Advanced Industry Practice - PR (MECM90025)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2025
About this subject
Overview
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This subject is designed to provide students with an advanced industry perspective of an area of marketing communications. This practice-based subject is taught by current expert industry practitioners and will give students the opportunity to further hone their skills prior to entering the workforce. Students in this subject will engage with case studies and topical issues in the lecturer’s industry of practice.
Advanced Industry Practice – PR is led by Ms Ashleigh Bonica and Ms Emma Lomas, AMPR Group, who take students through client relations, current changes in the industry and the process of creating a PR plan from scratch.
Given the advanced nature of the subject we recommend that students undertake this subject in the final 100 points of their degree.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Identify and analyse key issues for clients within a PR context.
- Apply advanced skills in PR into practice.
- Design a clear pitch from a brief that shows an effective understanding of the interplay between different PR elements.
- Explain how a PR firm operates.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate competence in advanced library searches and information retrieval
- Demonstrate proficiency in the application of selected methods of analysis
- Demonstrate conformity to academic protocols of presentation and research procedures
- Demonstrate improved capacity in collaborative learning and team skills.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Previous study in Marketing, Communications, Media and Communications, Public Relations, Advertising, or other similar cognate area.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A marketing communications brief
| Mid semester | 15% |
A group presentation of a marketing communications strategy equivalent to 1,750 words, due towards the end of semester
| Second half of the teaching period | 35% |
An essay
| During the examination period | 50% |
| Hurdle requirement: 1. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
Not available in 2025
Time commitment details
Total 170 hours
What do these dates mean
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
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- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 4 March 2025