Digital Studies // Structure
Digital Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Michael Falk
Email: michael.falk@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
50 credit points
Duration: 6 months full-time / 1 year part-time
Program Requirements -
- One core subject (12.5 points)
- One graduate elective subject (12.5 points)
- Two undergraduate elective subjects (25 points)
Total 50 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Subject Options
Core Subjects
12.5 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTS10003 | Our Digital Worlds | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARTS20001 | Digital Tools and Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARTS30003 | Digital Humanities and Social Sciences | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Graduate Elective Subjects
12.5 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUMC90022 | Digital Protocols | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP90059 | Introduction to Programming |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| INFO90002 | Database Systems & Information Modelling |
Semester 1 (On Campus - 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 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
Undergraduate Elective Subjects
25 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS10009 | AI, Ethics and the Law | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP10001 | Foundations of Computing |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ASIA20008 | Digital Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LING30015 | Corpus Linguistics | 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 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CULS20017 | Gender and Contemporary Culture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| HPSC20009 | Sociology and Philosophy of AI | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CRIM20007 | Cybercrime and Digital Criminology | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| GEOG20017 | Spatial Analysis in Geography | Semester 2 (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 |
| ANTH30019 | Innovation, Design, and Society | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| HPSC30038 | Exploring Digital Realities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOCI20021 | Digital Technology and Social Change | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 11 April 2025