Department of Multimedia Communications

EDUCATION OBJECTIVES:

• To train and provide high-quality human resources in multimedia and communication technologies for the labor market.
• To gain competencies for working in communication, journalism, public relations in different organizations from government agencies, newspapers, television stations, radio stations, foreign organizations, and domestic and foreign media companies.
• To be responsible, having political and morality, and a healthy lifestyle.
• To have a disciplined, scientific, and progressive working style with full awareness of the role and social status of the media.
• To be able to use English fluently.

EDUCATION CURRICULUM:

This curriculum is designed to combine studying theory in the university with practicing real-world experience in business organizations. Right from the first year, students will be introduced to media companies, newspapers, television, or radio stations to get acquainted with work and professional practices. Therefore, it is ensured that students will perform well in their assigned jobs after graduation.

Bachelor's degree curriculum in Multimedia has included 3 modules: essential knowledge, specialized module (writing skill, technical media subjects…), and foreign language.

Knowledge: Students will be provided knowledge of social sciences and humanities, theoretical and research methods in communication, foundation, and specialized multimedia knowledge.

Skills: Students will be equipped with advanced skills, including press writing, press product production and distribution, event management, scriptwriting, website design, broadcaster, editor, public relations. Moreover, students will have other professional skills such as interviewing, photography, video recording, audio recording, information gathering and analysis, multimedia editing, effective communication, negotiation, and presentation.

Foreign language skill: Students will achieve English proficiency, equivalent to B1 level.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND THE FACULTY MEMBERS

Academic activities:

• Studying base on the academic credit system.
• Social Science and humanities courses, as well as a foreign language, will be taught in the first year.
• Specialized and professional courses will be held in the second, third, and fourth years.
• Short practice and graduated internship will be organized at the end of the third year and the fourth year, respectively. Students will be sent to government agencies, newspapers, radio stations, television stations, media companies, advertising agencies, event management agencies to practice professional works. Furthermore, students will be supported to work at media companies from the first year as their wish.

Faculty members:

In addition to full-time lecturers with doctoral and master's degree from the department, the faculty, and the university, the Multimedia department also invites many experts from central and local government media agencies and other media companies to participate in professional guidance.