MA Journalism & Mass Communication (Offered at Mysuru Campus)

Admissions 2019

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Academics

The program offers specialization in Mass Communication and Journalism. This course imparts conceptual modes of understanding critically, how the society is liaised by the media world.

A comprehensive training in both technical skills and critical analysis of the media spectrum is transduced to the prospective students. The course stimulates the students to become PROs, creative heads, competitive directors and producers in the film fraternity and advertising agencies by nurturing and augmenting the video production and broadcasting skills in the students.

Eligibility: Graduation in any discipline with 50% marks

Programme Duration: 2 years (4 Semesters)

Curriculum

Semester I	Semester II	Semester III	Semester IV
Basics of Advertising	Broadcast and online Journalism	Communication for Development	Internship
Contemporary Media Scenario	Film Studies	Media Analysis Techniques	Comprehensive and Technical Viva-voce
Print Journalism and Writing	Media Ethics and Laws	New Media and Web Content	Project Work
Communication and Media Theories	Scriptwriting/ Writing for Broadcast Media	Editing and Designing for Print
Research Methodology for Communication and Media Studies	Amrita Values Programme	Public Relations
Print Journalism and Writing Practice	Audiography Practice Lab II	Elective
Cultural Education	Photography Practice Lab II	Critical Viewing and Reading Analysis Practice
Audiography Practice Lab I	Videography Practice Lab II	News Casting, Anchoring and Programme Presentation Skills
Photography Practice Lab I	Digital Video Editing	New Media and Web Content Lab
Videography Practice Lab I	Graphic Design Lab II	Public Relations Campaign Practical
Graphic Design Lab I	Short Film Production (Fiction and Documentary) Lab	Reporting, Editing and Lab Journal
		Live-in-Labs# / Open Elective*
		Video News Production with Mini Project

ELECTIVES (Any One)

Creative Expression in Regional Language
Photo Journalism
Science Communication
Advertising

* One Open Elective course is to be taken by each student, in the third semester, from the list of Open Electives offered by the School.

# Students undertaking and registering for a Live-in-Lab project, can be exempted from registering for an Open Elective course in the fifth semester.

Electives listed above are only indicative. Actual Offering will depend on the number of students registering for the courses and availability of faculty.
School Administration reserves the right to modify the subjects / curriculum / detailed syllabus as per the topical needs or changes in trends of the academic stream or industry requirements.
* One of the electives can be a Live-in-labs project done over a period of two semesters.

Course Overview

CORE SUBJECTS INCLUDED		JOB PROFILES SUITABLE FOR
Journalism	Broadcast Journalism	Photographer
Business Journalism	Web Journalism	Videographer
Photo Journalism	Anchoring	Shortfilm & Documentary film maker
Advertising	Communication & Media Theories	Direction
Public Relations	Research	Reporter
New Media	News Casting	Journalist
Photography	Video News Production	Audio Video Editor
Videography	Film Studies	Programme producer
Content writing	Shortfilm & Documentary films, etc.	Content writer & many more...