Media and Communications (B-ARTS_MAJOR_32)

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: 2 October 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	Communication for Changemaking	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 (On Campus - 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