 Course
Head: Jane Swamy and Asha Sandilya
Course
Outline and Method: The Journalism Course is a full time,
post-graduate Advanced Diploma programme, intended as instruction in the
role and function of mass media and civil society. It examines the
principles, practice and responsibility of communication, the mass
media, and the convergence of print, broadcast and net journalism. In
the era of New Media, the Journalism Course combines knowledge creation
and extension, craft and context, with practical applications in a study
programme of proven excellence. Students emerge from the course enabled
for multiple tasks and skills in mass communication and social
development.
The course comprises 17 modules (obligatory), and sets of
electives (one group to be chosen from 3 offered); and on-line courses,
seminars and workshops, the costs of which make up the tuition fee. The
total of 410 sessions / 82 credits, makes the student eligible
for the diploma.
Class
timings: Two to three sessions a day in the forenoon, afternoon and
evening. (10/11.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m., 2.00 - 4.00 p.m., 4.00-6.00 p.m. and
6.30 - 8.30 p.m).
Workshops and Seminars are usually scheduled for Saturdays.
75% attendance is compulsory in each module and is graded.
Failure in any module necessitates reassessment exercises / assignments
/ attendance in the subsequent academic year/s for completion and award
of Diploma certification.
Job
Prospects: The print, broadcast, and digital media are experiencing
rapid expansion. Mass media , new media and internet communication offer
promising and remunerative work opportunities. Diploma holders can enter
as trainees/ employees on Newspapers, Magazines, and in TV/Radio, media
service agencies, corporate organisations and NGOs.
All modules in this course are obligatory. Workshops are
valuated for credit by attendance or assignments or both. The management
reserves the right to change the syllabus without prior notice.
| Tuition Fees |
1,70,000 |
| Add Registration Fee |
2,500 |
| Add Library deposit ( refundable ) |
2,500 |
| Total Fees |
1,75,000 |
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