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Subject: Re: [Leica] Does anyone here have info about MIT photojournalism grad degree?
From: "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@harbornet.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:44:51 -0800
References: <MBBBJHIBKCKEAEOKKBPOGEMACKAA.bdcolen@earthlink.net>

I think he was trying to pull your string, B.D  Remember the thread
about a troller -- wasn't Alfie the guy?  ;-0

Ted in Olalla

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 10:15 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Does anyone here have info about MIT
photojournalism grad degree?


> Don't know where you got the idea that there is such a program, Alfie,
but
> there isn't now and never has been. Nor is there an undergraduate
program in
> photojournalism at MIT. There is no program in any kind of
journalism - per
> se - at MIT. In fact, some of the kids on the staff of MIT's excellent
> student paper have a T-shirt which reads - The Tech - MIT's Journalism
> Department.;-) There is a Program in Writing and Humanistic studies,
which
> includes a handful of journalism writing courses - science oriented.
There
> is a graduate program in science writing - of all non-technical
types -
> starting in the fall. And there is, at the moment, one course in
documentary
> photography/photojournalism - which I am teaching this semester. But
that's
> it. Wrong school. Try BU.
>
> Meanwhile, I'd start taking photo courses where you live before you
decide
> that photography is your life, give up your job, and move to a new
city to
> get another graduate degree.
>
> B. D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Albert
Wang
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:45 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Does anyone here have info about MIT photojournalism
> grad degree?
>
>
> Hi LUGers,
>
> I am interested in getting information about how to get into a grad
degree
> for photojournalism at MIT. I won't be able to attend for a few years
but I
> already have a degree in English literature and a masters in
environmental
> health sciences. Odd background but photography is becoming more than
a
> hobby but a way of life.
>
> The reason why I like MIT is because it's in Boston which fits my
nerdy
> outlook on life. What are the requirements for getting in? Grading
system
> and classes?
>
> I dunno much about it but thanks for some info if you can provide it.
>
> Alfie
>
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