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Master of Global Media Communication (MC-GMCOM) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
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About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Majors, minors and specialisations
- Further study
Contact
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
- Contact: 'make an enquiry' on http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/11-master-of-global-media-communication
Principal Coordinator
Ingrid Volkmer
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Master of Global Media Communication should:
- demonstrate the knowledge and capacities required to work at high levels in industry, government and advocacy;
- provide leadership in the areas of public communication and policy at a national and global level;
- understand the fundamental principles for making critical and ethical judgments regarding professional practice;
- evaluate the dynamic processes of change operating in contemporary media and communication industries;
- develop strategy and policy, and communicate effectively through written and oral presentations to academic, policy and cross-cultural forums;
- combine an understanding of the different perspectives of industry, public sector and civil society professionals with the research skills and methodologies of professional media and communications; and
- demonstrate advanced skills in research, analysis and interpretation with particular emphasis on questions of globalisation/localisation, identity, citizenship, power and democracy.
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete the Masters should enhance their skills in:
- research: through competent use of advanced information sources and retrieval of appropriate information;
- critical and theoretical thinking: through presentation of research papers, conceptualising theoretical problems, forming judgements and arguments from conflicting evidence, and by critical analysis;
- time management and planning: through managing and organising workloads;
- team work: through group activities; and
- advanced skills in writing, reporting and communicating facts and ideas.
Graduate attributes
Graduates will be equipped with the skills necessary for advanced critical analysis, strategic management, problem-solving and policy making in media-related organisations, including the skills to:
- analyse key areas of contemporary media strategies, governance and advocacy;
- engage with the social, political, economic and ethical dimensions of media practice;
- understand communication as a process that is central to the exercise of contemporary power, and apply research skills to a range of contexts; and
- draw on a range of disciplines and develop a future-oriented, comparative and global focus.
Last updated: 29 March 2024