B.A. in Mass Communicatiom 

at St. Xaviers College, Mapusa, Mapusa

St. Xaviers College, Mapusa provides placement assistance to students. The Institute is visited by reputed organizations such as Tekton Builders, Jackson Manuel Sequeira, Ox Rock India Pvt Ltd.

Effective communication is a vital tool for any business owner. Communication is also important within the business. Effective communication can help to foster a good working relationship between you and your staff, which can in turn improve morale and efficiency. And why you forget business is directly connected with public around you if you are not good in communication skills with connecting them so you gonna not get much customers the best and loyal one. Communication gonna improve your personality in terms of enterpruner.

From advertising to Journalism to Public Relations, a student can opt for any field he likes. The scope of mass communication in India is wide, if you can do well in your field, you can work with some of the best publishing houses, production houses, news channels, radio channels or PR firms of the country.

Offbeat careers like Radio Jockey & Video Jockey are also open to Mass Communication degree holders. Advertising is one of best field and it is a visual or audio form of marketing communication which aims at promoting or selling a product.

St. Xaviers College, Mapusa has below criteria for taking admissions to it's various courses:

Courses	Eligibility
B.A.	Candidate must have completed 10+2 examination from recognised board.
B.Sc.	Candidate must have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination from a recognised school/board.
B.Com	Candidate must have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination from a recognised school/board.
BBA	Candidate must have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination from a recognised school/board.
M.A.	Candidate must have completed graduation in relevant field from any recognised university.
M.Sc.	Candidate must have completed graduation in relevant field from any recognised university.
UG Diploma	Candidate must have completed 10+2 from any recognised Board/Council.

The syllabus of Mass Communication and Media courses comprises of both practical and theoretical subjects.

Theoretical subjects cover topics like history of mass media and its impact on society, mass media ethics, role of mass media in democracy, right to respond in a democracy, news as a genre, mass communication as an academic discipline, investigative journalism, etc. These subjects provide the candidates with an in-depth understanding of communication theory and an analytical approach to the development of new media. 

The practical subjects in Mass Media courses focus on imparting specialised skills such as editing techniques, efficient writing, and production-process in different areas of media.

 

In performing arts, you have different specialisation like dance, drama, music, etc. According to your course you have core subjects. Majoring in performing arts involves study that integrates the overlapping fields of drama, music and dance practices. Even when students specialize in one of the three areas, they will take courses in the other performance arts disciplines as well, as well as taking some general education courses.

Performing arts are all pervading bringing colour and joy to numerous festivals and ceremonies, and reaffirming the faith of the people in their heritage. These facets have been responsible for sustaining the long continuities of ancient traditions. They are the link between the past and the present. It thus exemplifies the complex, organic interaction of all aspects of life implicit in all tribal and folk art forms; art is not seen as something apart from life, a mere ornamentation or entertainment, but as an intrinsic part of it.

A performing arts B.A. Programme may include courses in the following subject areas:

• Music performance
• Theatre history
• Dance and culture
• Musical theatre
• Dance technique
• Dramatic literature

The Courses in Performing Arts include:- 

• B.A. (Music Tabla)
• B.A. (Theatre)
• B.A. (Music Vocal)
• BPA (Music Tabla)
• BPA (Theatre)

Following are the Career opportunity:-

• Actor
• Community arts worker
• Dancer
• Dramatherapist
• Music therapist
• Theatre director

Thes are the Top Colleges for Performing Arts:-

1. Loyola College, Chennai
2. Christ University, Bangalore
3. Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar
4. St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
5. K. J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai.