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Media and Communications minor
Bachelor of ArtsMinorYear: 2023
Media and Communications minor
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 minor 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: 10 November 2023
Structure
75 credit points
This minor requires the completion of:
-
25 credit points of Level 1 subjects, comprising of:
25 credit points of Level 1 electives
OR
12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives and 12.5 credit points of Arts Discovery
- 25 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
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 |
---|---|---|---|
MECM20006 | Understanding Australian Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM20010 | Understanding Global Media | Semester 2 (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 |
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 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: 10 November 2023