00 M.Sc Communication & Media Studies

2 Years 4 Semesters 30+ Credit Hours 120 Seats

Program Overview

M.Sc Communication & Media Studies at a Glance

Eligibility Criteria

Following are the major outcomes:

1. To enable students to develop critical thinking about various aspects of Communication

2. To enable students to find out suitable solutions of the problem faced by the media community.

3. To enable students to operate in multi-national environment.

4. To enable students to have a reasonable idea of various theoretical positions within the critical school on the socio-political and cultural role of media and formative influences on mass media institutions in society.

Duration 2 Years / 4 Semesters

Credit Hours Approx. 30

Total Seats 120

Learning Mode Classroom and lab

Department Media & Communication Studies

Program Objectives

What This Program Builds

Following are the major outcomes:

1. To enable students to develop critical thinking about various aspects of Communication

2. To enable students to find out suitable solutions of the problem faced by the media community.

3. To enable students to operate in multi-national environment.

Career Outcomes

Where Graduates Go Next

Following are the major outcomes:

1. To enable students to develop critical thinking about various aspects of Communication

2. To enable students to find out suitable solutions of the problem faced by the media community.

3. To enable students to operate in multi-national environment.

Course Outline

Program Course Outline

Following are the major objectives:

1. The main objective of MPhil in communication and media studies is to give students an overview of the issues that are significant in the debate occurring primarily within the critical tradition of mass media research.

2. It also aims to give an insight of creating discourses on emerging trends and issues in the field.

3. The course also introduces students to liberal pluralist ideas of effects limiting resourcefulness of the audiences’ against critical school’s conceptions of unbridled media power.

4. And to inculcate the value of the use of language as a tool for creation of social realities and building new knowledge or adding new dimensions to existing knowledge in the domain of communication sciences.

Admissions

How to Apply

Following are the major outcomes:

1. To enable students to develop critical thinking about various aspects of Communication

2. To enable students to find out suitable solutions of the problem faced by the media community.

3. To enable students to operate in multi-national environment.

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