Extended Major Overview

Description

Media and communication industries and professions are perpetually evolving and being disrupted by new technologies and techniques. This course provides applied learning opportunities and skills for students interested in directly working in media and communication industries. Developed around core concepts of ideation, engagement, and impact, the degree offers a structured and agile development pathway that incorporates many industry facing activities for students with a career minded focus in media production, journalism, strategic communication, and digital storytelling. The interdisciplinary focus of the program presents students with a unique learning environment designed to function across different professional areas. This equips graduates with versatile skills and knowledge in media development and analysis to meet the challenges of the dynamic and evolving landscape of digital culture in which responsible and high-level communication will be key to success.

Students should be aware that this major does not provide a pathway to an Honours.

Outcomes

Students are able to:

  1. identify the evolving roles and applications of media and communication in Australia, Asia-Pacific and the World
  2. engage with media and communication technologies, processes and techniques through creative, critical and reflective thinking and practice
  3. interpret, evaluate and communicate complex ideas and issues across audiences, platforms and professional contexts
  4. work independently and collaboratively to ideate, design, develop and evaluate media projects and endeavours
  5. act with accountability and responsibility in personal and professional practice and settings, taking into consideration differing social, cultural, and ethical values and protocols
  6. demonstrate intellectual leadership and digital competencies through reflective practice to foster meaningful engagement and collaborations in the field.
Broadening guidelines
In addition to the minors listed, any language minor would complement this major well.
Suggested Minors to broaden you study area, are:
(1) MNR-SCCOM Science Communication
(2) MNR-CCCOM Cross Cultural Communication
(3) MNR-CRWRS Creative Writing Studies
(4) MNR-CITZN Active Citizenship
(5) MNR-DCREA Digital Creativity
(6) MNR-DGCIT Digital Citizenship
(7) MNR-FILMS Minor in Film Studies
(8) MNR-MEHUM Environmental Humanities
Courses

Media and Communication can only be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:

Example Study Plan

See study plans for more information.

Units

Key to availability of units:
S1
Semester 1
S2
Semester 2
N/A
not available in 2025 – may be available in 2026 or 2027
NS
non-standard teaching period

Level 1

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (24 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S1 COMM1001 Power, Participation and Meaning
Incompatibility
COMM1101 Human Technology: Debating Communication
S2 COMM1002 Cultures, New Media and Communications
Incompatibility
COMM2202 Culture, New Media and Communications
S1 COMM1003 Understanding Media None
S2 COMM1004 Storytelling Across Media Industries None
Degree-specific major units

Take 1 unit to the value of 6 points from this group:

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S1 ARTF1052 Fine Arts Studio: Record, Visualise & Imagine
Incompatibility
VISA1050 Art of Visualisation and Recording VISA1052 Art of Expression
S2 ARTF1053 Digital Art and Object Making
Incompatibility
VISA1051 Art in the Environment VISA1053 Video Art: Methods and Means
S1 ENGL1401 Narrative in the Digital Age None
S2 ENGL1501 Reading Creatively/Writing Creatively None
S2 INDG1160 Boodjar Moort Katitjin: Introduction to Indigenous Heritage and Knowledge None
S1, S2 PACM1101 Communication in Practice
Incompatibility
BUSN1104 Business Communication for Change, Influence and Impact
S1 PHIL1001 Ethics for the Digital Age: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy
Incompatibility
PHIL1107 Ethics, Free Will and Meaning

Level 2

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (30 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S2 COMM2001 Media Influence
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
24 points of level 1 units from any discipline
Incompatibility
COMM2201 Communication and Mass Media
S1 COMM2002 Digital Media
Prerequisites
24 credit points at Level 1
Incompatibility
COMM2203 Digital Media
N/A COMM2004 Journalism Practice and Emerging Audiences
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
24 points in your chosen degree
Incompatibility
COMM3004 Journalism and Strategic Communication
N/A COMM2005 Media Production Development
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
COMM2002 Digital Media
N/A COMM2006 Communication Strategy and Engagement
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
24 points Unit(s) in your chosen degree
Degree-specific major units

