MA Mass Communication - final call

22 May. For the benefit of those who applied late for MA (Journalism & Mass Communication), we will have a final round of test and interviews NEXT WEEK (in the last week of May). A few applicants have not yet submitted the hard copy of their applications. If you have not done so, please do it immediately. Next week on, we will not accept any application for Mass Communication programme.

For those who contacted us by phone/email: If you are applying now, please ensure that before you click 'submit' application online, take a print out - hard copy, and then 'submit'. After that take a photocopy of your hard copy and submit one the office IMMEDIATELY.

And when you come for entrance test and interview, please get that copy of your application, along with any port folio, and your parents/ guardians.
Keep visiting this blog for more updates.

MA Journalism and Mass Communication - Candidates Selected for Interviews

St Joseph's College Autonomous, Bangalore - 560027

Department of Communication

Candidates selected for interviews in MA Journalism and Mass Communication

Date: 15 April 2015

Time: 9.30am

Venue: PG Director's Office, PG Block, St Joseph's College

Name                                               App. No.

1. Varun Rao                                  16302

2. Jisa Mathew                               28120

3. Claude Abraham D'Souza         16030

4. Sonam Rai                                 16476

5. Reevan V. Rego                         16155

6. Rajiv Tewari                               28031

7. Shirsha Majumdar                      16230

8. Anup Marma                              28049

9. Akshaitha S.                               28032

10. Berlinda Bobam                           ---

11.Ajay Stephan Kumar                 16430

12. Senjam Henna Chanu               28107

13. Vikri Sakhre                              28097

14. Rashmi PK                                28078

15. Anantha                                     28161

16. Priyanka R. Chhabria                28145

17. Savya Shankar                          16467

18. Andrea Aruna A                        28024

19. Shristi Thapliyan                          ----

20. Pavan S.                                        ----

21. Soviet Mukhya                          28095

22. Sree Laxmi                                28117

23. Srimati P                                   16126.

Note: 

1. Candidates are requested to come for interview with their parents/ guardians with their ID proof

2. Please get all your documents (till the latest available) and any Communication / Media work you may have done to tell us why you are interested at studying this Masters Programme

3. You are expected to get a photocopy of your application form

4. The candidates above have been listed randomly

-------- 

* Those not shortlisted here, may contact us after second test to be held on 17/5/2015.

* The second entrance test for the same programme will  be held on 17 May 2015 (Sunday)1 at St Joseph's College Bangalore. Those who missed today's test, those who were not invited for any reason and those freshly applying could contact us and appear for that. The test will be followed by interviews on 18 and 19 May 2015.

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.
-----------
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.

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

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

B.Voc. programmes to be launched on Monday 30 June 2014

                         B.Voc. programmes to be launched on Monday 30 June 2014

29 June. Here comes the final update about starting our two ambitious under graduate programmes - B.Voc. or Bachelor of Vocation.

B.Voc. (Visual Media and Filmmaking) and B.Voc. (Digital Media and Animation) - VMF and DMA- will be launched on Monday at 9.30 a.m. at Loyola Hall (in the newly constructed Auditorium building; the two halls -Arrupe and Loyola- are on ground floor of the old/main block, whereas the Auditorium in on the second floor).

All the students are requested to be in attendance for the Inauguration to be followed by Orientation.
While the Rector Fr Brian Pereira SJ, Principal Fr Dr Praveen Martis SJ, Director of PG Studies and Research Centre and HOD, Communications (Mass Comm, Visual Communication and B.Voc.) Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ will present from the Management and College side, Mr Abhaya Simha (distinguished filmmaker and alumnus, St Aloysius College) will be the key-note speaker at the orientation.

Fr Pradeep Anthony with Communications faculty and Vice Principals will be present, too.

College Opens on 09 June

03 June. For the new-comers, the College will open on Monday 09 June 2014. All those who have secured (UG & PG) admission to the College will assemble in the College Auditorium at 8.45 a.m., for a common programme.
After the common programme, each Department will have take over it students.

Soon after this common programme, the Mass Communication (PG) and Visual Communication (BVC - UG) students will proceed to the Xavier Hall, PG Block (kindly visit this space for any last minute changes) for a full-day orientation. Hence, kindly make arrangements for your lunch.

College Opening on 03 & 09 June
The College has already opened for the academic year 2014-15. On 28-30th May, the Junior staff of the College attended a three-day orientation.

On 02 June, all the staff of the College had an orientation conducted by Dr Divya Paul and Fr Pradeep Sequeira SJ - on Listening!

And on 03 June (Tuesday), the "senior" students re-commence their academic journey at St Joseph's College. All the students will be present, since this is a very important day for the office purpose, besides for the students.

And on 09 June, all the freshers (UG & PG) begin their Josephite Academic Journey at 8.45 in the morning in the College Auditorium. 
After the common orientation, the UG students and PG students will have separate programmes conducted for them.

As for M.S. Communication students, please remember, you will have an all-day programme. Please come prepared for that. You would love it; sure, won't be happy missing it!

Entrance Test for Mass Comm, VisComm and other UG Courses

St Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bangalore will conduct its last set of entrance exams for MS Communication, Visual Communication (VisComm or BVC) and other under graduate programmes on 18 May 2014.
Please ensure you come prepared in your stream.
For MS Comm, you need to show that you are familiar with the world around - read newspapers, watch TV News Channels, visit news websites, etc. And then you may have to demonstrate your aptitude for the course with a few short essays.
Similarly for Bachelors in Visual Communication (BVC or VisComm) - you need to show that you are creative to pursue these studies. Also are expected some familiarity with various media including news media. Get your creative files with you.

Other disciplines will demand that you know about those respective fields a bit - if not much. Definitely, we look for good learning attitude.

The entrance tests will shortlist candidates for interviews. 
For MS Comm and VisComm (BVC), the candidates will have to keep 2-3 extra days, for personal interviews. The selected candidates-list will be announced on 18th (Sunday) evening - both on this blog and the college website.
Most probably, the successful BVC candidates will have their interviews on Monday (19th) followed by MS Comm students on 20th, and some local students will be interviewed on Wednesday.
For any question/clarification, please contact Fr Richie on +91-9448-5464-25 or