B.A Hons in Mass Communication and Journalism Eligibility, Top Colleges, Syllabus, Salary

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BA Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism is a 3-year undergraduate degree program, the minimum eligibility is the 12th class from a recognized school board or its equivalent exam. For admission to BA Hons. in Mass Communication & Journalism depends on the basis of candidate’s performance in a relevant entrance exam followed by a round of counselling.

The average tuition fee charged for the course in India ranges between INR 1,000 to 2 lacs, for a span of 3 years.

B.A. Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism course covers the study and investigation of the constituents of mass media for example magazines, newspapers, cinema films, television, radio etc. to deliver the information to the peoples and the study of ways and techniques to gather and distribute the news as well as develop general awareness among the general public through the print and electronic media as well.

The graduate degree opens up employment opportunities in related fields and a wide variety of employment in films and TV, public relations, publishing, journalism, direction, editing, filmmaking, production, scriptwriting, advertising, etc. Career opportunities in Mass Communication and journalism are not only high paying but also bring in a better job satisfaction and expression of creativity. 

Such postgraduates are hired in capacities such as Presenter, Columnist, News Analyst, Proof Reader, Reporter, Screenwriter, Public Relations Officer, Staff or Freelance Writer, TV Correspondent, Video Jockey (VJ), Correspondent Editor, Special Correspondent, Journalist etc. The salary in Mass Communication & Journalism may depend on candidate’s skills and experience; they can start a career as a correspondent and news reporter, the payout in this period could be INR 10,000 to  20,000 per month.

BA Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism: Course Highlights

Given below are some of the main highlights of the course.

Course Level Graduate
Duration of the Course 3 years
Examination Type Semester and Annual
Eligibility 10+2 with any discipline
Admission Process Entrance exam and Merit Based
Average Course Fee INR 1000 to 2 lacs
Average Starting Salary INR 2 lacs to 8 Lacs
Top Recruiting Companies India Today, HT Media, ABP News, Hindustan Times, ZEE TV networks, NDTV networks, Star Network, CNN IBN, Viacom, UTV, TV Today, BBC, and Times of India etc.
Top Job Areas Books and Novels, Central Information Service, Broadcasting Corporations, Press Information Bureau, Advertising Agencies, Legal Affairs Department, Journals, Photography Companies, etc.
Top Job Positions Presenter, Columnist, News Analyst, Proof Reader, Reporter, Screenwriter, Public Relations Officer, Staff or Freelance Writer, TV Correspondent, Video Jockey (VJ), Correspondent Editor, Special Correspondent, Journalist etc.

BA Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism: What is it all about?

Mass Communication and Journalism is the scholastic study of the different techniques by which people and individuals transmit information through mass media and Journalism. This information is transferred to the community constantly without a moment's delay. The broadcasting of news is done by magazines, newspapers, tv and films. Advertising organizations are also involved in the field of mass communication. Specializations in the field of journalism are accessible in television, press law alongside photography.

Students study all the vital regions of Mass Communications such as Reporting as well as Writing for Print Media, Photography, Feature writing, Advertising and Public Relations, New Media, Event Management, Graphic Design, Anchoring, Electronic Media Production, Radio, Media Law, Media Management and Research, through this course.

This program generally deals with the teaching, instructing and photographing in regards to reporting, editing, writing, etc. Their perspective is widened by courses in Indian Politics, Indian Economy, International Relations, Culture and Communication. The candidates understand the significance of such courses toward the development of lateral thinking employed intelligently in creating communications.

Candidates should have a curious personality, an aptitude and ability for presenting information in a precise and accurate, effective and concise manner, organize their concepts and communicate both orally and in writing. Candidate should be organized and confident while interviewing individuals from varying backgrounds. Candidates must be able to filter important facts from the immaterial. 

BA Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism: Admission Process

The admission process may vary from institute to institute. Applicants can apply for admission through online or offline mode. There are various colleges which provide direct admission to the BA program based upon marks scored in 10+2. Some colleges provide admission on the basis of marks scored in entrance test which are led by the department.

Following are a few entrance tests that are conducted by some of the BA Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism colleges in India:

  • Indian Institute of Journalism Entrance Exam
  • Indian Institute of Mass Communication Entrance Exam
  • Maharaja Agrasen College Entrance Exam
  • Mahatma Gandhi Mission College of Journalism and Mass Communication Entrance Exam

BA Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism: Eligibility 

The common eligibility criterion for pursuing BA Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism degree is qualifying 10+2 or equivalent examination in any discipline from a recognized board of the country. Some of the very reputed institutes and colleges demand a minimum of 50% marks in 10+2 or equivalent examination as eligibility criteria to secure admission to this program.

