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Digital Studies // Structure

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Structure

75 credit points

Note:

Students need to submit an Enrolment Variation form if they choose to take this minor, as below:

https://enrolmentvariations.app.unimelb.edu.au/apex/f?p=303:LOGIN_DESKTOP

This minor requires the completion of:

  • 12.5 credit points of Level 1 Core subject

  • 12.5 credit points of Arts Discovery (if not already counted towards a Major) or 12.5 credit points of Other Level 1 Elective subject

  • 12.5 credit points of Level 2 Core subject
  • 12.5 credit points of Level 2 Elective subject
  • 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Core subject
  • 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Elective subject

Level 1 Core subject

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ARTS10003 Our Digital Worlds Not available in 2023 12.5

Level 1 Elective subject

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LAWS10009 AI, Ethics and the Law
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOG10002 Landscape Information Systems
Semester 2 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
COMP10001 Foundations of Computing
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
COMP10002 Foundations of Algorithms
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
COMP10003 Media Computation
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Note:

The Level 1 LAWS and COMP subjects are required to be taken within the breadth component of the degree.

Level 2 Core subject

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ARTS20001 Digital Tools and Methods Not available in 2023 12.5

Level 2 Elective subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MECM20003 Internet Communication
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM20014 Visual Communication and Digital Media
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5
CULS20017 Gender and Contemporary Culture
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
HPSC20009 Technology & Contemporary Life
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
CRIM20007 Cybercrime and Digital Criminology
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOG20017 Spatial Analysis in Geography
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BLAW20002 Regulating Digital Platforms
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ASIA20008 Digital Asia
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 3 Core subject

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ARTS30003 Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Not available in 2023 12.5

Level 3 Elective subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MECM30016 Digital Media Research
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM30017 Digital and Mobile Journalism
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MECM30013 Marketing Communications
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SCRN30005 The Environmental Screenscape
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SOCI30012 Digital Technology and Social Change
July (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ANTH30019 Innovation, Design, and Society
July (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
HPSC30038 Being Online Not available in 2023 12.5
GEOG30028 Mobile Worlds
February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5
LING30015 Corpus Linguistics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Last updated: 10 November 2023