Donaldmike: I have been thinking about this two courses. Which is the better between the two and which one has more job prospect in Nigeria. Nairalanders, your insight is needed

oluamid: Well, well, well, what do we have here?

When you leave the four walls of a university/tertiary institution, the only thing that matters is who you know not which course you studied. If you don't have connections, your father isn't rich, you don't have an uncle in the corridors of power, or you don't have an important skill, you are likely to struggle.

So forget the argument about which course is better and try to get one of the above.

Noneroone: If you really mean mass com is now comparable to political science, then it is a sign of . . .END. . .TIME. . .TINZ

hoodboy: Well in Uniport the two disciplines are fused into one, Linguistics and Communication studies... Just graduated and I'm going for service by November. I think a fusion of the two is the best deal anyone can get, at least it gives you the option of knowing which you'd rather major in while affording you the chance to gain knowledge on the two disciplines which if you ask me are interrelated. Without language man will not communicate as we do now, so understanding how language(s) function makes you a better and more functional communicator

EdwinOse:

I don't agree with you. Get God and you have all the connections you need. Besides,I think we should read courses that will prepare us to be self-reliant, be able to creat jobs for ourselves.

iamlegend: I don't really know much about Linguistics, but as an under grad and a student of mass communication, I can say mass comm. Is a great discipline. People who don't really know much about it tend to limit it. Once they hear mass comm, the only thing that crawls into their mind is news casting and journalism, but mass comm. Is a lot broader than that. There are endless possibilities in mass communications too, for those who feel mass comm is limited, I feel they should get their facts straight. If you ask me, I'd say Mass Comm has a wider job prospect in Nigeria than Linguistics.

Dorcas Karuana: Linguistics is broader than Mass Communication. You learn the writing, speaking, and reading. There are various disciplines such as: social linguistics, phonetics, phonology, Semantics, Pragmatics, Syntax e.tc. For Career wise, you can diversify to fields in communication such as writing, editing, reporting e.tc.

For Mass Communication it is a bot specialized and restricted to Communication alone. Journalism, media, editing e.t.c

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Trottle: Linguistics over mass comm? nah. Not in Nigeria and even beyond. To study mass communication nowadays, you have to be good with computers and some related devices and its job prospect is higher than linguistics. I admit that mass comm student (even in my school I inclusive) are always many at 100 LEVEL but they are filtered and the unsuitables are usually ported to political science, P.E.S, linguistics. Before getting to 400L, we would have been even in population with many other courses.

My Mouth:

ported to pol. science? u dey craze, you think pol. sci. is easy abi? and how easy is it for one to port from art to social science? i guess ur school is one of those dumping grounds we have in this country.

Trottle:
Bros i ain't sayin that it is not a good course but that is not what nigeria need now and its opportunity is limited ,but never compare it with mass communication. Many student are just studying it for study sake. If with connection, where do you want to work in nigeria; become a primary school teacher? Pol. Sci is not what we need in naija. "People neva belleful, na one kain political thinking you go dae do. naija no be abroad", am sure its not pol. Sci you intend to study but you were flung there. And even trying to be defensive?i attend a state school so don't go there. And be civil when interacting.

Trottle:
Bros i ain't sayin that it is not a good course but that is not what nigeria need now and its opportunity is limited ,but never compare it with mass communication. Many student are just studying it for study sake. If with connection, where do you want to work in nigeria; become a primary school teacher? Pol. Sci is not what we need in naija. "People neva belleful, na one kain political thinking you go dae do. naija no be abroad", am sure its not pol. Sci you intend to study but you were flung there. And even trying to be defensive?i attend a state school so don't go there. And be civil when interacting.

Donaldmike: I have been thinking about this two courses. Which is the better between the two and which one has more job prospect in Nigeria.

