Observation by Prof. R.K. Regmee, Chair of SHSS/KCC
KCC is effortful in serving the youths of Nepal. The tool it uses in the service is higher education system and the area covers vast fields of mass Communication, Journalism, Information Technology (IT) and management. Promoting the KCC-venture would contribute to the great cause of facilitating modern Nepalis of 20s and 30s to be efficient and informed human resources capsule of competing professionally and academically in the emerging job market of 21 century. It would be a focused, definite, positive help for the mighty task of building New Nepal.
Master of Mass Communication and Journalism
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Established in 2001 as the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, is devoted to graduate teaching and research in vivid fields of mass communication, journalism, and social sciences.
The Four-Semester MA MCJ program (two years) is an offer for students who want to earn a University degree with professional expertise and academic command in Mass Communication and Journalism. The MA MCJ program of Kantipur City College (KCC) is a timely response to the phenomenal growth of the mass media in Nepal and the need for competent, trained, professionals equipped with the latest development in information and communications technologies. The subject-based modules of the program arm the students with theoretical information, and the practical research work equips them with real professional talents.
This program is useful for both fresh graduates and working journalists. The major aims of the Program include:
• Enable students to have clarity in the media-related theoretical concepts, communication skills and practical experience necessary to pursue careers in media profession and media enterprises
• Impart knowledge through important research on the process, context and impact of mass communication, and develop appropriate research methods for the study of mass communication.
• Provide knowledge and experience essential to take academic and professional leadership in media institutions.
• Train students to apply information technology in the mass media.
• Build up skills to pursue the career as a journalist, communicator and media executive.
• Continue further education beyond Masters Degree.
The Degree
KCC’s longstandng excellence in IT education gives our graduates a surplus expertise in media technology and tools. With its graduates, KCC aspire to address the ever-growing need of information society that is greatly emerging in the nation.
MA MCJ Career
The MCJ graduates are prepared to conduct basic and applied research, to critique and use research produced by others, and for advancement as a professional communicator or mass communication educator/scholar. Students, who earn the degree from KCC, are in vital positions in academia, the private sector, non-profit organizations, or international organizations.
Labs
The major practical facilities under the School of Humanities and Social Sciences include a computer lab, photography lab, and an audio-visual lab. The audio-visual lab, equipped with recording and broadcasting equipment, includes the facility of Internet connectivity. The visual lab organizes a series of TV camera workshops for practical experience.
Library
The library provides seating space for 60 readers. It has more than 10,000 books and journals, plus video and audio CD, and other materials located in stacks.
Internship
Internship, allocated for Semester III, makes our students work in media and other organizations, and gain first-hand knowledge of workplace. Our internship requires students to maintain daily performance for four weeks, and meet regularly with their faculty advisor to discuss internship status, lessons learned, academic models addressed and other related issues.
Our student have interned recently from Image Nepal TV, Channel Nepal, Annapurna Post, RSS, Himal, nepalnews.com, Radio Nepal, Nepal TV, Kantipur TV, Sagarmatha TV and Avenues Television.
Seminars
Seminar is an integral part of the MA MCJ program. It mainly seeks students’ own initiatives regarding their roles in it. They can be the primary role players while the Department of Mass Communication becomes a facilitator. With the help of seminar as a process of learning, they can build up their public communication skills.
Project Work
Project work is a vital component of the MA MCJ program. Although the Purbanchal University has included it as a single credit course, it is more than or equivalent to three credits.
MA MCJ students in Semester I observe media coverage of varieties of issues and prepare a report. In doing this project work, they develop their critical and analytical perspectives on how media work. Similarly, Semester II project work equips students with skills in institutional profile writing while they focus on case study during Semester III.
The essence of project work is that students prove themselves as independent researchers, communicators and interpreters.
Media Production Course
Apart from the 71-credit University-accredited courses, KCC at its own costs offers a profession-oriented media production course equivalent to 9 credits, 3 credits in each semester, from Semester I to Semester III. In this course, students can practice media skills, applying theories.
Apart from the 71-credit University-accredited courses, KCC at its own costs offers a profession-oriented media production course equivalent to 9 credits, 3 credits in each semester, from Semester I to Semester III. In this course, students can practice media skills, applying theories.
Production Tour
The MA MCJ students, as they reach the Second Semester, are scheduled to visit some areas outside of the Kathmandu Valley and prepare some audiovisual material as a tour output.
Master’s Thesis
Master’s thesis, at KCC, emphasizes both theoretical creativity and substantive empirical research on important media issues, including political and socio-economic issues with links to communication discipline. Our students apply pragmatic approach to overview issues and conduct independent research under faculty advisors. They are required to exhibit a high standard of expository of obtaining and presenting a satisfactory solution to a problem.
Those seriously conducting thesis work in mass communication and journalism will emerge as media critics and analysts in addition to becoming normal communication researchers.
Some theses undertaken by our students include:
• Issues beyond the headlines• The practice of untouchability in the age of information revolution• Constitutional provision for right to information and Nepalese media after 1990.• Media Coverage of Medicinal and Aromatic plants in Nepal• Online News Portal in Nepal : An Exploratory Study• Media coverage of women politicians – a comparative study of four broadsheet dailies of Nepal• Educational Status of Dalits in Kathmandu: a situational analysis from communication perspective
MA MCJ Program Structure - 71 Credit Hours
The program is structured on four levels: foundation, core, capstone, and concentration. Completion of all the courses leads to the Masters Degree in MCJ. Students are required to complete altogether 25 courses totaling 71 credit hours (foundation courses: 18, core: 27, capstone: 6, concentration: 12, electives: 6, and 2 in summer project).
