Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours (Media Communications)

The media communication program is designed to produce graduates and professional media practitioners who are innovative, dynamic, critical, responsible and ethical in generating and communicating information for the mass media. 

In order to enhance their training as visionary human resources, key skills identified in the Media Communication program include, writing news and articles for news portals, newspapers, magazines and press releases; writing scripts and publishing radio programs and community service (PSA) messages; writing scripts and publishing documentaries, television shows and short videos; doing coverage as a broadcast journalist and stand-upmanship; becoming a DJ and conducting radio broadcasts; and conducting academic research studies in the field of media and communication studies.

Year 1

• Introduction to Intercultural Communication 
• Communication Theory
• Introduction to Media Communication
• News and Broadcast Writing
• Script Writing and Appreciation
• Public and Media Broadcast

Year 2

• Communication Research Methodology
• Data Statistics and Analysis
• Broadcasting Journalism
• Global Media
• Aesthetic Stage Management and Production
• Opinion writing and Media Commentator
• Semantics in Journalism
• Media Entrepreneurship 
• Media and Politics
• Public Opinion

Year 3

• Communication Industry, Policies and Laws
• Broadcasting and Documentary 
• Media Management and Production
• Academic Exercise
• Media Organization Management 
• Industrial Training

Life at Faculty

• FSSK is located on the UKM campus in Bangi, Selangor, 35 km south of Kuala Lumpur. FSSK is a centre of excellence that fosters the kind of critical thinking and creativity that builds leaders. Learning at FSSK is designed to promote independent thinking and active participation. FSSK has an impressive and proven track record in teaching, research and publication, as well as graduate employability. We offer students an innovative, supportive and intellectually challenging environment that stimulates them to succeed in their chosen field of study
• FSSK is home to some of Malaysia’s foremost scholars, many of whom are world experts in their fields, nationally and internationally renowned for their research. It is no wonder that the government of Malaysia has bestowed on UKM research university status. FSSK is committed to equipping students with the most effective ways of learning. We start from the belief that as every student is an individual, learning is a personal journey rather than a standardised, linear progression. We therefore assist student to discover their own learning style, to understand and build their motivation, and to acquire effective study skills that will retain their value throughout their lives.