• Journalism (Print/Web or Broadcasting)
• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Communication and World Views

Journalism Studies comprises the largest department with approximately 120 students. When the programme was fully accredited by the Norwegian higher education authority in 1997, GSJC became the fifth Journalism Programme in the country. With the restructuring of the Norwegian higher education system in 2002, GSJC was awarded a three-year Bachelor's degree in Journalism. The degree consists of two years of specialized Journalism Studies (120 credits), and one year of in-depth study in related or other areas (60 credits).

The Cross-Cultural Communication Programme is currently a one-year programme (30 credits * 2 semesters), but will soon expand to a 1,5 year programme (90 credits).

The Communication and World Views Programme is a part-time study over one year, comprising 30 credits (one semester). It will expand to a full-year programme in due course.

GSJC is planning a Master's Degree in Global Journalism, hopefully to be opened in the academic year 2004/05. The school is also planning a Master's Degree in Communication and World Views.

The staff at GSJC consist of 24 lecturers, researchers and administrators. Included in the school is also the Consultancy and Extension Department, which does world-wide consultancy in areas of Journalism, Communication, NGO Work and Church Work.

GSJC's staff represent a solid competence in professional media work and international relations. The school has an extensive network of international partners, including Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, the United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya, Regent University in Washington DC, USA, Tartu University in Estland, Pristina University in Kosovo, Århus University in Denmark and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights. The largest projects at present is the entrepreneurship of a School and Centre of Journalism and Communication at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (commissioned by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Norad), and a similar project at Pristina University, Kosovo (commissioned by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE).

GSJC is owned by the Norwegian Lutheran Mission (NLM), which is an independent mission organization within the Norwegian Lutheran Church (state church). The ownerhip of GSJC is reflected in its vision, which is to educate journalists and other communicators on a Christian basis with the view to:

• promote truth, unity and understanding in a fragmented world
• protect individuals and make them morally responsible
• establish commonness between people and peoples
• promote freedom of expression and human rights

Students do not have to be professing Christians. A majority of the graduates opt for careers in media- related professions (TV, radio, newspapers, NGOs, research or education).

Gimlekollen is situated in very pleasant woodland on a hill some 4 kilometers from the city centre of Kristiansand. The school comprises a complex of modern buildings with teaching areas and classrooms, seminar rooms, technical rooms for hands-on craft skills learning, a library, office accommodation for faculty and administration staff, together with leisure areas both inside and out. The new auditorium which was opened in 2000 is fully equipped with multi media facilities for 200 listeners.

The technical facilities at the school include a local computer network for handling news stories and newspaper page layout, several digital workstations for the assembly of radio news packages, a digital radio studio, a radio continuity suite, a four-camera television studio together with a digital editing suite, and outside broadcasting facilities for both radio and television.

Contact information
Postal address:
Mediehøgskolen
Sørvisboks 410
NO-4604 Kristiansand
Norway

Visitor's address:
Bergtorasvei 74
Kristiansand

Phone:
+47 38 14 50 00

Fax:
+47 38 14 50 40

General e-mail:
post@mediehogskolen.no

http://www.mediehogskolen.no/