B.A. Journalism & Mass Communication or Bachelor of Arts in Journalism & Mass Communication is an undergraduate Mass Communication course. Some institutes abbreviate this course as B.A.J.M. like Sikkim Manipal University, which also stands for the aforesaid. The degree course provides the students with basic journalistic skills in various mass media, to expose students to recent developments in media issues and media research, to strengthen the foundations for various technologies involved in mass media like computer applications, respective software and hardware in print, radio, television, internet and the likes. This program would enable the students to work in various media like print, radio, television, internet, and in related fields. Students can start a full-fledged career in journalism or venture into freelancing. The duration of the course is three years and its syllabus is divided into six semesters; it is also career offering in nature.