It is now official! The end of Mass Communication degree programme in Nigerian universities has been okayed by the National Universities Commission. Eight new degrees have emerged from Mass Communication which is gradually being phased out from Universities in Nigeria.
The NUC has approved the Curriculum for the unbundling of the Mass Communication Programme in Nigerian universities. This has resulted in the emergence of Eight Degree-awarding Programmes and the phasing out of the single BSc/BA Degree Programme in Mass Communication currently offered in different Faculties in different universities.
The Eight new Programmes/Departments, to be domiciled in a Faculty / School / College of Communication and Media Studies are: Journalism & Media Studies, Public Relations, Advertising, Broadcasting, Film & Multi-Media Studies, Development Communication Studies, Information & Media Studies. and Strategic Communication Studies.
It would be recalled that the Draft Document comprising the Curricula for seven new Programmes was submitted to the NUC on 5th February 2018 (the eight programme was added much later) at a ceremony attended by a wide variety of Stakeholders including eminent Professors of Mass Communication/Communication Studies from many universities spread across the six geo-political zones of the country; Regulatory Agencies such as the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Nigerian Press Council (NPC); Professional Bodies such as the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and Radio, Television and Theater Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU); Media Organizations such as the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA); Print Media Journalists; and International Development Agencies such as UNESCO, UNICEF, the MacArthur Foundation among others.
Click here to see details of the eight new courses to replace mass communication degree
Hmmmm
That’s not bad anyway. The students will be pushed to a particularity.
Beautiful