General Information about the Faculty

Address: 49 Chuprynky Street, 79044 L’viv, Ukraine
Telephones of the Dean’s office: 8032/272-58-45, 239-47-51
Fax: 8032/239-47-51
E-mail: journft@franko. lviv. ua

Governing Body of the faculty

Dean Associate Professor Mykhaylo Prysyazhnyi

Deputy Deans:
Teaching-Methodological
and Research Work Associate Professor Zenon Dmytrovs’kyi
Teaching and Educational work Associate Professor Tetiana Homenko

Secretariat of the Dean’s-office:
Methodologist of the Full-Time Department Halina Shcherba
Methodologist of the Part-Time Department Natalia Aliokhina

Council of the Faculty

Head of the Council Associate Professor Mykhaylo Prysiazhnyi
Secretary Associate Professor Anatoliy Kapeliushnyi

Members of the council:
Professors: Vasyl’ Lyzanchuk, Mykhaylo Nechytaliuk, Yosyp Los’, Borys Potiatynyk
Associate Professors: Stepan Kost’, Natalia Gabor, Zenon Dmytrovs’kyi,  Mariya Yatsymirs’ka, Maryan Zhytariuk, Fedir Dysak,   Maryan Lozyns’kyi/

 

Structure of the Faculty

Departments

Department of the Practice of the Press
tel: (+380 032) 239-46-83

Head Associate Professor Mykhaylo Prysiazhnyi

Members of the Department: Professor Olena Kuznietsova, Associate Professors  Nataliya Mel’nychuk, Yuriy Vas’kivs’kyi, Zenon Dmytrovs’kyi, Bogdan Tisholoz, Assistants Natalia Voytovich, Igor Sklenar, Orest Maievs’kiy, Zoriana Velichko.

Department of the Ukrainian Press

tel: (+380 032) 239-41-92, 239-42-23

Head Associate Professors Stepan Kost’ 

Members of the Department: Professor Mykhaylo Nechytaliuk, Associate Professors  Ihor Paslavs’kyi, Volodymyr Lernatovych, Ihor Motorniuk, Fedir Dysak, Oleg Romanchuk, Solomia Onufriv, Miroslav Trofimuk, Assistant Yuriy Zalizniak.

Department of Radio and Television
tel: (+380 032) 239-47-64, 239-40-30

Head Professor Vasyl’ Lyzanchuk

Members of the Department: Professors Oleksandra Serbens’ka, Borys Potiatynyk, Ivan Krups’kyi, Associate Professors  Andriy Yurash,  Assistants Natalia Temekh, Ihor Balyns’kyi, Ol’ga Shturnak, Viktoria Babenko, Andriy Kalyniv.

Department of the Foreign Media and Information
tel: (+380 032) 239-47-75, 239-41-55

Head Professor, Doctor ( Political Science) Yosyp Los’

Members of the Department: Associate Professors  Maryan Zhytariuk, Nataliya Habor, Taras Lylio, Tetiana Khomenko, Assistants  Taras Balda, Andriy Mel’nik, Maria Titarenko, Christina Davidchak

Department of the Mass Media Language
tel: (+380 032) 239-41-81

Head Professor Mariya Yatsymirs’ka

Members of the Department: Associate Professors  Anatoliy Kapeliushnyi, Liubov Koniukhova, Liubov Myasniankina, Liudmyla Pavliuk, Christina Dacishin, Assistants Andriy Yacenko, Ol’ga Shchur,  Maria Volosac’ka, Maria Ripey.

Training Laboratories

Laboratory of Journalistic Skills
tel: 239-43-32
Manager Irina Shepta

Training Radio and Television Studios
tel: 239-47-93
Manager Yuriy Chaban

Training Computer Class
tel: 239-43-96

 

 Libraries

Journalistic Library
tel: 239-47-46
Librarian Halyna Koliesnikova

Contingent of students and graduate students

Students
Number of Full-Time Department Students

Number of Correspondence Department Students

Graduate students
Work being discontinued - 6
Without giving up work - 6

Scientific Research Organizations

Editorial boards

“Visnik L’vivs’koho Universitetu. Seria: Zhurnalistyka”
( Periodical edition, published annually).
Editor-in-chief Associate Professor M.Prysiazhnyi
Secretary-in-chief Associate Professor S.Kost’,
tel:239-41-92

