Master of Mass Communication (Taught)
A two-year postgraduate degree for media and communication professionals seeking to lead, teach or research in the field. Taught since 1994, it combines journalism practice with communication theory and research training, with the first year devoted to coursework and the second to a supervised dissertation.
The Master of Mass Communication has been taught at the University of Zambia since 1994 and has produced many of the leaders now working in Zambian media, academia and industry.
The programme develops specialists grounded not only in communication practice but also in teaching and researching media and communication issues. It is deliberately dual in character — journalism-practice oriented as well as theoretical, engaging with the appreciation and analysis of communication theory — and is designed to build media practice, research and critical analytical skills together.
Students come from the University of Zambia, from other Zambian universities and from beyond the country's borders. Teaching is delivered through lectures, seminars, laboratory work and field work. Students must complete a minimum of four full courses in the Part I taught component, followed by the Part II research and dissertation course. The minimum period of completion is two years: the first spent on coursework, the second devoted entirely to research and the writing of the dissertation. The programme sits at ZQF Level 9.
The programme has benefited from staff exchanges with international partners, including the Fulbright-Hays programme in the United States, the Finnish North-South programme with the University of Tampere, and the Danish School of Journalism — whose support, with Danish Aid, built the Department's teaching and community radio station.
Graduates take up leading positions across the media and communications industry, working as consultants, editors, producers, college teachers, researchers, policy analysts, communication strategists and public affairs management specialists. Others proceed to doctoral study, at home and abroad. The degree is recognised by key players inside and outside Zambia.
The programme develops specialists grounded not only in communication practice but also in teaching and researching media and communication issues. It is deliberately dual in character — journalism-practice oriented as well as theoretical, engaging with the appreciation and analysis of communication theory — and is designed to build media practice, research and critical analytical skills together.
Students come from the University of Zambia, from other Zambian universities and from beyond the country's borders. Teaching is delivered through lectures, seminars, laboratory work and field work. Students must complete a minimum of four full courses in the Part I taught component, followed by the Part II research and dissertation course. The minimum period of completion is two years: the first spent on coursework, the second devoted entirely to research and the writing of the dissertation. The programme sits at ZQF Level 9.
The programme has benefited from staff exchanges with international partners, including the Fulbright-Hays programme in the United States, the Finnish North-South programme with the University of Tampere, and the Danish School of Journalism — whose support, with Danish Aid, built the Department's teaching and community radio station.
Graduates take up leading positions across the media and communications industry, working as consultants, editors, producers, college teachers, researchers, policy analysts, communication strategists and public affairs management specialists. Others proceed to doctoral study, at home and abroad. The degree is recognised by key players inside and outside Zambia.
Two years minimum. The first year is spent on Part I coursework; the second is devoted entirely to research and the writing of the dissertation.