The National
Universities Commission, NUC, has phased out Mass Communication Degree in
Nigeria institutions.
With the
development, there will be no more Mass Communication as a degree programme in
universities in Nigeria.
The NUC said
it has unbundled Mass Communication into seven separate degree programmes to
meet present demand and this takes effect from 2020 admissions into Nigerian
universities.
In a chat
with journalists in Abuja, NUC’s Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed,
said Mass Communication has been unbundled into Media Studies, Public Relations
Studies, Cinematography, among others.
The seven
new Programmes/Departments, to be domiciled in a Faculty / School / College of
Communication and Media Studies are Journalism & Media Studies, Public
Relations, Advertising, Broadcasting, Film & Multi-Media Studies,
Development Communication Studies, Information & Media Studies.