BA Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism: Top Institutes 

Given below are some of the top institutes in India that offer the course.

NAME OF INSTITUTE CITY AVERAGE ANNUAL FEES
Maharaja Agrasen College New Delhi INR 10,000
Garden City University Bangalore INR 76,000
Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University Jaipur INR 30,000
Dhanwate National College Nagpur INR 6,550
Suresh Gyan Vihar University Jaipur INR 87,100
Shoolini University Solan INR 53,300
Magadh University Gaya INR 7,000
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Bilaspur INR 2,000
Himachal Pradesh University Shimla INR 6,900
Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam INR 9,500
DAV College Amritsar INR 7,440
Punjabi University Patiala INR 7,400

BA Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism: Syllabus and Course Description

A year- wise break up of the course’s syllabus is tabulated below.

Year I Year II Year III
Advertising and Public Relations Editing National and International Affairs
Basic Audio and Visual Media History of Broadcasting Photo-Journalism
Fundamentals of Journalism History of Indian Journalism Radio Journalism
Media Laws and Indian Constitution Introduction to Mass Communication Reporting
Communicative English Media Laws and Ethics Research Methodology
Copywriting Media Management TV Journalism

BA Hons. in Mass Communication and Journalism: Career Prospects

In the present time, people want to know even about minor happenings around them. Radio, Newspapers, TV, and all the more recently Internet is different methods of spreading information and in all these Journalists plays a major role. Journalists cover all area, for example, Economics, Politics, Art, Sports, Culture, History, Entertainment, Business and many more other areas.

After the successful completion of this course, the candidate can work for companies and they can also work as a freelancer. The job role in this field may depend upon the organization in which they are working and their overall experience. If candidates have decent writing skills and excellent command over the language, if they can play with the words, then this career can get a great height. Taking a gander at the present scenario of the media industry in India it is increasing at a rapid rate, more than five news channel organizations are coming up every year so there is a good opportunity for a fresher, to be a part of them and achieve a decent post in a speedy traverse of time.  

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (Hons) in Mass Communication and Journalism annual salary
JOB POSITION JOB DESCRIPTION AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY
Screenwriter A Screenwriter is responsible to convert manuscripts into scripts for the purpose of television adaptation and filmmaking. INR 4 to 5 Lacs
Public Relation Officer Public Relation Officer(PRO) is responsible to utilize all media channels to manage, administer, develop and maintain the reputation of their clients. INR 2 to 3 Lacs
Freelance Content Writer Freelance content writers are responsible for editing blogs, writing news articles and developing factual content for the article. INR 2 to 3 Lacs
Journalist A Journalist is in charge of reporting and collecting news as well as events. A journalist can work for magazines, newspapers, news channels etc. INR 3 to 4 Lacs
Brand Executive Brand Executives are responsible for promoting and marketing activities including campaign development and media programme. INR 9 to 10 Lacs

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Fees and Financial Aid

I paid the year-wise amount, and it cost around 24,000 rupees. The tuition fees cost approximately 11000 rupees, and the stationery fees. There was no such thing as the cautioned fees mentioned. The registration fees for every semester cost around 480 rupees. The admission fees for every semester were 12000 rupees. When discussing the lab fees, it costs around 8000 rupees, which would further add to the tuition fees. It was different for SC and the ST students, while the fees were lowered to a certain level for them. The fees of the batchmates are lower than mine appro 180, but I don't remember it frankly. The available scholarship was the Swami vivekananda merit cum means scholarship for students whose families earn less than 3 lakh. It was available to all the students regardless of their race, caste, creed or gender. Kanyashree was also available to all the girls of the college.

Faculty

The faculty members of the college are very helpful to the students. They help in overcoming any problems faced by a student in order to take advantage of the facilities provided by a college. The facilities that I like the most was encouargement of the seminars and competition for the students that helped them to know their further capabilities. The best facilities are the library of the college, which is endowed with a lot of books. The facilities that I don't like were the lab facilities, which were limited to a particular number of students. The lab was a small room, and all the computers did not function in a proper manner. The exams are based on a semester mode. Two semesters were conducted in a year for students in a three-year course. They were moderate ones.


