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Media and Communications
Bachelor of ArtsMajorYear: 2023
Media and Communications
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Wilfred Wang
Email: wilfred.wang@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
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
On completion of this major, students should be able to:
- 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: 3 May 2024
Structure
100 credit points
This major requires the completion of:
- 25 credit points of Level 1 subjects, comprising of either:
-
12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives and 12.5 credit points of Arts Discovery (for a single major)
OR
25 credit points of Level 1 electives (for a double major)
- 37.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
Level 1 subjects must be successfully completed before progressing to Level 2 subjects; Level 2 subjects must be successfully completed before progressing to Level 3 subjects.
*Note:
Students must undertake the Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a single major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: The Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 elective subject.
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: The Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 Elective subject OR Two Level 1 Elective subjects.
Level 1 electives
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 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MECM20003 | Internet Communication | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM20006 | Understanding Australian Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM20010 | Understanding Global Media | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM20011 | Approaches to Media Research | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM20013 | Text and Audio Journalism | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM20014 | Visual Communication and Digital Media | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM20015 | Advertising, Media and Society | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 capstone subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MECM30002 | Perspectives in Global Media Cultures | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
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 Industries & Technological Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM30013 | Marketing Communications | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM30017 | Digital and Mobile Journalism | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CULS30006 | Global 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: 3 May 2024