The department of Extension Education and
Communication Management, Faculty of Community Science was established in 1973
with undergraduate degree programme. The Master Degree Programme was introduced
after declaration of this department as full-fledged department in the year
1998. Further the Ph.D degree Programme has been started in the year 2010. It
is housed under the complex of Directorate of Extension Education, Assam
Agricultural University, Jorhat.
It has been
playing a pioneer role in the growth and development of extension and
communication management with specific reference to education, training and
research in extension education.
The department
has successfully completed three
externally funded research projects
namely NATP(CGP) funded by ICAR, one Network project funded by DRWA,
Bhubeneswar, and one adhoc project funded by NTRF , Kolkata. Besides two
projects under AICRP-Home Science also has been successfully completed. One
logistic model developed under Network project was highlighted at national
level and popularized among the extension professionals. . Presently the Project
“AICRP-Home Science” and the project “Rural tourism for sustainable livelihood
security” are going on in the department.
Six prestigious awards namely “Young Scientist
award” from Indian Society of Extension in 1998 and “Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Extension Scientist/Worker award” from ICAR, New Delhi in 2001, The
outstanding participant awards of the summer school at BCKV, West Bengal in
2016, Young Professional Awards received in the National
Conference on “ Increasing
farmers income, prosperity and food security in India” 2021, Young
Scientist Award, 2021 by “Vigyan Barta”, Excellence
in Teaching Award in 2022 were conferred
to the faculties of this department. Further the faculty member received “Andre
Mayer Research Fellowship Award” from FAO for conducting research on “Women in
Agriculture”.
Vision
To achieve academic excellence along with
research and extension.
Mission
·
To impart adequate knowledge and skill
to the students to be competitive professional to meet the needs of the
society.
·
To programme research activities
focusing need based relevancy in the society.
·
To establish a permanent counseling
centre for the needy section of the society for social and economic
empowerment.
·
To develop linkages with rural
development department both at Government and private sectors.
| UG Courses | ||||
| # | Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit | Syllabus |
| 1 | EECM 122 * | Women in Agriculture | 2(2 + 0) | |
| 2 | EECM 223 * | Extension Training Management | 3(1 + 2) | |
| 3 | EECM 313(b) * | Print Journalism | 3(1 + 2) | |
| 4 | EECM 322 * | Project Management | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 5 | EECM 323(b) * | Electronic journalism | 3(1 + 2) | |
| 6 | EECM 4110(a) * | Digital Advertising | 0(0 + 0) | |
| 7 | EECM 4110(b) * | Web designing and Multimedia production | 0(0 + 0) | |
| 8 | EECM-112(a) | Extension and Rural Development | 2(2 + 0) | |
| 9 | EECM-112(b) * | Introduction to Rural Sociology | 2(2 + 0) | |
| 10 | EECM-213 | Programme Development for Rural Families | 3(1 + 2) | |
| 11 | EECM-313(a) * | Diffusion and Adoption of Homestead Technologies | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 12 | EECM-323(a) * | Information and Communication Technology | 3(1 + 2) | * courses are compulsory |
| Masters Courses | ||||
| # | Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit | Syllabus |
| 1 | EECM -501 * | Global Extension System | 3(3 + 0) | |
| 2 | EECM -505 * | Dynamic Communication skills | 3(1 + 2) | |
| 3 | EECM 502 * | Development Communication | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 4 | EECM 503 * | ICT and New Media | 4(1 + 3) | |
| 5 | EECM 504 | Technology Transfer and Management | 3(1 + 2) | |
| 6 | EECM 506 | Participatory Programme Management | 3(1 + 2) | |
| 7 | EECM 507 | Organizational Development and Human Resource Development | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 8 | EECM 508 | Educational Technology | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 9 | EECM 509 | Group Dynamics | 2(2 + 0) | |
| 10 | EECM 510 | Community Development and Outreach | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 11 | EECM 511 | Climate Change Management | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 12 | EECM 512 | Gender Sensitization For Empowerment | 2(2 + 0) | * courses are compulsory |
| PhD Courses | ||||
| # | Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit | Syllabus |
| 1 | EECM 601 * | Managerial Skills for Extension Professionals | 3(2 + 1) | |
| 2 | EECM 602 * | Impact Assessment of Development Programmes | 3(1 + 2) | |
| 3 | EECM 603 | Scaling Techniques for Behaviour Research | 3(1 + 2) | |
| 4 | EECM 604 | Design and Development of E-extension Project | 3(0 + 3) | |
| 5 | EECM 605 | Sustainable Livelihood Systems | 2(1 + 1) | |
| 6 | EECM 606 | Extension Research Project Management | 3(1 + 2) | |
| 7 | EECM 607 | Media Application and Product Promotion | 4(2 + 2) | |
| 8 | EECM 608 | Advocacy and Behavior Change Management | 3(1 + 2) | * courses are compulsory |
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