“TV and Radio Journalism”
Collection of Scholarly Papers
Editor in chief: Lyzanchuk V.V., Doctor of philology, Professor Executive Secretary: Jurash A.V., Kandidat of Political sciences
tel:(032) 239-47-64

“Zbirnik prats’ kafedry ukrains’koyi presy”are also published.
Editor-in-chief Associate Professor S.Kost’
tel: 239-41-92

Short Historical Survey

Associate Professor V.Dmytruk was the first Head of the Department of Journalism and (from 1954) Dean of the newly-founded Faculty. Among the Faculty lecturers of the time were Ya.Biloshtan, V.Boyanovych, I.Doroshenko, D.Panteleyev, Yo.Tsiokh.

For a long time there had been only one department at the Faculty. In 1972 the Department was reorganized into that of the History of Journalism and that of the Theory and Practice of the Press. The Department of the Language and Stylistics originated later on.

The deans of the Faculty were Associate Professors V.Dmytruc, Ya.Biloshtan, V.Boyanovych, D.Hryhorash, M.Nechytaliuk, P.Yashchuk, Yo.Tsiokh, V.Zdoroveha.

More than 4,000 specialists working in Ukraine and abroad have graduated from the Faculty over the years of its functioning. Among the graduates worthy of mention are the Winners of the State Prize of Ukraine .Ya.Hoyan, V.Maniak, V.Pylypyuk, R.Fedoriv, prominent journalists, culture workers, directors of TV and Radio companies, publishing houses; people’s deputies.

More than 50 graduates have recieved their Candidate, degrees 10 - those of Doktor.

  Teaching Process

Direction of preparation  and Specialization

6.030301 – Bachelor of journalism

7.030201 – Specialist

8.030201 – Master's degree of journalism

offers the following specializations: “Literary Work in the Press and Agencies of Information”, “ Journalist’s Work on Television”, “ Journalist’s Work on the Radio”, “International Journalism”, “Editing and Publishing”.

The Faculty of Journalism trains specialists for the mass media, agencies of information, press services, institutions and organizations, advertizing agencies. There are two forms of studying at the Faculty: Full-Time Department and Correspondence (Part-Time) Department. Two types of entrance examinations are active: creative competition on the basis of publications or a broudcast/telecast speech with an interview and testing with the consideration of an aptitude for worc of a journalist.

Beginning with the third year, students take their specialization in the following fields: “Literary Work in the Press and Agencies of Information”, “ Journalist’s Work on Television”, “ Journalist’s Work on the Radio”, “International Journalism”, “Editing and Publishing”.

Educational work of the Departments

Teaching staff: 8 Professors, Doctors ; 22 Associate Professors, Candidates, 6 junior members of the research staff, 12 assistants/teacher- journalists .

The Department of the Ukrainian Press

and

The Department of the Theory and Practice of the Press

The teachers of the chair give lectures in general theoretical and historical journalistic disciplines, providing the specialization in the field of the periodical press, the work in the information agencies and the press services.

According to the curriculum, the teachers of the department run: practical training of students: - research (I year), production (II year), production with the specialization of “Literary work in the press and agencies of information”

(III year), before diploma and diploma ones (specialization “Literary work in the press and agencies of information”) (IY year), research and graduation papers (specialization “Literary work in the press and agencies of information”.)