Nairalanders, your insight is needed

Fresia01: my brother, my skul combines linguistics and comm. We dnt jux study linguistics we add up comm 2 it 2 make it broader dan mass! Anytin a mass communicator can do, linguistics and comm graduatn can do it beta

Noneroone: I saw where you were headed to the moment you started but you denied it. Now that you have decided to unmask yourself, i know you better as one of those who harbour prejudices for a decipline after failing to gain admission to study it. Your inclusion of political science (of all disciplines) even in an unrelated issue attests to this. Even if i judge your first comment on its own merit, it will still be found guilty in the court of common sense. This is because social science disciplines have different entry requirments in SSCE hence while Pol science may emphasize govt & econs, Economic emphasize econs & govt&maths. Mass comunications, even where it has the priviledge of being housed in social science faculty still emphasize english language and literature. Therefore no school, even irresponsible ones like your own, will "port" students to other departments without meeting the minimum rquirements. Moreover, political science, by its very nature, has most of its students as male while mass comm has almost ninety per- cent female. How then can a female who cannot sail down the easy cliff of mass comm "port" to start climbing the hills of political science. Your insinuations that political science is irrelevant stinks of naivety and ignorance which is unbecoming of an individual of your status. Political scientists have wide range of employment opportunities ranging from local government administration, administrative offices both in state and federal government (which constitute the core of civil service), foreign or diplomatic service such as ministry of foreign affairs or international organisations, military, para-militery and other security agencies. Also electoral commissions and political parties. The exclusion of political scientists in the last (political parties) contributes to political decay, but with time, things will be put in order. Political science is a wide field of study which encompasses political theory, international relations, public administration, political economy, comparative goverment, political behaviour among others. I dare say that that mass comm is no bigger than or more relevant than any of these individual sub-fields not to talk of political science as a discipline. I don't intend to derail the thread provided it is limited to its topic.

My Mouth:

ok, you see, your problem is that you know absolutly nothing about political science, you think political science is all about political thinking abi? and you think it is not relevent in nig. ba? now let me school you a little, pol. sci. also comprises courses like public administration, international relations, political economy etc,, when u study pol. sci. you can wrk anywhere in the world, starting from the local govt. up to the U.N. Pol. sci. gratuates are also in high demand in profession like the military, police, sss, nia, and all para military organizations, and ofcoure pol. scientist are the engine room of the civil service anywhere in the world. The oppurtunities are limitless unlike mass com that u box yourself into one corner(media). and for your information, i applied to study pol. sci. in school and presently i am running my M.Sc in international Relations & strategic studies, still under the dept. of political science. so pls get your facts right before coming here to say what you know nothing about.

My Mouth:

ok, you see, your problem is that you know absolutly nothing about political science, you think political science is all about political thinking abi? and you think it is not relevent in nig. ba? now let me school you a little, pol. sci. also comprises courses like public administration, international relations, political economy etc,, when u study pol. sci. you can wrk anywhere in the world, starting from the local govt. up to the U.N. Pol. sci. gratuates are also in high demand in profession like the military, police, sss, nia, and all para military organizations, and ofcoure pol. scientist are the engine room of the civil service anywhere in the world. The oppurtunities are limitless unlike mass com that u box yourself into one corner(media). and for your information, i applied to study pol. sci. in school and presently i am running my M.Sc in international Relations & strategic studies, still under the dept. of political science. so pls get your facts right before coming here to say what you know nothing about.

My Mouth:

ok, you see, your problem is that you know absolutly nothing about political science, you think political science is all about political thinking abi? and you think it is not relevent in nig. ba? now let me school you a little, pol. sci. also comprises courses like public administration, international relations, political economy etc,, when u study pol. sci. you can wrk anywhere in the world, starting from the local govt. up to the U.N. Pol. sci. gratuates are also in high demand in profession like the military, police, sss, nia, and all para military organizations, and ofcoure pol. scientist are the engine room of the civil service anywhere in the world. The oppurtunities are limitless unlike mass com that u box yourself into one corner(media). and for your information, i applied to study pol. sci. in school and presently i am running my M.Sc in international Relations & strategic studies, still under the dept. of political science. so pls get your facts right before coming here to say what you know nothing about.

