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Digital Studies
Structure
100 credit points
Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time
The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:
- Compulsory subjects (25 points)
- Graduate elective subjects (25 points)
- Undergraduate elective subjects (50 points)
Total 100 points
Please note: Students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects
25 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTS10003 | Our Digital Worlds | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| ARTS20001 | Digital Tools and Methods | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Graduate Elective Subjects
25 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUMC90022 | Digital Protocols | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP90059 | Introduction to Programming |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| INFO90002 | Database Systems & Information Modelling |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MECM90037 | Online Community Management | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MECM90002 | Global Data Policy & Governance | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MECM90016 | Digital Politics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| JOUR90004 | New Media Storytelling | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90203 | Science & AI: Legal & Ethical Challenges | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Undergraduate Elective Subjects
50 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASIA20008 | Digital Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 |
| ARTS30003 | Digital Humanities and Social Sciences | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| LING30015 | Corpus Linguistics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 |
Last updated: 2 November 2025