Ph.D Media and Communication Studies

This program is divided into three parts, course work, Comprehensive exam and dissertation. Course work is spread over a period of two semesters, involving courses of 18 credit hours. After the completion of course work those students who want to appear in comprehensive exam, have to file candidacy petition. The students will be asked to provide one general area of dissertation and one secondary area in consultation with their advisor and must satisfy the committee that he/she is equipped enough to conduct the research in a specific area. The students will then be asked to take a comprehensive written exam (Max 2 Attempts) followed by Viva Voce. After defending comprehensive exam student will be permitted to write their proposal under the close supervision of their supervisor. The proposal will be discussed in Doctoral Committee and finally in Board of Advance Studies & Research (BAS&R) of University of Central Punjab Lahore. After final approval of proposal students will go for Dissertation.