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Media and Communications

Bachelor of ArtsMajorYear: 2017

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Overview

Media and Communications offers students foundational knowledge for the 21st century. It equips students with a critical understanding of the constantly changing global media environments and technologies, and provides core research and professional skills valued across a range of media sectors. The wide array of subjects that comprise the Media and Communications major cover key developments in media industries, new communication technologies, and their impact on politics, society and culture. While the main focus is on Australia and the Asia-Pacific, the course has a global orientation, reflecting today’s increasingly interconnected media systems, markets, and production ecologies of contemporary digital networks.

Intended learning outcomes

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.

Last updated: 30 January 2024

Structure

75 credit points

The major and minor in Media and Communications is available to students who commenced the Bachelor of Arts (New Generation) at level one in 2010 and onwards.

The major in Media and Communication requires:-

Level 1

  • One
    Code Name Study period Credit Points
    Arts Foundation Subject No longer available
    and one level one Media and Communication subject from the list below (25 points)

Level 2

  • Three Media and Communications subjects (37.5 points)

Level 3

  • Three Media and Communications subjects including the capstone subject - MECM30002 Perspectives in Global Media Cultures (37.5 points)

Total 100 points

The minor in Media and Communication requires:-

Level 1

  • One
    Code Name Study period Credit Points
    Arts Foundation Subject No longer available
    and one level one Arts discipline subject from the list below (25 points)

Level 2

  • Two Media and Communications subjects (25 points)

Level 3

  • Two Media and Communications subjects (25 points)


Total 75 points

Subject Options

Media and Communications major and minor

First Year

One Arts Foundation Subject (12.5 points) and one level one Media and Communication subject (12.5 points) from the list below:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MECM10003 Media and Society
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM10006 Introduction to Media Writing
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Second Year

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:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MECM20006 Understanding Australian Media
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM20010 Comparing Media Systems
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM20003 Internet Communication
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM20011 Approaches to Media Research
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Third Year

For the major, students must complete two (25 points) of the following subjects and the compulsory Capstone subject (12.5 points) and for the minor, students must complete two (25 points) of the following subjects (excluding the Capstone):

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MECM30010 Writing Journalism
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM30015 Media and Communications Project
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM30016 Digital Media Research
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM30004 Media Futures and New Technologies
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM30013 Marketing Communications
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Capstone

Compulsory for students undertaking the major:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MECM30002 Perspectives in Global Media Cultures
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Notes

Not all Media and Communications subjects are available as breadth.

Links

http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/study/mediacomm

Last updated: 30 January 2024