All students studying at the MSJ Department are required to undertake an internship in an area of media and communication that interests them. By their final semester of study, students are required to seek out a suitable organization for an internship to experience the dynamics of working in a real organization. These may be unpaid or occasionally paid, depending on the employer. The duration of the internship is usually from 8 to 12 weeks. Students are expected to work as per the working hours, roles, and conditions set by the employer, which is to be negotiated between the host organizations and the students.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: 00310124298 / MSJ4298
Course Name:
Internship
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: 00310124299 / MSJ4299
Course Name:
Portfolio
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
All students studying at the MSJ Department must create a portfolio over the course of their study. By their final semester of study, students are required to have a file that will showcase the key projects of certain courses that they had taken during their undergraduate study. PLOs 6,7, and 8 will be judged through the portfolio. These PLOs judge whether a student has developed enough communication skills in both English and Bengali, whether the student has demonstrated the ability to manipulate computer software programs and other IT-related equipment, and whether the student has produced an acceptable body of work to join the media and communication industry.
Course Code: 00310546234/ MSJ 6234
Course Name:
Professional Development 1
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
These courses prepare students for future professional career in at least three communication fields through practical experiences. Students are required to produce implementable communication projects according to the need of the organization they work for. Outputs of the courses include (but not limited to) documentary, policy paper, SBCC campaign, strategy paper, etc.
Course Code: 00310546236/ MSJ 6236
Course Name:
Professional Development 3
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
These courses prepare students for future professional career in at least three communication fields through practical experiences. Students are required to produce implementable communication projects according to the need of the organization they work for. Outputs of the courses include (but not limited to) documentary, policy paper, SBCC campaign, strategy paper, etc.
Course Code: 02110122102 / MSJ2102
Course Name:
Multimedia Communication 1
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
In this course, students can utilize their interests and capabilities in a variety of subjects and media. They can create an atmosphere that immerses the viewer into a sensory, emotional, and knowledgeable experience. Classes include image processing software learning, artist’s studio/exhibition visit, demonstrations, and presentations by the instructor, and visiting artists for acquiring skills useful in installation and performance art. Students undertake workshops, gallery/studio visits, reports, seminars, critiques, other cultural events, and the curriculum integration visual exhibition. Expanding the physical boundaries of art, students learn to incorporate a variety of media, including found objects, videos, photographs, digital arts, paintings, drawings, music, sound effects, sculptural materials, human body in their work. At the end of the course, students realize their ability to express a message to the public in an innovative way.
Course Code: 02110123132 / MSJ3132
Course Name:
Writing for Film and Television
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course focuses on the basics of scriptwriting for film and television productions to equip the students with required knowledge and skills on the art and craft of writing screenplay for the contemporary industry. Students will be taught about the steps of developing entertainment film script and information film script (TVC/Documentary/PSA etc.). They will also learn about standard script formats. During the course, student are expected to write two scripts, one for entertainment film and another for information film.
Course Code: 02150123131 / MSJ3131
Course Name:
Media Presentation and Performance
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course helps students to develop their skills to perform in front of the camera. This includes script writing and character building, acting, voice and speech recording, presentation, pronunciation and articulation, basic fitness, and posture training along with styling, grooming, make-up, and costume designing. Emphasis will be placed on lectures, practical studio work, and presentations, which are designed to give students a solid foundation of creative skills and techniques to pursue a challenging career in film and television industries.
Course Code: 02150123243 / MSJ3243
Course Name:
Speech Writing and Public Speaking
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills of speechwriting and public speaking in its fullest form by teaching them about the various forms of speeches (i.e., business announcements, congressional testimonies, eulogies, political speeches, commencements, etc.) and how to construct them based on the subject, environment, context and audience. The course will require all students to study relevant topics analyses famous speeches in the first half of the semester. The latter half of the semester will require students to plan and write their own speech based on a non-controversial assigned topic and orate it in class. The midterm examination will test the theoretical knowledge of speechwriting and public speaking, while the final examination will test their ability to successfully construct and deliver a speech on their own.
Course Code: 02230545102/ MSJ 5102
Course Name:
Ethics in Media and Communication
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course equips the students with ethical and moral principles surrounding media and communication professions in Bangladesh. Students develop an understanding and appreciation of these issues and the ability to analyze the important ethical issues involved with the media and communication industry in Bangladesh as well as in the world. Also, students are introduced to the rudiments of research ethics in this course.
Course Code: 02310545103/ MSJ 5103
Course Name:
Technical Writing
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course equips students with practical, academic, and technical writing skills such as essay, research reports, project plans/proposals, project reports, etc. The students develop skills in presentation of specialized information in an accessible way to a variety of different audiences who expect clarity, accuracy, critical analysis, and professionalism. As such, the course stresses the key skills that highlight a successful professional technical communicator; specifically, the focus on the process of writing (including the planning, drafting, and revising stages).