Osmania University

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Osmania University’s campus is located in the historic city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is home to nearly 300,000 students pursuing their higher education studies on its campus, constituent affiliated colleges, and district centres. Its faculty and staff number nearly 5,000. It is a multi-faculty and multidisciplinary university, offering courses in the fields of Humanities, Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Commerce and Business Management, Information Technology, and Oriental Languages. The University’s strategic planning, teaching-and-learning policies, and research direction emphasise respect for the concerns of the society and the need to address the issues that challenge it.

The Department of Communication and Journalism is housed in the College of Arts & Social Sciences. It is equipped to train students in television production and print journalism. The Department co-hosts activities of many organisations including the Press Academy, Press Club, Advertising Club, Public Relations Society of India, and Public Relations Council of India.

The graduate programme introduces students to the theories, principles, and problems of mass communications - emphasising the concept of freedom of information as the cornerstone of constitutional democracy - and prepares students for different roles in communication media. To accomplish this, the Department offers four subjects of study in each semester for mass communication majors working in both print and electronic media. Each course of study offers a blend of basic and advanced laboratory and lecture courses.

In all the four programmes - broadcast journalism, print journalism, development communication, and advertising and public relations - there are specialisation tracks.

Programmes

1. Masters in Communication and Journalism (MCJ ) - Students who have passed the Bachelor’s course in Communication & Journalism (BCJ) from any recognised university are eligible for the one-year MCJ course. Admission is based on one's performance at the entrance test. The medium of instruction is English for all the courses. Students with good written and oral communication skills in English will benefit most from the courses offered.
   
   Course Structure:
   
   Semester I
   
   
   • Communication Theory and International Communications
   • Communication Research Methods and Application
   • Development and Rural Communication
     
   • Optional - Electronic Media - I / Print Media - I
   
   Semester II
   
   
   • Corporate and Organisational Communication
     
   • Integrated Marketing Communication
     
   • Information and Communication Technologies and New Media 
   • Optional - Electronic Media - II / Print Media - II
   
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2. Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Communication and Journalism - The minimum qualification for admission to MPhil course is a Master’s degree resulting in a minimum aggregate of 55% qualifying marks in the appropriate field or an allied field of study. Admission to the MPhil course shall be through a written entrance test in the subject. MPhil is a full-time course, and candidates registered for this course are expected to work for a period of one year as full-time research scholars.
   
   Course structure:
   
   
   • Paper-I: Communication Research Methods (Compulsory)
   • Paper-II: Broad field
   • Optionals (Any one): A. Print Journalism: Trends and Developments; B. Audio-Visual Communication; C. Communication and  Development; or D. Advertising and Public Relations.
   
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3. PhD in Communication and Journalism - The University will issue a notification once in a year inviting applications from eligible candidates for registration to PhD course. However, in the case of qualified candidates with research fellowships, additional notification will be issue by the Dean of the Department.
   
   Eligible candidates are required to select an appropriate topic of research in consultation with a Research Supervisor, recognised by Osmania University, and obtain his / her written consent to supervise the research work to be carried out. Joint supervision is permitted in inter-disciplinary areas of research provided that the two supervisors are not from the same subject (One may be a supervisor working in a recognised research centre other than the University.)
   
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