UNICAL gets Faculty of Communication, Media Studies

The Senate of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has approved a caller Faculty of Communication and Media Studies.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mass Communication, arsenic a section was already successful beingness successful the instauration portion six others – Journalism, Broadcasting, advertising, strategical communication, Development Communication and Public Relations -were added

Speaking connected the improvement connected Tuesday successful Calabar, Dr. Lawrence Ekwok, Head of the Department (HOD) of Mass Communication, attributed the occurrence to the Vice Chancellor’s purposeful enactment and the senate’s support.

He said portion they were grateful to Prof. Florence Obi for her leadership, the module would acceptable caller standards successful media education, research, and nonrecreational practice.

“With this approval, UniCal joins the ranks of Nigerian universities offering specialised programmes successful Communication and Media Studies portion reinforcing its presumption arsenic a halfway of world excellence.

“The unbundling is aimed astatine gathering existent demands successful assemblage acquisition successful enactment with planetary improvement and champion practices,” helium said.

The bureau besides recalled that earlier, the National Universities Commission (NUC) had, arsenic portion of its reforms, unbundled Mass Communication programme into respective abstracted programmes.

NAN besides reports that the caller departments successful the module would beryllium undergoing assets verification connected Monday, Sept. 29.

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