A comparative study of journalism curriculum in Iran and Turkey

The present research is a comparative study on journalism curriculum at undergraduate level between Iran and Turkey. Two countries that have more similarities in terms of historical developments as well as cultural, social and demographic commonalities in the geography of the Middle East and among the Islamic nations. From this point of view, with the use of qualitative research strategy and thematic analysis technique, the content of curricula text of the BA degree in Journalism at Allameh Tabataba’i University and Istanbul University selected using purposeful judgmental sampling method. Research findings show that the programme of journalism course of study from these two universities are generally the same, but in some aspects there are also differences. Among other things, there are similarities in the dimensions of goals, missions, and unified system in these two universities. At the same time, issues such as the quantity and subject of course units, field prospects, level of skills and knowledge, and job opportunities, there are more differentiation.