Type:
Bachelor
Speciality:
032101.01.6 - Journalism
Specialisation:
032101.01.6 - Journalism
Qualification awarded:
Bachelor’s degree
Programme academic year:
2025/2026
Mode of study:
Full time
Language of study:
Հայերեն
1. Admission criteria/requirements
Admission to the part-time mode of study of the program is carried out following the “Order of the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of RA according to the vacancies confirmed for the “Journalism” education program for the given academic year.
2. Programme Objectives
· To provide students with a modern, complex, and competitive education in Journalism
· To prepare journalists who meet the requirements of the media field, who will easily pass from the university audience to the labor market.
· Communicate knowledge and skills related to the theory and practice of journalism and specifics of the profession in individual fields.
· To develop students' mental abilities to analyze, evaluate, and compare.
· To prepare journalists who meet the requirements of the media field, who will easily pass from the university audience to the labor market.
· Communicate knowledge and skills related to the theory and practice of journalism and specifics of the profession in individual fields.
· To develop students' mental abilities to analyze, evaluate, and compare.
3. Educational outcomes of the programme
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- To introduce the basic concepts, functions, and tools of the media field
- To establish the characteristics of journalism and related professions
- To use the basic research, theories, and principles of the field
- To apply domestic and international laws, regulations, norms, and principles of journalistic ethics and mass media legislation
- To point out the modern theories of media influence, to analyze the activities of the world's leading media, the principles adopted by them, the directions of development
- To discuss the process of formation and establishment of convergent media due to the development of information and communication technologies, to recall the requirements for professional mastery
- To effectively apply, the necessary professional qualities in practice, in line with the nature and direction of the preferred media due to the current demands of the labor market
- To use media information to put professional experience into practice
- To apply the methods of collecting and processing facts, to use the factual material according to the format inclusion and purpose of the media text
- To construct the media text, taking into account thematic nuances and features
- To distinguish primary and secondary realities in media texts
- To apply media management and media marketing-related methods and mechanisms as needed
- To prepare news and analytical materials for print, broadcast, and online media
- To use various sources of information, to process and present the information,
- To use various sources of information, to process and present the information,
- To construct logically correct, argued, and clearly expressed oral and written speech
- To generalize the principles of journalistic activity, to coordinate methodological approaches
- To assist in the organization of editorial work
- To use professional literature in native and foreign languages
4. Assessment methods
Based on the workload of the courses (educational modules) provided by the curriculum of the educational program, the form of training, teaching methods, and taking into account the importance of the course in the formation of professional knowledge and abilities of the student, the courses are divided into 4 groups according to the evaluation form:
1. with the final assessment,
2. without final assessment,
3. without evaluation of mid-term exams,
4. check-ups.
1. with the final assessment,
2. without final assessment,
3. without evaluation of mid-term exams,
4. check-ups.
5. Graduates future career opportunities
The Bachelor of Journalism will have the skills that meet the modern standards of the profession, which allow them to independently solve professional problems, to provide society with comprehensive, operative, and reliable news. The field of activity covers traditional and new media (press, radio, television, and online publications), news agencies, press services, and public relations.
Public relations and press services of state institutions representing legislative, executive, judicial authorities, and private companies.
Public relations and press services of state institutions representing legislative, executive, judicial authorities, and private companies.
6. Resources and forms to support learning
For the implementation of the project, the educational department has the necessary educational spaces and the necessary scientific and educational equipment, such as a computer classroom/ lighting device/ electronic whiteboard/ television/ technical means of recording and editing.
There is some literature in the educational unit, and the acquisition and development of new materials (printed and electronic) will be carried out by the teaching staff included in the program.
There is some literature in the educational unit, and the acquisition and development of new materials (printed and electronic) will be carried out by the teaching staff included in the program.
7. Educational standards or programme benchmarks used for programme development
When developing the "Journalism" bachelor's program, the modern national and international theoretical and methodological achievements of journalism and journalism, the transformations (convergence) caused by the development of information and communication technologies were adopted as orientation and criteria. While developing the "Journalism" Bachelor's program, similar programs of foreign universities (Russian Federation, Great Britain, USA, Germany, and France) were taken into account.
When developing the program, the characteristics presented for the 6th level of the RA National Framework of Qualifications, by the YSU Quality Assurance Center, were adopted and used as a basis.
Manual for the Development of the YSU Educational Program" prepared by the YSU Quality Assurance Center, and the "Guide for filling out the Educational Program Specification and Course Descriptions" were adopted and used as a basis. "Development of industrial course and educational program, lecturer's manual" (edited by: A. Budaghyan, A. Grigoryan) and other materials.
When developing the program, the characteristics presented for the 6th level of the RA National Framework of Qualifications, by the YSU Quality Assurance Center, were adopted and used as a basis.