My Mouth:

ok, you see, your problem is that you know absolutly nothing about political science, you think political science is all about political thinking abi? and you think it is not relevent in nig. ba? now let me school you a little, pol. sci. also comprises courses like public administration, international relations, political economy etc,, when u study pol. sci. you can wrk anywhere in the world, starting from the local govt. up to the U.N. Pol. sci. gratuates are also in high demand in profession like the military, police, sss, nia, and all para military organizations, and ofcoure pol. scientist are the engine room of the civil service anywhere in the world. The oppurtunities are limitless unlike mass com that u box yourself into one corner(media). and for your information, i applied to study pol. sci. in school and presently i am running my M.Sc in international Relations & strategic studies, still under the dept. of political science. so pls get your facts right before coming here to say what you know nothing about.

My Mouth:

ok, you see, your problem is that you know absolutly nothing about political science, you think political science is all about political thinking abi? and you think it is not relevent in nig. ba? now let me school you a little, pol. sci. also comprises courses like public administration, international relations, political economy etc,, when u study pol. sci. you can wrk anywhere in the world, starting from the local govt. up to the U.N. Pol. sci. gratuates are also in high demand in profession like the military, police, sss, nia, and all para military organizations, and ofcoure pol. scientist are the engine room of the civil service anywhere in the world. The oppurtunities are limitless unlike mass com that u box yourself into one corner(media). and for your information, i applied to study pol. sci. in school and presently i am running my M.Sc in international Relations & strategic studies, still under the dept. of political science. so pls get your facts right before coming here to say what you know nothing about.

My Mouth:

ok, you see, your problem is that you know absolutly nothing about political science, you think political science is all about political thinking abi? and you think it is not relevent in nig. ba? now let me school you a little, pol. sci. also comprises courses like public administration, international relations, political economy etc,, when u study pol. sci. you can wrk anywhere in the world, starting from the local govt. up to the U.N. Pol. sci. gratuates are also in high demand in profession like the military, police, sss, nia, and all para military organizations, and ofcoure pol. scientist are the engine room of the civil service anywhere in the world. The oppurtunities are limitless unlike mass com that u box yourself into one corner(media). and for your information, i applied to study pol. sci. in school and presently i am running my M.Sc in international Relations & strategic studies, still under the dept. of political science. so pls get your facts right before coming here to say what you know nothing about.

My Mouth:

ok, you see, your problem is that you know absolutly nothing about political science, you think political science is all about political thinking abi? and you think it is not relevent in nig. ba? now let me school you a little, pol. sci. also comprises courses like public administration, international relations, political economy etc,, when u study pol. sci. you can wrk anywhere in the world, starting from the local govt. up to the U.N. Pol. sci. gratuates are also in high demand in profession like the military, police, sss, nia, and all para military organizations, and ofcoure pol. scientist are the engine room of the civil service anywhere in the world. The oppurtunities are limitless unlike mass com that u box yourself into one corner(media). and for your information, i applied to study pol. sci. in school and presently i am running my M.Sc in international Relations & strategic studies, still under the dept. of political science. so pls get your facts right before coming here to say what you know nothing about.

My Mouth:

ok, you see, your problem is that you know absolutly nothing about political science, you think political science is all about political thinking abi? and you think it is not relevent in nig. ba? now let me school you a little, pol. sci. also comprises courses like public administration, international relations, political economy etc,, when u study pol. sci. you can wrk anywhere in the world, starting from the local govt. up to the U.N. Pol. sci. gratuates are also in high demand in profession like the military, police, sss, nia, and all para military organizations, and ofcoure pol. scientist are the engine room of the civil service anywhere in the world. The oppurtunities are limitless unlike mass com that u box yourself into one corner(media). and for your information, i applied to study pol. sci. in school and presently i am running my M.Sc in international Relations & strategic studies, still under the dept. of political science. so pls get your facts right before coming here to say what you know nothing about.