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Have a B.A. English degree? The world is yours
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There are several higher study options for meritorious graduates in English language and literature, such as journalism and mass communication; management; tourism administration; law; international relations; linguistics; communication management; film editing and direction; and library and information science.
If you have a flair for writing, communication skills and the reading habit, journalism or mass communication is a good choice. Universities offer Master of Journalism (MJ); Master of Communication and Journalism (MCJ); M.A. Communication; Master of Communication Studies (MCS); Master of Journalism and Mass Communication (MJMC); and Master of Mass Communication (MMC). Post-graduate diploma courses in journalism are conducted by institutes, universities, press clubs, press academies and so on.
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, provides modern facilities to study journalism, including radio and television journalism.
Those who pass the Master’s degree or post-graduate diploma in journalism or mass communication can find jobs as sub-editors, reporters or correspondents in the print and electronic media or as assistant information officers and public relations officers in the government’s public relations departments. Jobs can be found in web portals also.
EFLU courses
The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad, offers M.A. media and communication and M.A. English (media and communication). The course content includes scripting for radio and television; radio and television productions; English for writing in newspapers; business writing; oral communication and presentation skills; educational technology; multimedia; visual communication; media in communication and so on.
Management courses
Management courses such as the Master of Business Administration and Master of Financial Control and the post-graduate diploma programmes conducted by leading institutes and universities are good options. The MBA tourism course, offered by a few universities, is another suitable option. There are also MBA airline and airport management programmes and the post-graduate diploma in management (tourism and travel).
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Bharathidasan Institute of Management and Xavier Labour Relations Institutes can be chosen for higher studies in management. Some of the Indian Institutes of Technology also conduct MBA courses.
MBA in tourism is a rare course. Pondicherry University offers a two-year full-time course with subjects such as tourism marketing, travel operations, hospitality management and resort and event management, apart from the regular management papers. Graduates with 50 per cent marks in the degree examinations are eligible.
Those who pass the MBA or post-graduate diploma course in tourism can get employed as marketing executives or managers in the tourism and travel industry.
The Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad-380 058 ( www.mica-india.net), offers a post-graduate diploma course in communication management, which aims at turning students into high-calibre professionals in communication management for careers in brand marketing, advertising media and marketing research. Admission is based on the score in the Common Admission Test of the IIMs, group discussion and personal interview.
If interested, you can choose the M.A. cinema and television course conducted by the St. Joseph College of Communication, Changanassery ( www.sjcc.in), an affiliated college of Mahatma Gandhi University. You can also get trained in medical transcription or technical writing and be a medical transcriptionist or technical writer.
Linguistics
Almost all central and other leading universities in India offer Master’s, M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in linguistics. Those having a degree in any discipline with at least 45-50 per cent marks may apply for the Master’s course.
The Centre of Linguistics of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, focuses on phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax, as well as neuro-cognitive linguistics and sociolinguistics. The MA programme here covers theoretical and applied linguistics. Selection is based on a national-level entrance test and interview. M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes are also offered here.
The University of Hyderabad offers M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in applied linguistics. Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai ( www.mkuniversity.org), Mysore University, Mysore, and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, offer the M.A. course.
GOPAKUMAR KARAKONAM
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