Delhi University (DU) has finally launched its five-year integrated course, Bachelors in Journalism (BJ) and Masters in Journalism (MJ), with the online registration starting on August 23. The course would be taught in two mediums — English and Hindi — with 60 seats in each. The online registration will close on September 8 and the entrance examination would be conducted on September 17.
"We have been planning this course from over a year and finally it is here. The admission would be held on September 23, 24 and 25 while the classes would start on September 26 at the DU’s Cluster Innovation Centre," Manasvini M Yogi, OSD Delhi School of Journalism told The Pioneer.
last year, DU Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi had tabled the vision document of what he called "DU's own Columbia School of Journalism" at the Academic Council in July.
The program includes teaching of four foreign languages (French, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic) and two regional languages (Tamil and Bengali) in ten semesters. A student is to select one foreign language and one regional language.
Students with 50 perc ent in Class XII (irrespective of the streams) will be eligible to apply for the entrance test. "The entrance test will examine the candidate's proficiency in general knowledge and current affairs, and analytical and comprehension skills. The entrance test will be designed with the comparable standard of competitive exams at the national level for Class XII students."
Yogi explained, "After three years, the students wishing to exit with the Bachelor’s degree may leave seats vacant to which new students will be allowed to apply through an entrance test for the Post Graduation course."
The syllabus is designed as per the CBCS scheme. The five year integrated program has 28 core courses, two ability enhancement compulsory courses, two ability enhancement elective courses (skill based), four general elective courses and four discipline specific elective courses and dissertation as per the UGC guidelines.
The online registration fee for General and Other Backward Caste categories is Rs 500, while for the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Persons with Disability would be charged Rs 250.
"The course is designed with equal weightage on classroom lectures (50% Credits) and assignments/projects and internship (50% Credits). Students need to produce newsletters and documentaries, broadcast news bulletins, and multimedia contents of broadcast standards. The learning process will be adequately supported by a state of the art media lab cum studio."