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Faculty

As previosuly stated, there were not toomany students in my course and hence, the facultyto student ratio was good, with all students getting individual attention when it was required. Some of the professors I liked were Dr. Divya Bhatnagar, Dr. Radhika Madan, Ms. Aditi Gupta, and Ms. Lydia Jose. They had a more easy going approach with the students and hence it was fun learning in their classes. I would rate the dificulty of exams to be medium, but they may vary from subject to subject. I persoally found the inclusion of subjects like Business and Economics irrelevant to my course, though I believe they are not icluded anymore.

Fees and Financial Aid

While I was studying at IILM University, the tuition fee was paid in six intervals, once every semester for a total of six semesters. The fee breakdown as as follows: At the time of admission - 90000 Jul 15, 2019 - 105000 Jan 15, 2020 - 105000 Aug 1, 2020 - 150000 Jan 15, 2021 - 150000 Aug 5, 2021- 150000 Jan 15, 2022 - 150000 I think scholarships are available, but I do not know further details about them.


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Fees and Financial Aid

In first sem you have to pay 30,000 approx including uniform, fest , security ,admission fee and tuition fee. From the next semester you have to pay tuition fee 10000 only as a whole fee. The course is completed in 90000 approx. Tuition fee 10000 Caution fee 6000 Uniform fee 8000 Registration fee 800 This is the whole fee without any deduction. If we will talk about scholarships. They are provided on 12th marks more than 80% , single daughter (50% fee deduction) , bpl raashan card , and Uttarakhand domicile.

Faculty

In our faculty of mass comm there are 8 teachers and they are pretty frank and good at their work. As about the course we have 8 subjects + 1 additional subject. (VAC) We have subjects like communication concept Communication skills Computer applications Society and media Print media Social media Photography EVS And additional subject options are Yoga , music , homescience , psychology , hindi , geography , and painting.


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Campus Life

The annual cultural fest 'srijan', held around jan-feb is a big deal. Performances, inter College competitions, a much needed break from the routine. The library is well stocked with journals, research papers etc. the classrooms have mic, projectors. Media lab has editing softwares like final cut pro, adobe, DSLR, lights, tripod for practicals. Extracurricular were active, debates, theatre, NSS and photography club was there. The campus was lively.

Fees and Financial Aid

Yearly it was around 62000 Tuition fees 57000 Caution fees varied Registration fees was included with the tuition fees Admission fees 30000 Development fees 2000 Lab fees included with tuition fee Miscellaneous fees included with tuition fee


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Faculty

Faculty and student relationship is like friendship . Their some faculties are rude but some faculties are very friendly . I like Arpita ma'am , jyoti Prakash sir , Anutri ma'am . I don't like Lopamudra ma'am she is so rude . And the best faculty is Arpita ma'am and Anutri ma'am

Campus Life

College fest held in April I think . Holi held in March . Every books are available in the library . Fan light , bench black board are available. Volleyball , basketball , football I don't like any political parties that's why I don't part of any parties of the college


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Fees and Financial Aid

This year for my sem 3 I paid 15,350 in total and the breakdown of it is as follows - Tuition Fee 7800 Maintenance Fee 450 Library Fee 100 Development Fee 400 Laboratory Fee 4000 Session Charges 800 College Exam. Fee 150 Students Aid Fund 45 Students Health Home Fee 5 Identity Card / Dup. Identity Card 70 Electricity Charges & Elec. Maintenance 900 Sports Fee 130 Gymnasium Fee 100 NAAC Fee 100 Add-on course fee 100 Job competency enhancement fee 200 And the 4th semester will be the same or the fees might increase, which happens after each semester, so my overall college fees this year for this particular course will stand at - 15,350 + 15,350(considering no hike), Rs 30,700

Course Curriculum Overview

I feel the theory part of our curriculum isn't much relevant or prepares for real - world applications, only some basic information is what I feel is necessary, although the lab and the practical part prepares us for real - world applications and teaches us a lot of things related to photography, news paper page building, survey report, etc. I believe they should have a better approach and teach more relevant real - world or in demand market skills which'll help the students in the future. Exams are conducted 2 times in a year, once between March - april, and second time between August - September.


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Course Curriculum Overview

There course includes practical knowledge very much which is helpful in future filmmaking, newspaper making ,radio voiceover are taught in the course which is quite interesting. Assignments sometimes are field work which is quite important. The teaching of theory papers can be improved .

