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Media and Communications
Structure
100 credit points
Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time
The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:
Coursework Only Option:
- minimum six core subjects (75 points)
- maximum two electives (25 points)
or
Minor Thesis Option:
- minimum four core subjects (50 points)
- maximum of one elective subject (12.5 points)
- Thesis subject (37.5 points)
Total 100 points
Please note: Students must enrol in the thesis MECM90029 Media and Communications Thesis Part 1 and MECM90030 Media and Communications Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters
Subject Options
Core Subjects
minimum 75 points - coursework only option
minimum 50 points - minor thesis option
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MECM40003 | Researching Audiences and Reception | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM40006 | Public Relations and Communications |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MECM40007 | Change in Journalism | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM40011 | Writing for the Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90007 | Media Convergence and Digital Culture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90015 | Approaches to Computational Media | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90020 | Global Media: Theory and Research | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90031 | Audiovisual Communication |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Minor Thesis Subject
37.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MECM90029 | Media and Communications Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
MECM90030 | Media and Communications Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
Elective Subjects
maximum 25 points - coursework only option
maximum 12.5 points - minor thesis option
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CULS40001 | Cultural Policy and Power | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT50001 | Research Principles and Practices |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PUBL90006 | Writing and Editing for Digital Media |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
SCRN40003 | Ethnographic and Documentary Cinema | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40013 | Censorship: Film, Art and Media | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication
Last updated: 18 December 2020