Admission Procedure
Students who have completed Bachelor’s degree level in any faculty with at least 50 percent of aggregate marks and interested in multidimensional aspects of mass communication and journalism can apply for the MA MCJ program in November of every year.
The initial process includes submitting a completed form and appearing for the proposed Entrance Test before an Oral Interview. Those able to clear the Entrance Test and the Oral Interview can be selected for the program.
However, the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism is not compelled to enroll all of those who pass the Entrance Test and the Oral Interview in case of the unavailability of seats. Decision is taken on merit basis.Scholarship
The Department of Mass Communication provides partial scholarships to working journalists as well as four candidates representing remote areas, the indigenous community, the underprivileged and the women. Besides this partial scholarship, semester toppers get waive-off of their semester fees.
MA MCJ FACULTIES
- Prof. R K RegmeeMA/PG Dip (UK)/Dip in Jou, Germany[Chair, School of Humanities and Social Sciences]- Mohan NepaliMA, English (TU)/MA MCJ (PU)Program Coordinator- Shreeram Singh BasnetMA/Dip in Mass Communication from India- Prof. Dr. Mahendra Singh(PhD. in Economics from India)- Laxmi Nath SharmaMA History ( TU)/Broadcast Development( Malaysia)- Tapanath SuklaPG Dip in Sound Recording & Engineering (Pune)- Er. Pradeep UpadyayaSound Engineer- Suresh Psd. AcharyaMAMCJ, PU- Kundan AryalMA MCJ, PU/Mphil (Focus on Media Studies)- Shankar BhattaraiMA, Economics (TU)/MM (Philippines)/Mphil (Pokhara)- Shailendra BasnetMCA, PU- Anish ShresthaMCA, PU- Yekraj PathakMA, TU (Sociology)/MA MCJ, PU- Janardan BistaMBA, TU/MA MCJ, PU- Sabin Chandra AcharyaMA, TU (English)/MA MCJ, PU- Indra RijalMA MCJ, PU- Saroj AdhikariPGDCS- Madhusudan ThapaPhotography- Shruti ShresthaMA MCJ, PU- Baburaja Shakya- Umesh ShresthaMA MCJ, PU- Rajiv TimalsinaSenior Officer Coordinator
Courses in the MA MCJ Program
FIRST SEMESTER 19 Credit Hours
MCJ 501 MC: Mass Communication: Theories and Practices 3MCJ 502 JOU: Modern Journalism: Principles and Trends 3MCJ 503 MC: Reporting/Editing or Term Paper 3MCJ 504 JOU: Electronic Media: History and Modern Trends 3MCJ 505 MC: Media Law 3MCJ 506 NUM: Fundamentals of Information System 3MCJ 507: Project I 1Media Production Non-credit
SECOND SEMESTER 19 Credit Hours
MCJ 521 MC: Mass Media Industry and Society 3MCJ 522 MC: News Products Marketing 3MCJ 523 MC: Research in Mass Communication 3MCJ 524 MC: Advanced Electronic Media 3MCJ 525 JOU: Comparative Study of the Media andJournalism in Nepal 3MCJ 526 NUM: Advanced Concepts in Electronic Publication 3MCJ 527 Project II: Institutional Profile Writing 1Media Production Non-credit
THIRD SEMESTER 18 Credit Hours
MCJ 601 MC Mass Communication and Advertisement 3MCJ 602 JOU Mass Media and Public Relations 3MCJ 603 NUM Multimedia application 3MCJ 604 JOU Internship 2MCJ 605 MC SAARC Media 3MCJ 606 JOU Print JournalismORMCJ 607 JOU Broadcast Journalism 3MCJ 608 Project III Case Study 1Media Production Non-credit
FOURTH SEMESTER 15 Credit Hours
MCJ 611 JOU Media Management 3MCJ 612 MC Thesis 6Elective I 3Elective II 3
FOURTH SEMESTER ELECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MCJ 613 MC: Media and GenderMCJ 614 JOU: Development JournalismMCJ 615 JOU: Science and Environmental JournalismMCJ 616 JOU: Court ReportingMCJ 617 MC: Public CommunicationMCJ 618 MC: International CommunicationMCJ 619 MC: Alternative Media PracticesMCJ 620 NUM: Cyber PublishingMCJ 621 Opt: Term papers on various sectors of mediaMCJ 622 Opt: Term paper on practical projects of audio,or audio-visual or photojournalism
Major Features:
• Videography—shooting and editing• Documentary making• Script writing• Sound recording and editing• Writing clinic• Seminar• One-to-one research guidance• Production Tour
Some testimonials from ex-students
Many MA MCJ products engaged in big media houses, NGOs, InGOs and UN bodies themselves prove their worth. Basically, the MA MCJ program is useful especially for developing power of media criticism analysis research and presentation skills.
Kundan Aryal
[Journalist. Media Educator—First Batch]
The MA MCJ program is very productive. It opens up door to communication knowledge and subsequent opportunities.
Yam Bahadur Dura
[Journalist/Media Educator ]
The MA MCJ program is an exemplary one at KCC. So many get engaged while they are still undergoing semester plans. You can find so many students engaged in media teaching as well as in media houses. It has provided more confidence to those who working journalists. The MA MCJ course is a success story.
Jayaram Gautam
[Journalist/Media Educator]
The program proved very fruitful to me. It is inspiring and confidence-boosting.
Shambhu Kattel [Journalist/Media Educator]