Manual for the Development of the YSU Educational Program" prepared by the YSU Quality Assurance Center, and the "Guide for filling out the Educational Program Specification and Course Descriptions" were adopted and used as a basis. "Development of industrial course and educational program, lecturer's manual" (edited by: A. Budaghyan, A. Grigoryan) and other materials.
8. Requirements for the academic staff
General Abilities
Teaching/Pedagogical
· Ability to create a training program for the course,
· Ability to effectively manage the audience,
· Mastering and using the latest educational technologies,
· Ability to use interactive teaching methods,
· Adopting the principles of cooperative learning,
· Ability to combine and deliver theoretical and practical skills.
Research
· Ability to carry out theoretical and empirical research work,
· Ability to use print and online scientific sources,
· Ability to conduct and analyze media research,
· Experience and ability to perform analysis of media projects and initiatives
· Ability to lead a media research team.
Communication
· Ability to communicate with the audience,
· Collaborative and participatory, student-centered communication skills.
ICT application
Basic computer skills (fluent command of MS Office package: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint),
· Ability to use social platforms,
· Management of online groups,
· Ability to create light shows,
· Proficiency in the use of digital technologies.
Other abilities
· Knowledge of professional ethics and legal norms (especially in the field of media and communications),
· Ability to assess the necessary resources and implement projects effectively.
· Knowledge of a foreign language
· Ability to plan and manage time.
1. Professional Abilities
· Ability to construct media texts and conduct scientific studies,
· Knowledge of related professions (public relations, psychology, sociology, human resource management, marketing, management, etc.),
· Ability to master information technologies and provide them,
· Ability to process verbal, written, as well as audio and video messages, messages,
· Ability to create documents, information packages,
· Ability to prepare and present a speech,
· Skills to present directions of emergence and influence of global media,
· Ability to explore and manage media streams,
· Ability to organize and manage conferences, briefings, conferences, presentations, hospitality, exhibitions, special events, press events, formal and informal meetings,
· The ability to manage and ensure the content of communication in social networks,
· Experience in delivering the principles of professional journalism and the latest technologies to the audience.
1. General requirements
Academic degree
· A degree and/or degree in the humanities and social sciences, or, in some cases, a master's degree in a given or related field,
· At least 3 years of experience in the media sector,
Pedagogical experience
· Experience in teaching professional courses and/or conducting training
· Participation in local or international training and/or professional qualification improvement courses during the last 3 years,
Practical work experience
At least 3 years of work experience in journalism, management, political science, psychology, sociology, marketing, branding, advertising, and other fields.
Teaching/Pedagogical
· Ability to create a training program for the course,
· Ability to effectively manage the audience,
· Mastering and using the latest educational technologies,
· Ability to use interactive teaching methods,
· Adopting the principles of cooperative learning,
· Ability to combine and deliver theoretical and practical skills.
Research
· Ability to carry out theoretical and empirical research work,
· Ability to use print and online scientific sources,
· Ability to conduct and analyze media research,
· Experience and ability to perform analysis of media projects and initiatives
· Ability to lead a media research team.
Communication
· Ability to communicate with the audience,
· Collaborative and participatory, student-centered communication skills.
ICT application
Basic computer skills (fluent command of MS Office package: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint),
· Ability to use social platforms,
· Management of online groups,
· Ability to create light shows,
· Proficiency in the use of digital technologies.
Other abilities
· Knowledge of professional ethics and legal norms (especially in the field of media and communications),
· Ability to assess the necessary resources and implement projects effectively.
· Knowledge of a foreign language
· Ability to plan and manage time.
1. Professional Abilities
· Ability to construct media texts and conduct scientific studies,
· Knowledge of related professions (public relations, psychology, sociology, human resource management, marketing, management, etc.),
· Ability to master information technologies and provide them,
· Ability to process verbal, written, as well as audio and video messages, messages,
· Ability to create documents, information packages,
· Ability to prepare and present a speech,
· Skills to present directions of emergence and influence of global media,
· Ability to explore and manage media streams,
· Ability to organize and manage conferences, briefings, conferences, presentations, hospitality, exhibitions, special events, press events, formal and informal meetings,
· The ability to manage and ensure the content of communication in social networks,
· Experience in delivering the principles of professional journalism and the latest technologies to the audience.
1. General requirements
Academic degree
· A degree and/or degree in the humanities and social sciences, or, in some cases, a master's degree in a given or related field,
· At least 3 years of experience in the media sector,
Pedagogical experience
· Experience in teaching professional courses and/or conducting training
· Participation in local or international training and/or professional qualification improvement courses during the last 3 years,
Practical work experience
At least 3 years of work experience in journalism, management, political science, psychology, sociology, marketing, branding, advertising, and other fields.
