Program name: | Strategic Communications |
Study Level: | Undergraduate |
Program leader: | Bibilashvili Leli |
Study language: | Georgian |
Qualification: | Bachelor of Mass Communication |
Program capacity: | 240 |
Program permission: | Enrollment of students at the first level of academic higher education (undergraduate programs) is carried out based on the results of unified national exams or the order of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia No. 224/N (December 29, 2011) after passing administrative registration and the order of the presidents. |
Program goals: | The program aims to educate highly competent specialists with liberal-humane values in strategic communications and thus contribute to the democratic development of society, the well-being of the Georgian nation and humanity. The goal of the strategic communications undergraduate program is to upskill graduates in the multi-faceted field of strategic communications, in particular, to train specialists in the direction of public relations and marketing communications, who will be able to plan and implement strategic plans, communication campaigns, conduct research, and develop social media campaigns. Graduates will be able to be employed in the business and financial sector, in private and public agencies, in international and non-governmental organizations, and research and consulting services. |
Methods for Attaining Learning Outcomes: |
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Learning outcomes: | Knowledge and understanding After the program completion, graduates have:
Skills After the program completion, students are able to:
Responsibility and autonomy after the program completion, graduates
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Date of approval: | 06-11-2008 |
Approval protocol number: | 50-08 |
Date of program update: | |
Update protocol number: | 48-18 |
Program details: | The program enables students to accumulate 96 ECTS through minor programs, elective courses and/or free elective courses, apart from the humanitarian-social and STEM blocks. The program considers the different competencies of students in the English language. Namely, the student starts the English language from the stage that corresponds to his knowledge, which is determined based on the assessment obtained from the unified national exams: if the student's score is placed in the interval [0-50]-A2; if the student's score is placed in the gap [51-75]- B1/1 If the student's score is in the interval (76-100)-B1/2, the student who has not passed the English language is given a placement test to determine the level and then they are registered at the appropriate level, not higher than B1/2. |
Teaching Process Characteristics: | To obtain a bachelor's academic degree, a student needs to accumulate 240 ECTS, which implies 18 ECTS from the humanitarian-social block and 12 ECTS from the STEM block, 114 ECTS from the program core subjects; 18 ECTS from free elective credits; 78 ECTS can be selected and accumulated within the concentration of the program. This change only applies to students enrolled after 2021. The teaching language of the program is Georgian, with separate English-language components. Accordingly, all components are taught mainly in Georgian, except for those courses where English-language literature is used. |
Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
HIST1118 | Civilizations and Mankind Development | 6 | 2,4 |
LAWB1155 | Debates and Critical Thinking | 6 | 2,4 |
LAWB1177 | Thinking and Morality | 6 | 2,4 |
POLI2260 | Basics of Political Ideologies | 6 | 2,4 |
ANTH3130 | Basics of Cultural Anthropology | 6 | 2,4 |
HIST1222 | History of Russian occupation in Georgia | 6 | 2,4 |
