The history of the Department of Theory and Practice of Journalism dates back to 2005. Employees train journalists for the press, newspapers and magazines, advertising and media marketing departments. Teachers of the department Professor Krupsky IV associate professors MP Prysyazhny, YP Vaskivsky, ZE Dmitrovsky, Lozynsky MV, IM Lubkovich, IM Sklenar, BS Tychologist, assistants Yu.N. Vytvytska, MV Mishchenko, NO Voitovych, OB Maevsky, MS Rudik, K.P. Turkevich, Yu.O. Yatsykovich, I.O. Pykus, N.M. Dzomba, I.I. Nironovych, E.O. Sklyarenko, T.Ya., T.Ya. Viytovych, N.R. Gadjo, studies a wide range of media in modern society, the organization of their work, economics and management of the media, legal and ethical foundations of journalism, theory and methods of journalistic creativity.
Leading disciplines of the Department of Theory and Practice of Journalism:
“Theory and Practice of Journalism”, “Legal Norms of Journalism”, “Journalistic Ethics”, “Audiovisual Journalism”, “Fundamentals of Market Economy”, “Intellectual Property”, “Introduction to Journalism”, “Organization of Editorial and Journalist Work”, “ Theory and Practice of Advertising ”,“ Problems of Theory of Journalism ”,“ Psychology of Literary Creativity ”,“ Jurisprudence ”,“ Social Communications ”;
special courses:
“Management in Journalism”, “Satire and Humor in the Press”, “Modern Ukrainian Business Press”, “Marketing in Journalism”, “Secretariat of the Modern Newspaper”, “Organization of the Press Service”, “Political Image in the Structure of the Communication Space” , “Sports Journalism”, “Management in Publishing”, “Peculiarities of a Journalist’s Work in a News Agency”, “European Football and Media Championship”, “Advertising Psychology”, etc.
Teachers of the department in 2009 completed work on “Ways to increase the effectiveness of modern journalism”, Science. head MP Prysyazhny. The department plans to work on the topic for 2010-2013 – “Ukrainian media and problems of national identity: history, status, prospects.”
The department annually organizes an all-Ukrainian student scientific-practical conference.