ABOUT

Department of Media & Communication Studies

The Department of Media and Communication Studies was founded in 1977 as the Department of Journalism. Then it was renamed as the Department of Mass Communication in 1985. However, considering the latest job-market requirements, this department was again renamed as THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES in the year 2013. It trains students for career in the fields of communication and journalism offering 4-year BS and 2-year Master of Arts (MA) degree Programmes in Media and Communication Studies. The courses of both Programmes have been designed to provide professional education with theory-cum-research and practice oriented approach in every day life like situation and meet the needs of the job-market and professional fields i.e., print media, electronic media, journalism, advertising, public relations and development support communication.

The Department has a well stocked seminar library with a fine collection of more than 3500 latest books, periodicals and also has two well-equipped media laboratories, comprising sufficient number of computers, well-established TV Studio, video cameras, editing processors, tape recorders, multimedia projectors and laser printers etc.

Moreover, to train the students to be media practitioners, this department publishes two publications i.e weekly newspaper Roshni and monthly magazine Shaoor, both tri-lingual (English, Sindh and Urdu). Therefore, the students are required to report and write news stories, columns, articles and features for weekly newspaper Roshni and monthly magazine Shaoor. Additionally, under these Programmes students are treated as student journalists who would one day be called upon to accept the responsibilities for administrative or supervisory positions in national and international media organizations.

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