
CHRIST (Deemed to University), Bangalore DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES School of Law
Syllabus for MA (Media and Communication Studies) Academic Year (2024)

1 Semester - 2024 - Batch
Course Code	Course	Type	Hours Per Week	Credits	Marks
MCN131	INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN132	RESEARCH FOUNDATION/PRINCIPLES	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN133	CONTEMPORARY INDIA	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN151AC	WRITING FOR ADVERTISING AND CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS	Core Courses	4	4	60
MCN151MJ	REPORTING AND EDITING	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN152	THEATRE IN PRACTICE	Generic Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN161A	PUBLIC SPEAKING	Generic Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN161B	CRITICAL REASONING	Generic Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN162A	PHOTOGRAPHY	Generic Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN162B	SOUND DESIGN AND PODCASTING	Generic Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN171	DESIGNING PRINCIPLES AND IMAGE ANALYSIS	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN181	IN-HOUSE INTERNSHIP	Internship	0	0	50
2 Semester - 2024 - Batch
Course Code	Course	Type	Hours Per Week	Credits	Marks
MAIS291	INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS	Interdisciplinary Elective Courses	4	4	100
MCN231	COMMUNICATION AND DEMOCRACY IN INDIA	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN232	MEDIA RESEARCH AND METHODS	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN251AC	PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN251MJ	BROADCAST JOURNALISM	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN252AC	PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF ADVERTISING	Core Courses	2	2	50
MCN252MJ-A	LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALISM	Discipline Specific Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN252MJ-B	BUSINESS JOURNALISM	Discipline Specific Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN271AC	COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN271MJ	JOURNALISM FOR SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE	Core Courses	2	2	50
MCN281A	DISSERTATION I	Project	2	2	50
MCN281B	PROJECT I	Project	2	2	50
MCN282	NGO INTERNSHIP	Internship	4	0	50
MCN291	CLIMATE CRISES, DISCOURSES AND ACTIONS	Interdisciplinary Elective Courses	4	4	100
MEL291	BORDERS, MIGRATIONS AND IDENTITIES	Interdisciplinary Elective Courses	4	4	100
MSA291	CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY	Interdisciplinary Elective Courses	60	4	100
3 Semester - 2023 - Batch
Course Code	Course	Type	Hours Per Week	Credits	Marks
MCN5013	INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN5023	MEDIA LAW, ETHICS AND POLICY	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN5033	PHOTO AND DOCUMENTARY JOURNALISM	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN5133	CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN5613A	DATA JOURNALISM	Discipline Specific Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN5613B	BUSINESS JOURNALISM	Discipline Specific Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN5713A	COPYWRITING AND ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGN PLANNING	Discipline Specific Elective Courses	2	2	100
MCN5713B	BRAND MANAGEMENT	Discipline Specific Elective Courses	4	4	100
MCN5813	DISSERTATION II	Core Courses	2	2	50
MCN5823	Internship III	Internship	2	0	50
4 Semester - 2023 - Batch
Course Code	Course	Type	Hours Per Week	Credits	Marks
MCN5024	INTERPRETATIVE JOURNALISM	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN5124	MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR	Core Courses	4	4	100
MCN5214A	VIRTUAL REALITY AND VISUAL TECH	Generic Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN5214B	ANIMATION AND GRAPHIC DESIGN	Generic Elective Courses	2	2	50
MCN5614	ENTREPRENEURSHIP	Core Courses	30	2	50
MCN5814	INTERNSHIP IV	Core Courses	4	4	50
MCN5824	POPULARISING THE DISSERTATION	Core Courses	2	2	50
MCN5834A	21ST CENTURY SKILLS	Core Courses	2	2	50
MCN5834B	21ST CENTURY SKILLS	Core Courses	2	2	50

Students can choose their prefered course from the elective as per the direction by the department
In addition to this, students are expected to complete three multi disciplinary courses before the end of third Sememter (Not applicable for student of Engineering, Hotel Management, Education, LLB and all Post Graduate Programmes)

CHRIST (Deemed to University), Bangalore

DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES

School of Law

Syllabus for MA (Media and Communication Studies) Academic Year (2024)

Syllabus for
MA (Media and Communication Studies)
Academic Year (2024)