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    Jnana Bharathi Campus, Jnana Bharathi Post, Bangalore, Karnataka 560056, India
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  • Approved By: UGC NAAC

M.Sc. (Communication)


Duration:

2 Years

Eligibility:

Graduation

Eligibility:

a. The Department shall admit a maximum of 30 students out of which 20 seats shall be for Journalism Graduates and another Ten seats shall be reserved for Non-Journalism Graduates. 

b. Journalism Candidates: Candidates who have passed the bachelor's degree with 50 percent of marks in the aggregate of all the examinations of the degree in the optional subjects of Journalism shall be eligible for admission.

c. Non-Journalism Graduates: Candidates who have passed the bachelor's degree examination of Bangalore University or any other University recognized as equivalent with 50percent of marks in the aggregate of all the subjects including the languages are eligible as per the Bangalore University rules. 

d. In case of SC/ST categories of students the minimum percentage of marks required shall be 10percent less and as per the admission rules of Bangalore University 

Course Detail

Semester – I

Course Code

Course Title

1.1.

Media Issues And Themes 

1.2.

News Writing And Reporting

1.3.

News Processing And Editing

1.4.

Business Journalism

1.5.

Media Laws, Regulations & Ethics

Semester – II

2.1.

Communication Theories

2.2.

Development Communication

2.3.

Environmental Communication

2.4.

Communication Research Methods

2.5.

Radio BroadCasting

2.6.

Lab Journal Production

Semester – III

3.1.

Media Business And Management

3.2.

Public Relations And Corporate Communication

3.3.

Technical Writing And Editing

3.4.

Information Technology for Communication

3.5.

Television Production

3.6.

Lab Journal Production

Semester – IV

4.1.

International Communication

4.2.

Advertising And Marketing Communication

Optional Papers: There are three optional groups, each group consists of two papers and students have to choose one of the groups

Group - A

 

4.3(A) 1.

Kannada Press

4.4(A) 2.

Writing for Kannada Press

Group - B

 

4.3(B) 1.

Film Communication

4.4(B) 2.

Film Analysis

Group - C

 

4.3(C) 1.

Magazine ProductionTechniques

4.4(C) 2.

Writing for Magazine 

4.5.

Dissertation