovators are also creating meaningful innovations in media, technology, and communication, but perhaps are lesser known.
We’d like to hear from you about a company, brand, or individual that you believe is making an impact by bringing together content and technology in ways that are important. Describe what the company is doing and how it is using technology and content to position itself as a leader to better serve its audience and customers or community. How is it innovating and making a difference? How is the company giving itself a competitive advantage within its market segment or, if you’ve chosen a non-profit, how are they creating impact within the community? Limited to 1000 words.
Marketing Communication Research
Our concentration in Marketing Communication Research trains students for jobs in the marketing communication research industry.
Write an essay, in your own words, that explains how companies, organizations, government agencies, etc. can benefit from marketing communication research. In the second half of your essay, please provide a real-life or theoretical example of a marketing research project and tell us how knowledge gained through such a project helped or can help a client. Please cite/reference any outside sources utilized while writing this essay. Limited to 750 words.
Emerging Media Studies
Writing Sample
Please attach a sample of your writing. Though it may be of any type or length, we recommend that you submit an academic writing sample of no more than 30 pages.
Film and Media Studies
Submit two academic writing samples, each of at least 750 words in length. The samples should be essays actually submitted to recent arts or humanities courses. Ideally, the samples should be originals or clear photocopies of the actual papers that were turned in, showing the course numbers and names of the instructors, the dates of submission, instructors’ comments in the text and margins, and the grades the papers received.
Columbia Univerisity
Film and Media Studies
Emerson College
Civic Media: Arts& Practice
Emory University
Film and Media Studies
Florida State University
Corporate and Public Communication
Fordham University
Public Media
分析性的文章、 新闻作品、视频、短电影、 podcast, data visualization等多种形式均可。
George Washington University
Strategic Public Relations
Georgetown University
Communication, Culture and Technology
Master of Professional Studies in Public Relations & Corporate Communications
WS recommended
Georgia Institute of Technology
MS in Digital Media
Portfolio/writing sample
Digital Media – HCI
Portfolio/writing sample
Indiana University at Bloomington
MA in Media Arts and Science
Design and Production
Academic writing sample
Public Relations
Academic writing sample
Media Management
Writing sample (optional)
JHU
MA in Communication
WS也是命题作文,针对案例并根据给出的文章写出危机公关方面的短essay, 250字。
Kent State University
Communication Studies
Louisiana State University
Master's in Mass Communication
MIT
Comparative Media Study
Writing sample或Portfolio
NYU
MA in Cinema Studies
Ohio University
Film Studies
Penn State University
Media Studies
Purdue University
MS in Communication
State University of New York at Albany
MA in Communication
State University of New York at Buffalo
MA Program
Temple University
Communication Management
Writing sample (Optional)
Globalization & Development Communication
Writing sample (Optional)
UCLA
Cinema and Media Studies
University of Arizona
MA in Communication
University of Florida
Mass Communication-Professional Masters
Sample of Work (Optional)
Mass Communication-Theory Masters
Sample of Work (Optional)
University of Georgia
Communication Studies
University of Iowa
Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Iowa
Film Studies
University of Maryland
Communication
Sample of Scholarly Writing
University of Minnesota
MA in Mass Communication
MA in Strategic Communication
MA in Communication Studies
University of Missouri
MA in Communication
University of Oregon
MA/MS in Media Studies
University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Program in Communication
USC
Communication Management
The writing may take various forms: a report for your organization, press releases for clients, news articles, a set of substantial memos to your superiors successfully arguing for a particular position, or an academic paper for a college or university course. The writing sample should not exceed 10 pages.
Digital Social Media
Strategic PR
Public Diplomacy
Global Communication
University of Texas at Austin
MA in Communication Studies
MA in Media Studies
Academic writing sample
University of Utah
MA in Communication
University of Washington
MA in Communication
Academic writing sample
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Communication Science
Film, Media and Cultural Studies
Rhetoric, Politics and Culture
Professional MA
ResearchMA
Washington University in St. Louis
Film and Media Studies