LAWB1195 | Citizenship in the modern world | 6 | 2,4 |
LITR1212 | The great Books | 6 | 2,4 |
Credits sum: | 18 |
Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
MATH1414 | Analytical and Quantitative Reasoning | 6 | 2,3 |
STEM0002 | Ingenuity, entrepreneurship and technology | 6 | 2,3 |
STEM0005 | Modern technologies | 6 | 2,3 |
STEM0007 | Mathematics and Civilizations | 6 | 2,3 |
STEM0010 | Logic | 6 | 2,3 |
STEM0011 | Computational reasoning | 6 | 2,3 |
STEM0012 | Biology and Health of the Human | 6 | 1,2 |
STEM0013 | Basics of Cyber Hygiene | 6 | 1,2 |
STEM0003 | Experiments that changed the world | 6 | 2,3 |
STEM0004 | Game theory | 6 | 2,3 |
Credits sum: | 12 |
Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
COMM4120 | Introduction to Public Relations | 6 | 1 |
ENGL3213 | English Language VI (B2/2) | 6 | 1 |
JMMB2111 | Journalism Reporting I/News Reporting | 6 | 1 |
KART1220 | Academic Writing | 6 | 1 |
SOCL3110 | The Principles of Sociology | 6 | 1 |
BUSN4433 | Economy, business, management | 6 | 2 |
MKTG2210 | Basics of Marketing | 6 | 2 |
COMM4110 | Message Creation and development | 6 | 3 |
COMM4130 | Basics of Advertising | 6 | 3 |
PSYC1488 | Basics of Social Psychology | 6 | 3 |
COMM4230 | Basics of Strategic Communication | 6 | 4 |
JMMB3125 | Multimedia Journalism | 6 | 4 |
COMM4135 | Public Speaking Skills | 6 | 5 |
COMM4210 | Branding | 6 | 5 |
INFO4115 | Basics of Publishing programs | 6 | 5 |
COMM4140 | Integrated Marketing Communications | 6 | 6 |
COMM5146 | Final Project in Public Relations | 18 | 8 |
Credits sum: | 114 |
Code | Subject | ECTS | |
COMM4350 | Disinformation: Identification and Research | 6 | |
COMM4355 | Crisis Communication | 6 | |
JMMB4232 | Disinformation and Society | 6 | |
JMMB4234 | Speech Theory and Culture | 6 | |
COMM4255 | Internship in Public Relations | 6 | |
JMMB1212 | Critical Writing | 6 | |
JMMB1218 | Fact - Checking and Verification | 6 | |
JMMB3140 | Mass Media and Society | 6 | |
JMMB4120 | Photojournalism | 6 | |
PSYC1225 | introduction to pshychology | 6 | |
SOCL2525 | Democracy and Citizenship | 6 | |
Credits sum: | 66 |
Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
JMMB2250 | Digital Media Technologies - Social Media, Platforms and Audience | 6 | გაზაფხული |
COMM4240 | International Marketing Communications | 6 | გაზაფხული |
JMMB2311 | Qualitative Research Methods in Social Sciences | 6 | გაზაფხული |
COMM4150 | Sales Strategy | 6 | გაზაფხული |
JMMB2314 | Basics of Digital Marketing Strategy | 6 | შემოდგომა |
JMMB2315 | Content Marketing | 6 | შემოდგომა |
JMMB4235 | New Media Technologies | 6 | შემოდგომა |
JMMB2310 | Quantitative Research Methods in Social Sciences | 6 | შემოდგომა |
Credits sum: | 48 |
Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
COMM4252 | Corporate Social Responsibility | 6 | გაზაფხული |
COMM4315 | Event Management | 6 | გაზაფხული |
COMM4215 | Image Making | 6 | გაზაფხული |
JMMB2311 | Qualitative Research Methods in Social Sciences | 6 | გაზაფხული |
JMMB2317 | Social Media Analytics | 6 | გაზაფხული |
JMMB2313 | Social Media Strategy and Campaigns | 6 | გაზაფხული |
JMMB2310 | Quantitative Research Methods in Social Sciences | 6 | შემოდგომა |
COMM4220 | Strategic Communication Case Studies | 6 | შემოდგომა |
Credits sum: | 48 |
Point | GPA | The university assessment | The general assessment in Georgia | |
97-100 | 4,00 | A+ | A | Excellent |
94-96 | 3,75 | A | ||
91-93 | 3,50 | A- | ||
87-90 | 3,25 | B+ | Very good | |
84-86 | 3,00 | B | B | |
81-83 | 2,75 | B- | ||
77-80 | 2,50 | C+ | C | good |
74-76 | 2,25 | C | ||
71-73 | 2,00 | C- | ||
67-70 | 1,75 | D+ | D | Satisfactory |
64-66 | 1,50 | D | ||
61-63 | 1,25 | D- | ||
51-60 | 1,00 | E | E | Sufficient |
Not passed | ||||
41-50 | FX | FX | Insufficient | |
<40 | F | F | Failed |