Integrated M. Sc. in Visual Communication from Karunya University

Updated on: Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Karunya University will offer a unique five-year integrated M. Sc. programme in Visual Communication for those who have completed Plus-Two. Visual communication covers an array of multi-disciplinary subjects such as graphic design and typography, idea-sketching skills and drawing; commercial photography and photojournalism, film making and appreciation, visual phenomena such as fashion, advertising strategies and campaign conceptualisation, layout and designing, scripting and television production, interactive multimedia and informational graphics / publication design, media knowhow and cultural studies.

The Department of Electronics and Media Technology of the university offers a five-year integrated M. Sc. Visual Communication (Animation and Multimedia) programme within the ten-sequence semester pattern. This innovative course offers flexibility of getting a Bachelor of Science degree after three years in case the student wishes to discontinue and a Master of Science degree on completion of the course after five years.

The course will equip the students with skills for providing professional consultancy services in communication to working photographers, editors, visualisers, newspapers, magazines, photographic departments, trade associations, multimedia and educational media production units, and cultural and scientific communicators. Students can gradually specialise in graphics, two dimension and three dimension, video production, audio production and engineering, game programming, web designing and advertising.

A candidate who has passed Plus-Two (any group) with a minimum of 55 per cent and has visualising, drawing, writing and other media-related skills is eligible to apply. Last date is July 15. Application can be downloaded from the website www.karunya.edu

Integrated M. Sc. in Visual Communication from Karunya University

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