Department of Media and Communication Sciences
The major of Media and Communication Sciences (Journalism) is one of the majors that belong to the major of humanities and is a department of one of the departments of the faculties of humanities and social sciences. It is the study of audio media: such as radio. Despite the significant development of communication methods, radio has continued to enjoy a good position among people, especially office workers or public drivers. It is the most worthy of all media, even if it is the oldest. Print media: such as: print, magazines, and newspapers. Electronic news websites on the Internet, and these media are somewhat good, especially since the Internet is a refuge for many young people who read the news and become educated even by chance. Visual media such as television, or videos published on the website of the media, which is a medium that will not rust with the passage of time. Modern media such as social networking sites. The development of communication concepts and theories and their effects on changing daily global life and the way of life of our societies and changing especially mentalities and behaviors will also be addressed. Our mission is to provide high quality graduate education in media and communication, oriented to social science disciplines, and to the needs of the local and regional market/community for growth and development.
The department aims to conduct research that will influence the strategies and practices of the local and regional media and communication industry, and to advise on government media policies, as well as in the third sector.
The target sectors for our students include academic careers; communication and media companies, and related jobs in the private sector and non-profit organizations; as well as government positions that rely on communication and digital media.
The department is led by expert faculty members who are guided by the integration of cognitive theory/epistemology and applied/ontological approaches to keep our graduates abreast of the ever-changing trends in these two fields. The department is also structured to offer a pioneering research program in media and communication excellence in Al-Dhale’e and Yemen.
1- Employing the latest educational technologies such as active, interactive, electronic, and virtual learning.
2- Multiple and diverse teaching and training methods.
3- Combining academic experts with practicing experts.
4- Continuous evaluation and assessment of the educational and training process.
5- Building institutional capacity.
6- Establishing an internal system to ensure quality and its continuity.
7- Following objective standards for evaluating students.
8- Diversifying learning resources.
9- Encouraging the publication of research in international journals, conferences, and forums.
10- Deepening community participation and continuously evaluating its impacts.
11- Achieving justice, transparency, and flexibility in the method of providing educational and research services to meet the needs of stakeholders.
12- Establishing professional, training, and research partnerships with relevant local and international entities
- The media major provides its students with a large number of job opportunities, as a media graduate can work in:
- Working as an information analyst: This is one of the most important fields in which a media graduate can work, as he can work in analyzing data and information in a magazine or radio.
- Writing reports: A media graduate can contract with a large number of newspapers and magazines, and write reports for them periodically in a specialty he desires.
- News editor: Editing news is one of the most important and most common fields in which a media graduate can work, and newspapers, magazines and websites are the ideal place for a media professional to get this opportunity.
- News commentator: Commenting on news bulletins is one of the most important jobs that a media graduate can occupy, as he reads the news bulletin on one of the stations or radio stations.
- Presenting and preparing programs: A media graduate can work on preparing programs of various types, whether these programs are talk shows, sports, political, social or economic.