Master of Global Media Communication (MC-GMCOM) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

Students who complete the Master of Global Media Communication should:

• Demonstrate the knowledge and capacities required to work at high levels in industry, government and advocacy
• Provide leadership in the areas of public communication and policy at a national and global level
• Understand the fundamental principles for making critical and ethical judgments regarding professional practice
• Evaluate the dynamic processes of change operating in contemporary media and communication industries
• Develop strategy and policy, and communicate effectively through written and oral presentations to academic, policy and cross-cultural forums
• Combine an understanding of the different perspectives of industry, public sector and civil society professionals with the research skills and methodologies of professional media and communications
• Demonstrate advanced skills in research, analysis and interpretation with particular emphasis on questions of globalisation/localisation, identity, citizenship, power and democracy

Generic skills

Students who successfully complete the Masters should enhance their skills in:

• Research: through competent use of advanced information sources and retrieval of appropriate information
• Critical and theoretical thinking: through presentation of research papers, conceptualising theoretical problems, forming judgements and arguments from conflicting evidence, and by critical analysis
• Time management and planning: through managing and organising workloads
• Team work: through group activities
• Advanced skills in writing, reporting and communicating facts and ideas

Graduate attributes