Programme Overview

Online MA In Journalism and Mass Communication

An Online MA is a futuristic and practicable career choice for candidates looking to venture into a professional career in arts and humanities. The Online MA Program is a two-year postgraduate degree that helps you explore and adopt a deeper understanding of the discipline. With two options available - English and Journalism and Mass Communication, the Online MA Degree will prepare you for diverse opportunities in both corporate and academia.

The flexibility of the program enables you to add value to your professional career with greater intensity and effectiveness. The innovative dissertation component will allow you to undertake a project under the supervision of a mentor for first-hand experience so you apply your theoretical knowledge practically. Through the interactive sessions and seminars incorporated in the Online MA Program, you will be able to acquire the necessary skill sets to build a successful career in various related fields.

About this Elective

Journalism as a career is prestigious and challenging. A journalist plays a key role in disseminating news from all walks of life. Journalists play a key role in nation-building as up-to-date news and information are important in today’s connected world for any informed decision.

Even the new world has sufficiently validated the old saying ‘the pen is mightier than the sword’, so we see our world continuing to offer various career opportunities in journalism.

Today, reporting news requires far more creativity, domain knowledge, specialization, and communication skills. Mastery in the field of journalism provides a competitive edge when working in an evolving world of media and communications. One can nurture all these only through a well-curated program with a relevant curriculum. The online journalism program includes the study of community media, editorial practices, media laws and ethics, radio, and television production and news media studies which will help to convey information to the audience.

With an in-depth and critical understanding of media, advertising, and public relations, this course ensures career opportunities as correspondents, columnists, journalists, news analysts, public relations officers and digital media professionals to name a few.

Option Highlights

• Strong foundation in theories and practices in journalism
• Hands-on experience in writing for media
• Introduction to new media studies
• Industry aligned dissertation for on-the-job experience
• Provide in-depth knowledge in various media professions such as journalism, documentary production, advertising, media management, public relations
• Gives exposure to new and evolving techniques in film studies

Semester 1

• History of Media
• Introduction to Journalism
• Communication Theories and Practices
• New Media Studies and Digital Journalism
• Advertising: Theory and Practice

Semester 2

• Public Relations
• Editorial Practices
• News Reporting
• Media Laws and Ethics
• Corporate Communications

Semester 3

• Radio and Television Production: Theory and Practice
• Print Media: Theory and Practice
• Media and Gender
• Audio Visual Communication
• Communication Research
• Open Elective Course

Semester 4

• Development Communication
• Film and Documentary Appreciation
• Media Management
• Media and Culture Studies
• Cross-Functional Elective Course
• Dissertation / Project *

Eligibility

Pass in an Undergraduate (Bachelor) Program of a minimum duration of Three (3) years in any stream from a UGC recognized University.

Candidates who are in the final semester of the Bachelor Program are also eligible to apply.

Semester-wise

₹22,500 x 4 Semesters

Total Fees

₹90,000/-

Year-wise

₹45,000 x 2 Years

Total Fees

₹90,000/-