The course is designed to present a general survey of the media laws in Bangladesh including a historical perspective, the socio-economic aspects as well as specific laws relating to the media. These include the issues of defamation, libel versus slander and how to avoid defamation suites. This course also looks at issues of access and equity, privacy and personal usage of the media in a global and national context.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: MSJ 411 (New)
Course Name:
Media and the Law
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: MSJ 414
Course Name:
Electronic Journalism
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course focuses on the theory and practice of radio and television journalism. Topics include growth and development of mass media, program scheduling, distinctive electronic reporting styles, the impact of studio production on reporting, the commercial realities of electronic reporting, news casting and news script writing for both radio and television. Electronic News Gathering (ENG) will also constitute a significant part of this course and will be practiced in the media lab in structured simulations where students will gather news related footage and then edit it.
Course Code: MSJ 418
Course Name:
Political Journalism
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The principles of political reporting will be taught to students in the context of the media in Bangladesh, which is dominated by political news and party political activities. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are required to negotiate this complex mediascape and become successful political journalists. The course will discuss in detail the Bangladeshi political parties, their background, ideologies and practices. How to build sources in political parties and extract exclusive information will also be taught in the course. In addition comparative case studies will feature in the course as a means of introducing students to alternative models of political reporting.
Course Code: MSJ 419
Course Name:
Sports Journalism
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The reporting of sporting events is a major feature in almost all the mainstream media because of its large readership or audience. Sports journalists require specialist skills to cover and report on the games properly. Writing techniques required are also different from other news writing and reporting styles. The course will help students understand different sports and how to report for different media – electronic and print. Beside class lectures, assignments will develop the necessary skills by visiting and reporting on major and minor sports events.
Course Code: MSJ 421 (New)
Course Name:
Business Beat Reporting 1
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course serves as the foundation for business journalism knowledge, with an emphasis on practical skills. It explores how to cover traditional “beats”, such as the national and global economies, markets and corporations. Students will learn to follow free-markets and planned economies; the legal, financial and social roles of public and private corporations; how to track corporations through public filings and how to read essential economic indicators and corporate documents to determine economic performance. Students will produce news stories for a general audience about current business topics.
Course Code: MSJ 422 (New)
Course Name:
Business Beat Reporting 2
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course builds on Business Beat Reporting 1, expanding basic knowledge to include coverage of government regulatory bodies, banking, natural resources and agriculture. Students will compare Bangladeshi media coverage of the economy and business, as well as produce their own business news stories for class assignments. The skills taught include reading audits and budgets.
Course Code: MSJ 430
Course Name:
Advanced TV Production
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course introduces students to the concept of co-operative work required to produce a TV program. Specific exercises designed to encourage group work covering all major phases of production will be given. On completion of the course, students will be able to produce for public screening a short fiction TV production or documentary film. The production format is DV and HDV video.
Course Code: MSJ 431
Course Name:
Video Communication II
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course introduces students to the rigours of live broadcasting including digital interlacing, uplink and downlink of satellite signals, bandwidth, studio versus outdoor broadcasting and management of resources. It builds upon the skills taught previously, focusing particularly on pre-production, lighting and sound. The production format is DV and HDV video.
Course Code: MSJ 431 (New)
Course Name:
Documentary Production
Prerequisite:
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This intermediate course will teach students how to produce a short documentary digital film. Aspects of planning, location shooting, interviewing, editing and sound will be covered. At the end, students will produce a short documentary for public screening. Students are expected to work cooperatively in clearly defined production roles.
Course Code: MSJ 432 (New)
Course Name:
Fictional Narrative Production
Prerequisite:
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This intermediate course will teach students how to produce a short narrative digital film, exploring both open & closed story structures. Aspects of production design will be covered. At the end, students will produce a short fictional story for public screening. Students are expected to work cooperatively in clearly defined production roles.