Media and Communications

Major/Minor/Specialisation !BH-ARTS-SPC+1026 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus:	2011

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Overview:	The BA (Honours) (Media & Communications) is an advanced and specialised course of study requiring a higher standard of performance than for the pass degree. It enhances your ability to acquire advanced skills of analysis, to develop original ideas, and to apply innovative solutions to complex problems. The Honours program involves one additional year of study at fourth-year level. Commencement of honours must occur within five years of the completion of your degree course. The prerequisites for entry to fourth year honours in Media and Communications are: completion of all the requirements of the BA (Media and Communications); or completion of Bachelor of Arts with a major in Media and Communications with an average of at least H2A (75%) in second and third year subjects within the major, or equivalent.
Objectives:	In order to meet the requirements for the BA (Media & Communications)(Honours) degree, you must complete 100 points of study at fourth-year level. Pure honours consists of 62.5 points of coursework and a thesis of 37.5 points. Combined honours usually consists of the thesis and two coursework subjects in one area of study (37.5 + 25 = 62.5 points) and three coursework subjects in the combined area of study (37.5 points). Students intending to complete combined Media & Communications Honours with the thesis in Media & Communication enrol in this course stream. Students intending to complete combined Honours with the thesis in the second area of study enrol in the BA (Honours) course stream (104AA). In most cases, BA (M&C) combined degree students who meet the required academic entry standards can enter the Honours program. However, before you are admitted to fourth-year level studies you must complete your Media & Communications component as well as enough relevant subjects from your combining degree to allow you to take out the pass degree if you were to discontinue your combining degree. You will not be eligible to graduate with the BA (Media & Communications)(Honours) degree until all the requirements of the combining degree or program are met.
Structure & Available Subjects:	Students undertaking the pure honours stream complete: three fourth-year level Media and Communications core subjects (37.5 points); and two optional fourth-year level subjects (25 points); and a Media and Communications thesis of 12,000 words (37.5 points). Double major students may complete one of the following combined honours streams: two fourth-year level Media and Communications core subjects (25 points); and three fourth-year level subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points); and a Media and Communications thesis of 12,000 words (37.5 points).\ or three fourth-year level Media and Communications core subjects (37.5 points); and two fourth year-level subjects in the combining discipline (25 points); and a thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points). Please note: students undertaking the second option will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) NOT a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications Honours).
Subject Options:	Media and Communications thesis subject: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MECM90012 Media and Communications Thesis Semester 1, Semester 2 18.75 Media and Communications core honours subjects: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 MECM40002 Journalism: Conflict and Society Semester 1 12.50 MECM40003 Researching Audiences and Reception Semester 1 12.50 MECM90015 History and Philosophy of Media Semester 1 12.50 MECM40007 Journalism Studies Semester 2 12.50 MECM40011 Writing for the Media Semester 2 12.50 MECM40014 Global Media: Theory and Research Semester 2 12.50 MECM90002 Global Media Governance Semester 1 12.50 Media and Communications optional honours subjects: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: CULS40001 Cultural Policy and Power Semester 1 12.50 MECM90010 Strategic Political Communication July 12.50 MECM90009 Global Crisis Reporting Semester 1 12.50 MECM90016 Representation and Advocacy February 12.50 DEVT90039 Civil Society, NGOs and the State Not offered in 2011 12.50 PUBL90006 Writing and Editing for Digital Media Semester 2 12.50 MECM90007 Media Convergence and Digital Culture Semester 2 12.50 MECM90003 Mobility, Culture and Communication Semester 1 12.50 MECM90017 Media Writing: Rhetoric and Practice Semester 1 12.50 ASIA90001 Human Rights in Southeast Asia Semester 2 12.50 SCRN40013 Censorship: Film, Art and Media Semester 2 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/media-communications/
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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