Media and Communications

The Media and Communications program has as its objectives that graduates:

• are enabled to develop a comprehensive overview of the media's place in today's society, economy and culture, with an emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region;
• are provided with the fundamental written communication skills required by successful journalists and other media professionals;
• will achieve an understanding of new communication technologies and their impact on the fast changing global media environment;
• are trained to think across media- a skill of increasing importance for the next generation of media professionals and media researchers;
• will appreciate the value of an international and interdisciplinary approach to the study of Media and Communications.

The major and minor in Media and Communications is available to students commencing the BA at level one in 2010. Level two of the Media and Communications major will be available in 2011, with level three available in 2012.

The Media and Communications major and minor are not available to students who commenced the BA prior to 2010.

Media and Communication subjects are available as breadth in other new generation undergraduate degrees except for the subjects Professional Writing, Net Communications and Writing Journalism.

The major in Media and Communication requires:-

Level 1

• One Interdisciplinary Foundation (IDF) subject and a level one Arts discipline subject from the list below (25 points)

• Three Media and Communications subjects (37.5 points) (subjects will not be available until 2011)

• Three Media and Communications subjects including the capstone subject - Global Media Cultures (37.5 points) (subjects will not be available until 2012)

Level 1

• One Interdisciplinary Foundation (IDF) subject and a level one Arts discipline subject from the list below (25 points)

• Two Media and Communications subjects (25 points) (subjects will not be available until 2011)

• Two Media and Communications subjects (25 points) (subjects will not be available until 2012)

Media and Communications major and minor

First Year

Second Year - available from 2011

For the major students must complete three (37.5 points) of, and for the minor students must complete two (25 points) of, the following subjects:

• Media and Communications Research
• Net Communications
• Understanding Australian Media
• Media and Society
• Professional Writing

Note: Students entering the BA at level two in 2010 will not be able to complete the Media and Communications major.

Third Year - available from 2012

For the major and minor students must complete two of the following subjects:

• Politics, Communication, Media
• Media Futures and New Technologies
• Writing Journalism
• Marketing Communications

Students undertaking the major must complete the compulsory capstone subject:

• Global Media Cultures