ABOUT US

 THE FACULTY OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES 

• The Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies is one of the  four Faculties of ICK created in 2002 by Kabgayi Diocese
• Two departments, Journalism and Public Relations and these programmes are taught during 3years.
• Vision: to become the faculty of excellence, difference and reference.
• Mission: to train professional journalists and Public Relations specialists who are competent and competitive on national, regional and international level.

OBJECTIVES:

• To provide graduates who are capable of informing the Rwandan population, promoting peace and reconciliation, promoting sustainable development and contributing positively to building a democratic society.
• To provide graduates with theoretical and practical knowledge for professional journalism practice.
• To train journalists who are capable of manipulating all tools and devices used in journalism

MAIN COURSES DELIVERED

The Bachelor’s Degree programme in Journalism

Media law and ethics, Print Media Practice, Newspaper production, Radio Broadcasting and TV broadcasting, online journalism, Social media reporting and management, Radio Drama and Film Production, investigative journalism, specialized journalism, Specific issues in journalism and human and Christian values

The Bachelor’s Degree programme in Public Relations

Provides theoretical and practical knowledge of Public Relations profession.

  It delivers for  instance : Public Relations ethics and principles, PR planning, PR execution , PR evaluation, media relations, marketing, advertising, Corporate communication , Public Relations strategies, PR campaigns , Events management ,Delivering professional PR, PR workshop and  Human and Christian values

INTERNSHIP, STUDY TRIPS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS

• The finalist students do internship  during  6 weeks  in different media outlets  where some of them are highly appreciated and recruited as employees before  their graduation 
• From level 7 or year 2 every student is attached to a media outlet or an institution
• The Faculty organizes study trips for the students
• The finalist students of Journalism Public Relations departments conduct research projects and present their dissertations.

SOME ACHIEVEMENTS

• From 2002 until now, the Faculty graduated 686 laureates, 182 in the department of Public Relations and 504 in the department of Journalism
• The Faculty has equipped Radio and Television studios that help students to practice what they study.
• The Faculty has a video Conference Room used by guest lecturers from foreign countries  to teach our students 
• The Faculty has already started the internationalization of its program   thanks  to the support of European Union via Erasmus plus programme
• The Faculty sent two students every year to CHE University of Applied Scineces located in the Netherlands
• The Faculty receives lecturers from CHE University of Applied Sciences located in the Netherlands  for teaching
• The Faculty collaborates with Rwanda Media Program ofFojo Media Institute and Pax Press for  strengthening  teaching journalism
• The Faculty has a media club that provides news to ICK community
• The Faculty has a gender club that promotes gender equality
• The faculty has launched the website ickjournalism.com for ICK News  that serves as online Newspaper , online Radio and online Television
• The Faculty has created 69 media clubs in different secondary schools surrounding ICK

CHALLENGES

• Limited equipment and materials for journalism in comparison with the big number of the students
• Low level of the students from the secondary schools who come to start their studies at ICK
• Poverty of the parents of the students
• Lack of fund for continuous training of the lecturers
• Lack of fund for research activities in the domain of journalism and PR
• Lack of fund for enough community services
• Lack of fund for running ICK news that serves as online Newspaper , online Radio and online Television 
• Lack of fund for continuing to mentor different media clubs and PR clubs

PROJECTS OF THE FACULTY

• Improving the quality of education in the Faculty
• Reinforcing the capacity of the human resources of the Faculty
• Running media and PR clubs
• Running smoothly online media (Radio, TV, Newspaper )
• Organizing competitions and awarding the best students in difference domains of journalism and PR
• Organizing more conferences and trainings on journalism and Public Relations
• Conducting many researches in the domain of PR and Journalism
• Seeking for scholarship of the intelligent students from poor families
• Undertaking different projects for sustainable development of the Rwandan Community
• Building the strong partnership with different institutions in Rwanda and outside Rwanda 

 PARTNERSHIPS

• Reinforcing the existing partnerships with local, national and international institutions
• For reinforcing the internationalization of our programmes  the Faculty will establish the  new partnerships with international institutions to  support existing partnerships with CHE University of Applied  Sciences  located  the  Netherlands and Fojo Media Institute located  in 

NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND DOMAINS OF COLLABORATION

• Increasing teaching materials and equipment
• Reinforcing practical professional courses:running online campus radio, online campus TV and online newspaper
• Organizing study trips of lecturers and students
• Reinforcing the capacity of the human resources of the faculty
• Organizing more conferences and trainings on journalism and Public Relations
• Conducting joint research projects
• Seeking for the scholarship of the intelligent students from poor families
• Undertaking different projects for sustainable development of the Rwandan Community
• Reinforcing exchange of programmes