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B.A. in Multimedia and Mass Communication Business and Financial Journalism Syllabus - Mumbai University

This is the TY BAMMC Journalism syllabus under the CBCS scheme, revision R-2019-20. The University has not published an NEP 2020 syllabus for the third year of this degree, and still examines Semesters V and VI on this one, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.

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Major elective · Semester 5 · TY BAMMC Journalism · 4 credits · 100 marks

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Syllabus for Business and Financial Journalism

Major elective · Semester 5 · TY BAMMC Journalism · 4 credits · 100 marks

Module I: BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL JOURNALIST INTRODUCTION

  • Who is a Business Journalist?
  • Skills for Business Journalism
  • Role of a Business Journalist
  • Careers and opportunities in Business and Financial Journalism
  • Analysis of Major Business and Financial media in India

Module II: REPORTING OF MAJOR INDIAN SCAMS FINANCIAL JOURNALISM AND MAJOR INDIAN SCAMS

  • Satyam corporate fraud
  • Cement scandal
  • 2G scam / Neera Radia Tapes
  • Ketan Parekh scam
  • The Coalgate scam
  • Adarsh Housing Society scam
  • ICICI Bank - Chanda Kochar
  • Kingfisher – Vijaya Mallaya
  • Nirav Modi Scam
  • Rafale deal

Module III: BEATS BEATS AND AUDIENCES IN BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL JOURNALISM IN INDIA

  • 1 Banking Sector in India
  • Functions of commercial banks
  • Use of modern technology such as core banking its advantage, and its advantages, social benefits and use in banking in financial inclusion
  • Government schemes related to banking
  • Topics such as foreign exchange reserves; functioning of the World Bank, BRICS BANK and Asian Development Bank.
  • Business and Financial terminologies used in Media
  • 2 Union Budget
  • Components of the Union Budget
  • Why is India running a budget deficit and a fiscal deficit?, Populism and budget
  • Media presentation of Budget
  • 3 Aviation
  • FDI policy for aviation in India
  • Why Indian carriers are making losses
  • Regulatory structure for civil aviation
  • Can any airline start international flights?
  • Media Coverage
  • 4 Technology
  • Growth of India’s IT service exports
  • Why India’s engineers are sought-after?
  • Are India’s engineers qualified?
  • The government’s STPI framework for boosting tech innovation
  • Media coverage of technology
  • 5 Startups
  • VC funding: a big driver of the startup ecosystem
  • India’s unicorns: Startups valued at over $1 billion
  • Working in a corporate v/s working in a startup
  • Rise of tech and startup journalism
  • Startup India plan

Module IV: FINANCIAL MARKETS and INSTITUTIONS

  • 1 STOCK EXCHANGE
  • Bombay Stock Exchange,
  • National Stock Exchange
  • SENSEX, NIFTY and impact of their volatility.
  • Retail Market – the Indian Scenario
  • 2 UNDERSTANDING THE EQUITY MARKET
  • Stocks, bonds and mutual funds, how they are bought and sold, how prices are determined
  • How to read stock tables for business journalism.
  • Currency Regulation
  • De-monetization
  • Commodities
  • 3 ROLE , OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS
  • 1 Reserve Bank Of India
  • 2 SEBI - Securities And Exchange Board Of India
  • 3 Niti Aayog

Module V: GLOBALISATION GLOBAL TRADE and FINANCE

  • 1 Globalization and its impact on international trade
  • 2 How currency markets operate
  • 3 Global supply chains and its impact on competitiveness of local industries
  • 4 The 2008 financial crisis

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.A. in Multimedia and Mass Communication under NEP 2020. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

The complete syllabus

This subject is cut from the University circular for its year. Open a document here if you want the whole thing rather than a single subject.

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