Ibru Village, Agbarha-Otor

Ughelli North, Delta State, Nigeria

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Department of Mass Communication

The Department of Mass Communication commenced academic activities in October 2019; 2019/2020 academic session. Like other departments in the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences (FMSS), the department is certain to enjoy a degree of autonomy in its academic and administrative activities, subject to the overall control of the Dean of the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, and the University Senate. At present, the department has no students’ enrolment.

 

In line with the National Universities Commission (NUC) Benchmark Minimum Average Standards (BMAS) for Undergraduate programmes in Nigerian Universities (Social Sciences), the department is expected to offer a four-year degree programme leading to the award of the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Mass Communication. The department would enable the students to obtain a general grounding in all aspects of Mass Communication.

The philosophy and mission of B.Sc. Mass Communication programme is to offer an undergraduate professionally oriented programme for the aspiring Nigerian Journalists, Communicators, Broadcasters, Public Relations and Advertising practitioners; To bridge the divergent perspectives of Newsgathering and dissemination.

  • To provide the Mass Communication Students with the opportunity to master the art of communicating with the masses that transcends all disciplines, whether in writing or broadcasting for an online website at 9.00 p.m. daily. Newscast, or writing a speech for the Company Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or writing Advertising or Public Relation copy to sell or promote a product to the masses.
  • To instill in the mass communication students the ability to respect deadlines and work under constant pressure.
  • To train and encourage Nigerian Mass Communicators to be effective communicators by being able to think quickly, research creatively and WRITE OR BROADCAST concisely to the mass audience.
  • To train Nigerian media men and women that would act as the trustees of the public trust and that would be socially responsible to the communities they serve by being accurate, fair, balanced and objective in their reportage of societal issues.
  • To produce Nigerian Mass Communicators who will continue to protect the basic principles of the PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO KNOW as the fourth branch of government or the Fourth Estate of the Realm.
  • It is expected that at the end of the degree programme in mass communication, the mass communication graduate should be able to differentiate “Soft News” from “Hard News”, Truth from falsehood, responsible Journalism from irresponsible Journalism.
  • At the end of the degree programme in Mass Communication; it is expected that the graduate should be equipped enough to establish his/her own Newspapers, Magazines, Public Relations and Advertising Agencies, or even his/her own radio and/or television stations.
  • Provide the students with the necessary skills for studying and analyzing society.
  • To offer an undergraduate professionally oriented programme for the aspiring Nigerian Journalists, Communicators, Broadcasters, Public Relations and Advertising practitioners.
  • To train and/or retrain Nigerian Journalists, Broadcasters, Public Relations and Advertising practitioners for leadership positions in the mass media organisations in Nigeria and the world.
  • To raise and sustain the professional status of Journalism in Nigeria.
  • To bridge the divergent perspectives of Newsgathering and dissemination; etc.
  • The Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Mass Communication is designed to provide students with a firm and Professional grasp in their area of study and to give them a broad intellectual background in their discipline.
  • Therefore, it is expected that at the end of the degree programme in mass communication, the mass communication graduate should be able to differentiate “Soft News” from “Hard News”, Truth from falsehood, responsible Journalism from irresponsible Journalism;
  • At the end of the degree programme in Mass Communication; it is expected that the graduate should be equipped enough to establish his/her own Newspapers, Magazines, Public Relations and Advertising Agencies, or even his/her own radio and/or television stations.


There are two levels of admission into the Mass Communication Programme: – UTME and Direct Entry.

 

Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)

A minimum of five (5) units in the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination or in the General Certificate Examination G.C.E. ‘O’ Level, or NECO, – National Examination Certificate or their equivalents. The five (5) units must include English Language and Mathematics and must be obtained in not more than two sittings. An acceptable UTME score is also required.

 

Direct Entry

Direct Entry candidates must obtain the professional Diploma in Mass Communication of any University approved by the Senate of the University with not less than a GPA of 3.0. Candidates with GCE ‘A Level’ are no longer considered for direct entry in Mass Communication because of the subject combinations and lack of professional foundation in advanced level subjects. Such candidates are advised to take the UTME.

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