Time for Entrance Examinations at SJC Bangalore - 2015-16

26 March. Admissions for all the Under Graduate (UG) and Masters or Post Graduate (PG) programmes have begun. All admissions are done online.

You may go to the College website and read the application form very carefully and see what criteria do you need (especially for PG programmes, you need a minimum of 50% marks in your UG studies).

This year, the first entrance test for Mass Communication (degree is called M.A., no more M.S., since that is all-India nomenclature to be had under the UGC guidelines) will be held on 12th or 14th April.

[By the way, UGC mean, University Grants Commission, the highest autonomous body monitoring higher education in India!]

What to study? How to prepare? What to prepare? What questions will be asked? These are some of the common question you will have.

Simple: the 'portion' will consist mostly of - your reading habit and passion!
i) current affairs - what have you learnt about the world around you from media - print, TV, Radio, web, etc? Political, social, cultural, media, economic affairs, etc? If you read newspapers and visit news websites and watch TV channels, you would know!

ii) Something about the media houses/agencies themselves - newspapers, editors, anchors, publishers, owners, etc.

iii) Emerging trends in media - any buying and selling, any special ads and campaigns, social media issues, etc
iv) Do you have writing and language skills? If you have them, you are welcome.

Please remember, the MA Programme is going to be really interesting one; but very challenging too! It hectic, demanding, very useful - intended to shape you into a professional, teaching you how to handle maximum pressure, how to manage your time amid many things - at the same time!

If you think you are coming only for a degree, this programme is not for you! Better look for some other university or college.
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BVC - BA in Visual Communication or Visual Arts:
The 3-year UG programme BVC or VisComm or Visual Communication has been renamed B.A. (Visual Communication or Visual Arts). That is what the UGC has suggested all the colleges/ universities in India to do)
Your first entrance exam will be on 12 April - followed by interviews.
You will be tested on your knowledge of visual media and various visual arts - films, graphics, photographs, cartoons, etc. There could be a (slightly) little writing too!

World Media Ethics Day
The Dept of Communication (Post Graduate Mass Communication and three Under Graduate programmes Visual Communication, Visual Media & Film Making and Digital Media & Animation) joined rest of the media community world over in keeping the World Media Ethics day on 19/9/2014.

We had nearly 200 students attending this International workshop which was conducted in association with Centre for International Media Ethics (CIME), London, UK and Dept of Communication, St Joseph's College Autonomous, Bangalore.
Mr M. D. Sharath, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crime Division and Mr Naa Viajayashankar, author and social media expert were our resource persons.

You could read a report with pictures at http://richardrego.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/scaena-social-media-data-security-and-copyright-with-cime/

And a short video done by Sreerag of Visual Media and Film Making at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv8DUpGc-MQ&feature=youtu.be

Croatian Dancer Trains B.Voc Students

Maja Drobac, a Croatian dancer, with her saha-shishye Chitra Arvind, enthralled the B.Voc. students with their workshop.
Maja is a Croatian lady, an expert in contemporary dance, has also learned Bharata Natyam in Bangalroe for eight years with Ms Lalita Srinivasan.
The three-hour workshop, which included demonstrations on aesthetics of dance and body movement, also ensure that the students get enough practice to be "physical", and practical tips on how to use body and movements in film and animation.
Maja, an avid admirer of Jan Fabre, spoke with absolute mastery over Indian classical, Western ballet, and contemporary dances, and very specially comparing and contrasting Indian with Western practices in depicting body, eros, and spirit in arts. She is also a trained film director.

As part of the workshop, Chitra Arvind also demonstrated three capsules of Bharata Natyam.
St Joseph's College has launched two Bachelor of Vocation (B.Voc.) courses at Under Graduate level: Visual Media and Film Making and Digital Media and Animation.

This is the TV News episode number 7 from the second year (Master's) students of Mass Communication (PG) St Joseph's College Autonomous - completely produced in-house by them
http://youtu.be/XGmVg4Mbsh0

JMF News - St Joseph's College Mass Comm Students' News Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjomQcDHAR8&feature=youtu.be

International Personalities at B.Voc Workshops at St Joseph's College Bangalore
13 July. Mr Siddharth Sinha, internationally known and awarded film writer and award winning film-maker, from Bollywood, is at St Joseph's College Bangalroe to conduct a workshop for the B.Voc (Visual Media & Film Making) students, whereas Dr M.S. Murthy, internationally acclaimed artists, with a number of solo exhibitions and awards, will be with us from Monday (14 July 2014) to conduct a workshop for B.Voc (Digital Media and Animation)  on Visual Arts and Drawing!
With great names come great responsibilities! The workshops will ensure the students stick to their learning day and night!

B.Voc. to do Workshop with Bollywood Filmmaker & Scriptwriter
08 July. Siddharth Sinha, award winning filmmaker and scriptwriter, will conduct a workshop for B.Voc. (Bachelor of Vocation) students in the next week. The first part of the full-day workshop lasting a week will take place at St Joseph's College Autonomous, Bangalore.

This year, St Joseph's College Autonomous, Bangalore, has started two regular and full-time B.Voc. programmes in Visual Media and Film Making and Digital Media and Animation.