The National Universities Commission, NUC, has phased out Mass
Communication degree in Nigerian universities.
The commission said it had unbundled Mass Communication into seven
separate degree programmes to meet current demands.
The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, said this would
take effect from the 2020 university admission year.
Speaking at Abuja yesterday, the NUC boss disclosed that Mass
Communication had been unbundled into Media Studies, Public Relations
Studies, Cinematography and others.
He stated that the seven new programmes/departments to be domiciled in a Faculty/ School/College of Communication and Media Studies are
Journalism and Media Studies, Public Relations, Advertising,
Broadcasting, Film and Multi-Media Studies, Development Communication
Studies, Information and Media Studies.”
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