100 Point Master of Journalism

The program is designed for students who are interested in pursuing careers in journalism and journalism-related fields, and for journalists and other professional practitioners working in the contemporary media industry who wish to develop additional advanced skills and knowledge.

The program teaches the full range of journalism skills and critically engages with the professional conventions of journalism, with ethical and legal issues that impact on journalism, and with contemporary questions such as how new media technologies influence journalism practices.

• Learn real-world skills from leading industry practitioners.
• Engage with important and challenging issues facing the Australian and global media industries.
• Gain a theoretical and practical grounding in issues such as civics, governance, citizenship, and leadership.
• Investigate key concepts that frame recent developments in fields such as media law, management theory, globalisation, health policy, and climate change.
• Undertake an internship with an external organisation, and gain valuable practical experience and extend your professional networks.

This program will:

·place its primary emphasis on training mid-career journalists who want to build on their existing skills and knowledge;

·reflect on professional issues they face, and develop new and innovative forms of practice;

·link theory and practice in a way that has not been achieved in graduate programs at other universities;

·explore the issues that will shape the world of the 21 st Century and to equip students with the knowledge and skills to be successful in that world;

·take a real-world profession-based approach to delivery, through the use of case-based teaching and the production of high quality journalism by students;

·use flexible delivery modes including intensives and after-hours contact so as to ensure that the course is accessible to working students.

At least 50 points of core subjects

The remaining 50 points can be made up other core subjects or elective subjects.

Core Subjects

At least 50 points of core subjects

Please note JOUR90002 Minor Thesis subject requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Please note JOUR90012 Journalism Project requries three consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Elective Subjects

Languages - Students may enrol in up to 25 points of language study in the following areas: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish

The list of elective subjects can be found below. The elective subjects have been grouped into the following -

• Media/Journalism
• Understanding Australia and the world
• The environment and climate change
• Health
• Science
• Business and economics
• Internship/Research project

Please note there is no restriction on the number of electives you can take from a particular group

List of Elective Subjects - Media/Journalism

List of Elective Subjects - Understanding Australia and the World

List of Elective Subjects - The environment and climate change

List of Elective Subjects - Health

List of Elective Subjects - Science

List of Elective Subjects - Business and Economics