Major Courses

• Introduction to Journalism, I year (Ivan Salo)
• Theory of Literature, I year (Professor B.Ticholoz, Associate Professor S.Kost’)
• Technology of the Mass Media, I year (Professor I. Krups’kyi)
• History of Ukrainian Journalism, (Professor M.Nechytaluk, Associate Professor M.Trofimuk)
• Theory and Practice of Journalism, 1 year ( section “Theory of Mass Communication” -  Professor O.Kuznietsova, section “Organization of the Editing” - Associate Professor M.Prysiazhnyi, section “Foundations of Journalistic Skills” - Professor O.Kuznietsova, “The Artistic of a Reporter’s Work” – B.Ticoloz, ; II year, ( section “The Trade of Analysis” - Associate Professor O.Kuznietzova, Section “Imaginitive-Publicistic Reproduction” - Associate Professor  Y.Vas’kivskyi, section “The Problems of Journalism” - Associate Professor I.Paslavs’kyi).
• History of Ukrainian Journalism, I year (Professor M.Nechytaluk); II year (Associate Professor M.Prysiazhnyi), III year (Associate Professor S.Kost’).
• Foundations of Market Economy, II year (Associate Professor N.Mel’nychuk).
• Economic Analysis, III year (Associate Professor N.Mel’nychuk).
• The Social Psycholody and Sociology of Journalism, III, IY years (Associate Professor S. Onufriv).
• Legal Standards in Journalism, II year (Professor O.Kuznietsova)
• History of Ukrainian Literature, I,II,III,IY years ( Associate Professors F.Dysak, I.Motorniuk)

The Special Courses

• The Bibliographic Work of a Journalist,1^st year (Professor M.Nechytaluk)
• The Ethnic Standards in Journalism,3^rd year(Associate Professor O.Kuznietsova)
• Argumentation and Polemics in Journalism, 3^rd year (Professor B.Ticholoz)
• Specifics of the Work in an Information Agency, 4^th year (Associate Professor S.Onufriv)
• Management in Journalism, 3^rd , 5^th years (Associate Professor N.Mel’nychuk)

• The Newspaper and the Economics, 4^th year (Associate Professor N.Mel’nychuk)
• The Newspaper in the Mass Media of Today, 4^th year (Associate Professor M.Prysiazhnyi )
• The Journalistic Investigation, 4^th year (Associate Professor M.Prysiazhnyi )
• Theatre, 4^th year (Associate Professor S.Kost’)
• A Journalists’t Skills (Individual Work with Students), 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th years (Professors M.Nechytaliuk, O.Kuznietsova, Associate Professors S.Kost’, M.Prysiazhnyi,  N.Mel’nychuk, I.Paslavs’kyi, Yu.Vas’kivs’kyi, V.Lernatovych,)

The Department of Radio- and Telecasting

The teachers of the Department offer the folloving specializations “A Journalist’s Work on Television” and “AJ ournalist’s Work on the Radio” for the 3^rd , 4^th, 5^th -years-.students

The theoretical knowledge is consolidated by the students during the preparation of radio and television programmes in the radio and television studios of the Department, practical training in the broad- and telecasting-editorial, offices in laboratory classes and in the individual creative laboratories as well.

Classes are also held in two branches of the Department functioning in the L’viv Broadcasting Company and on Radio Independence.

The teachers of the Department run the practical training for 3^rd -, 4^th-, 5^th year students, who specialize in tele- and broadcasting; supervise the research and diploma papers whose the specializations are “ A Journalist’s Work on Television” and “A Journalist’s Work on the Radio”.

Major Courses

• The History of Ukrainian and Foreign Tele- and Broadcasting, 3^rd year (Associate Professor I.Krups’kyi)
• The Culture of Oral Speech, 3^rd, 4^th years (Professor O.Serbens’ka)
• Fundamentals of Radio Journalism, 3^rd year (Professor V.Lyzanchuk)
• Informational Broadcasting, 3^rd year (professor V.Lyzanchuk).
• Radiopublicism, 4^th year (Professor V.Lyzanchuk)
• The Art of Polemics in Radiojournalism, 4^th year (Professor V.Lyzanchuk)
• The Work Methods of a Radiojournalist, 3^rd year (Professor V.Lyzanchuk, Assistant I.Balyns’kyi)
• Work in a Radiostudio, 4^th year (Assistant I.Balyns’kyi)
• Speaker in a Radioprogramme, 4^th year (Professor V.Lyzanchuk, Assistant I.Balyns’kyi)
• The Fundamentals of Television Journalism, 3^rd year (Associate Professor Z.Dmytrovs’kyi - lectures, Assistant N.Temekh)
• Informational Television, 3^rd year (Associate Professor Z.Dmytrovs’kyi - lectures, Assistant N.Temekh)
• Television Publicistic Work, 4^th year (Associate Professor Z.Dmytrovs’kyi - lectures, Assistant N.Temekh)
• The Working Methods in Television Journalism, 3^rd year (Associate Professor Z.Dmytrovs’kyi - lectures, Assistant N.Temekh)
• Work in a Television Studio, 4^th year (Associate Professor Z.Dmytrovs’kyi - lectures, Assistant N.Temekh)
• Speaker in a Television Programme, 5^th year (Associate Professor Z.Dmytrovs’kyi - lectures, Assistant N.Temekh)
• TV and Radio Advertisement, 5^th year ( Associate Professor I.Krups’kyi)
• Journalistic Skills (individual work with students), 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th -years (Professors V.Lyzanchuk, O.Serbens’ka, Associate Professors Z.Dmytrovs’kyi, I.Krups’kyi, Assistants N.Temekh, I.Balyns’kyi)

