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B.A with Journalism and Mass Communication

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (Under Graduate Programmes)

This programme is designed to give the students an in-depth understanding of the various interesting mediums of communication such as television, newspaper, radio, advertisements, public relations and many more. This programme offers an enormous scope of a high flying career for journalists and other media professionals in TV, Newspaper, Radio, Internet etc. The graduates go out as full-fledged media and communication professionals-Correspondents, Reporters, Sub-Editors, PR & Advertising Professionals among many others-to contribute to the world of media.

Eligibility

10+2 in any stream

Duration

3 Years

Semester

6 Semesters

Semester Detail

Semester – I

  • Punjabi(Compulsory)/ BasicPunjabi/ Punjab History and Culture
  • Communication Skills in English
  • Principles of Communication
  • Reporting and Editing-I
  • History of Print Media
  • Reporting and Editing-I (Lab)
  • *Foundation Course

Semester – II

  • Punjabi(Compulsory)/ Basic Punjabi/ Punjab History and Culture
  • Communication Skills in English- II
  • Press Laws and Media Ethics
  • Mass Communication: Concepts and Processes
  • Design and Graphics
  • Photography and Photo Journalism
  • *Drug Abuse and Ethical Education

Semester – III

  • Cyber Journalism
  • Reporting and Editing-II
  • History of Broad casting inIndia: Policies and Principles
  • News Feature Writing
  • Development and Communication
  • *Gender Sensitization

Semester – IV

  • Media: Business Communication
  • Programme Formats: Radio and TV
  • Video Production: Idea to Screen
  • Folk Media
  • Advertising: Concepts and Principles
  • Introduction to Theatre Studies
  • Environmental Studies (Compulsory)

Semester – V

  • Event Management: Principles and Methods
  • Current Affairs: Contemporary Issue in Media-I
  • Media Research Methodologies
  • Social Media
  • Public Relations
  • Event Management Lab
  • Social Media Lab
  • Pilot Study
  • *Innovation Entrepreneurship and Creative Thinking

Semester – VI

  • Global Media
  • Current Affairs: Contemporary Issue in Media II
  • Perspective of Audio Sound
  • Video Electronic Film Production
  • Specialized Reporting
  • Audio Lab
  • Specialized Reporting Lab
  • Film Project

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