Campus Life

Clubs are there but not active so much co circular activities can be improved college sports events and college sports teams should be made and maintenance of the sports room should be done.the gym equipments are old now should be changed


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5.0 /5
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Faculty

Our college contains all the faculties all the subject and departments a student needs. The teachers of every department are very helpful and kind. I'm from JMC Department and i like that very much. The teachers made us feel love ok our studies. BCOM also have a goof faculties. The honors are for 4yrs study and have 8semesters. Maximum student pass in the exam. The course is a professional and helpful for future.

Fees and Financial Aid

I pay 52000 per semester. There's no other charges in this college. We got every facilities. Only the students who get 90% in 12 can get the scholarships. The total fees of this course is 418000. Other caste need pay less amount than other general students. One friend of mine pay 32000 for the semester as he het sports quota.


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4.8 /5
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Placement Experience

In second semester the students become eligible to campus placement name of the companies are visited are some as the and other and take companies also some beautiful companies also want to give placement to our students yes there are 8.5 CGPA are the percentage to getting placements my plans after getting the degree is to get admission in I am say Delhi

Campus Life

There are so many in Olympic festival along the month tropically held that are Akshay Dandiya nights and everything like in letter in the harsh beniwal the spots and extra curriculum activity of foreign campus are very good because I think 40 to 50 students are go to sports in every year for National level come in our college


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Placement Experience

our collage has a robust placement cell the ensurs excellent opportunities across top industries. if no campus placements are available students are encouraged to build skills through internships, networking and certifications, enhancing employability post graduation

Campus Life

campus life is vibrant with diverse social activities active clubs fostered telent and event that encourages interaction modren infrastructure including librarys labs and recreational areas supportes learning and personal growth


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4.0 /5
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Fees and Financial Aid

Year wise,my fees is around 1 lakhs but I have got 50 percent scholarship because of my high secondary results.So I pay 28600 per semester which is around 57 thousand per annum and my batchmates pay around 1 lakhs per annum.

Placement Experience

The campus provides placements and internship From 3rd semester from various companies like amazon,nikon and so many and a huge percentage of students get the opportunity to be a part of it and grow their carrer


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Fees and Financial Aid

Year wise fees will be 66000. The tuition fees is 33000. Other batches fees are overall same in our college like between 32000- 35000 , also there are some courses which fees is much lowerer. There are many scholarships that the students can appeal for in our college.

Course Curriculum Overview

I like editing that's the very much way for me to choose this course.. and I think I will be able to study and do a good job on my interest in editing.. other than that I also like camera handling which also interest me to


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Fees and Financial Aid

Studying in Tara Devi Harakh Chand Kankaria Jain was always a dream for me it is a very good college offering many disciplines I am currently in my first year of Journalism hons with film studies the total course fee is around 3 lakhs which is totally worth it because of the faculty and facilities we have a studio room for learning about broadcasting news , a Mac lab for editing and also a voice over studio the professor's are very helpful overall a very good experience with the best of education facility

Faculty

The faculty is very nice, you can reach them anytime you want they will always consider your request and are cery helpful , I am from journalism batch , all the teachers are very friendly provide proper and clear inputs for building a good understanding the best part is a course is divided into diffrent units making it easy for us to learn


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Fees and Financial Aid

Fee Structure and Affordability: My yearly fees for APC College is quite affordable amounting ?6000 including Tution fee: 760/- Medical fee: 180/- admission fee: 150/- development fee: 900 and lab fee: 760 ( and others ). Also my other department batchmates fees is quite similar to mine, which varies from 6000- 7000 as per their practical class fees. This makes the college more accessible for every region students from various financial backgrounds. Workshops & Scholarship: The college provides a minimum of 5000 monthly scholarship for the students who demonstrate merit or require financial assistance. Additionally, the college regularly conducts workshops, both paid and non-paid, offering students practice exposure and enhance their learning experience. Facilities amd campus: APC college has a spacious campus with a lust green environment, and the infrastructure includes air-conditioned practical rooms, ensuring comfortable environment for studying,and student well-being.

Course Curriculum Overview

For the subject journalism and mass communication, this college is one of the best college among others, they provide monthly workshops and practical lessons for every student. And i also heard the best and some popular TV journalist, cameraman, cinematographer, director are the pass outs from our college. Also they arrange an real short film shooting workshop for free every year for every 3rd year students, last year Director Srijit Mukherjee came to teach us. So in the teaching methods are very good to actually learn practically about all these. One think which is not a good impression for me is they provide too much Holidays, and sometimes the teaching staff don't come without giving advance information to us. The state university conduct exams every 6 month ( semester exams) and if you study well you can easily get 7 points above CGPA.


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