 The Department of the Foreign Press and Information

The Department provides training for journalists working in the international departments of Ukrainian newspapers, radio and television, report stations and bureaus of the Ukrainian mass media and informational centres abroad, Radio Liberty, cultural and political centres of other states in Ukraine.

The teachers of the Department run the practical training for 3^rd , 4^th , 5^th year students who specialize in International Information. They also as supervise research and diploma papers.

Major Courses

• Natiology and Information (Associate Professor  T.Lylio)
• Foreign Press (History, Theory of Functioning, Modern Practice) (Professor Y.Los’, Associate Professors  N.Habor, T.Khomenko, M.Zhytariuk)
• Ukrainian and Foreign Culture (Associate Professors  N.Habor, T.Khomenko)
• Slavonic World: Literature and Publicistic Writings (Assistant M.Rashkevich)

Special Courses

• Publicistic Writing and the Tendencies of World Development, Y year (Professor Yo.Los’)
• Prognostic Publicistic Writing, III year (Assistant N.Habor)
• Big Sports and Mass-Media, III year (Associate Professor M.Zhytariuk)
• International Department (Editorship: Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, television) (Assistant T.Lylio)
• The Weekly “Economist” as a Type of Publication, III year (Associate Professor  N.Habor)
• Hot Areas of the Planet, IY year (Associate Professor M.Zhytariuk)
• Political Area Studies, IY year (Associate Professor  T.Lylio)

The Department of the Mass Media Language

• Ukrainian Language in the Mass Media( Associate Professors M.Yatsymirs’ka, L.Koniukhova, L.Pavliuk)
• Practical Stylistics of the Ukrainian Language , III year (Associate Professors A.Kapeliushnyi, L.Koniukhova, L.Pavliuk)
• Text Editing, IY year (Associate Professors A.Kapeliushnyi, L.Koniukhova, L.Pavliuk)
• Business Ukrainian Language, IY year (Associate Professor L.Koniukhova)
• Business Text: Structure and Functions, IY year ( Professor M.Yatsymirs’ka)

Special Courses:

• Stylistics of the Newspaper and Journal/Magazine Text (Associate Professor A.Kapeliushnyi)
• Semantics of the Newspaper Text (Associate Professor L.Miasniankina)

 Practice Training

To consolidate the theoretical knowledge and acguire the practical skills of professional work, students of the faculty undergo individual learning and practical training in the editor offices of newspapers, information agencies, tele- and broadcasting companies, both national and local, down to the district level.

Learning practice, I year - 1 month
Practical training, II year - 1.5 months
Practical training, III year - 1.5 months
Practical training before the defence of a diploma paper, Y year - 2 months

State certification

The graduates are certified in accordance with the requirements of the curriculum. The students take state examinations in the Theory and Practice of Journalism and Political Science. They also defend their diploma papers following which the qualifications of Journalist with the major in Journalism are conferred on them.

Upon graduation the students for Master’s Degree receive “Master of Journalism” diplomas.

The Special Faculty of Journalism (Dean - Associate Professor M.Yatsymirs’ka) has been organized under the In-Service Training Institute, Ivan Franko State University in L’viv, Ukraine. The duration of studies is 2.5 and 3.5 years. Upon graduation the respective qualifying diplomas are awarded.