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What is the difference between BA in journalism and mass communication and b.sc in journalism and mass communication?


Rahul 21st Jan, 2019
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Sunita Singh 8th Oct, 2021

School of Journalism and Film Production, LPU, is a leading teacher education institution in northern India. The school offers courses from journalism, TV and film industries from Bachelors to doctorate level. The courses are recognised by UGC. The School has an enriched library with huge stock of books, reference materials and journals (print, electronic as well as online), and modern lab facilities to support teaching, learning and research. The School follows professional curriculum in its academic programmes. It also holds seminars and conferences at national and international levels. The students are also provided with mandatory curricular inputs as employment enhancement activities to prepare and clear competitive tests
The curriculum is modelled on UGC framework with added focus on strengthening communication skills, life skills training and professional enhancement for better employability. Training for entrepreneurship in the field of education is given focus. Students get opportunities to participate in field based learning experiences and national reconstruction activities. Some highlights:-
-Internationally accepted degree-Exposure to real situations through in-house and external visits. -Manual as well as computerized designing skills. -Practical hands-on training
- Production process: From Pre-production to post production
- In-house initiatives of YTV and newspaper
- Practical training in labs and studios: Sound Studio, Video studio, Photography studio, Computer lab
- Course Content: acting, direction, script writing, storyboard, cinematography, video editing, sound designing, Photography, Documentary film making, Film Marketing. LPU provides a great academic exposure to its students. It provides a chance to the students to attend guest lectures or workshops, so that they get to learn as much as they can. The students also work on live projects, so that they are able to apply their knowledge to practical settings. It is one of the few that has embraced international practices when it comes to designing a curriculum. Therefore I believe LPU is good in all the aspects.

Shagun Tiwari 23rd Jan, 2019



BA and B.Sc in journalism and mass communication are more or less the same course. They are named differently because of affliation to different universities and their consideration of the subject as a part of either arts or science. I would suggest you to check the list of subjects before joining the course.

Coming to the colleges that offer the course, there are a few top colleges namely;

  • Lady Shriram College for women, New Delhi;
  • St. Xaviers College, Mumbai;
  • Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (Under Graduate) - [SIMCUG], Pune;
  • Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi
  • Film and Television Institute of India, Pune

These colleges have their own specified eligibility criteria which includes clearing an entrance test. Apart from these institutions, I would like to bring to your knowledge that some news channels have their own specialized training and course that they offer to aspiring talent in journalism and mass communication.

All the very best!


Shaurya Sharma 21st Jan, 2019
Hello Rahul,

It is more or less the same, the changes could differ in the curriculum offered under the 2 mentioned courses. Also, the difference lies in the type of degree offered and the University affiliation for the mentioned courses and the institutes.
Difference between Mass Comm. and Journalism.

In order to know the best colleges for this field use the link below:
https://media.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-media-journalism-colleges-in-India

Hope this helps.

Good luck!!
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