Take 1 unit to the value of 6 points from this group:

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S2 ARTF2021 Animation and Video
Prerequisites
ARTF1052 Fine Arts Studio: Record, Visualise & Imagine (formerly VISA1050 Art of Visualisation and Recording) and/or ARTF1053 Fine Arts Studio: Space, Time & Beyond (formerly VISA1053 Video Art: Methods and Means)
S1 ASIA2004 Popular Culture in Asia
Prerequisites
any Level 1
or Level 2 ASIA, KORE, JAPN, CHIN, INDO, ENGL, HIST, PHIL, ARCY, COMM, LING, ANTH, LAW, VISA, MUSC, SOCS
or POLS unit.
Incompatibility
SOCS2216 Popular Culture in Asia
S2 ENGL2210 Cinema Classics None
S1 ENGL2401 Netflicks: Cinema and Long-form Television None
NS INDG2600 Indigenous Representation: Cultural Heritage and The Museum
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
any level 1 Unit(s) from the Indigenous Knowledge, History and Heritage major
or HIST1100 Aboriginal History
Incompatibility
Successful completion of
VISA2051 Curatorial Practices
or INDG3500 Image, Representation and Appropriation
S2 MKTG2238 Marketing communications
Prerequisites
MKTG1203 Introduction to Marketing
or MKTX1203 Introduction to Marketing
S2 MUSC2276 Sound, Image and Space
Prerequisites
MUSC1055 Electronic Music: Methods and Means
S1 SWSP2001 Knowledges and Skills for Working with Indigenous Peoples
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH017 Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
and Successful completion of
48 points

Level 3

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (30 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S2 COMM3001 Media Enterprise in Transition
Prerequisites
COMM1001 Power, Participation and Meaning
or COMM1002 Cultures, New Media and Communications
and
COMM2002 Digital Media
or COMM2001 Media Influence
S2 COMM3002 Media Production Project
Prerequisites
COMM1001 Power, Participation and Meaning
or COMM1002 Cultures, New Media and Communications
and COMM2002 Digital Media
Incompatibility
COMM3302 Communications Project
S1 COMM3003 Designing Interactive Media
Prerequisites
COMM1001 Power, Participation and Meaning (ID 813)
or COMM1002 Cultures, New Media and Communications (ID 814)
and
COMM2001 Media Influence
or COMM2002 Digital Media
Incompatibility
COMM3304 Designing Virtual Play
N/A COMM3005 Media and Communication Career Portfolio
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
MJD-MECOM Media and Communication
and Successful completion of
COMM3003 Designing Interactive Media
and COMM3006 Media Innovation and Social Futures
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
or Successful completion of
COMM3002 Media Production Project
N/A COMM3006 Media Innovation and Social Futures
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
36 points Unit(s) in your chosen degree
Degree-specific major units

Take 1 unit to the value of 6 points from this group:

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S2 INDG3400 Indigenous People and Global Issues
Prerequisites
INDG2300 Indigenous Knowledge: Mind, Body and Spirit
or INDG2400 Looking South: Noongar Voices
or INDG2500 Looking North: The Wild West
or INDG2600 Indigenous Representation
or INDG2700 Knowing Country: The Dreaming and Darwin
or LAWS2225 Indigenous Peoples and the Law
S2 LAWS3221 Creative Expression and the Law
Prerequisites
LAWS1104 Introduction to Law
or LAWS1111 Law, Conflict and Change
or LAWS1120 Australian Legal Principles and Institutions
or LAWS1112 Adulting: Law for Everyday Lives
and LAWS2227 Law in Action
Incompatibility
LAWS2221 Creative Expression and the Law
S2 MKTG3307 Digital Marketing
Prerequisites
any Level 2 Marketing unit
S2 MUSC3336 Music in Film, TV and Video Games
Prerequisites
any level 2 unit (this unit does not require any technical music literacy)
S2 POLS3231 Politics of the Mass Media
Prerequisites
12 points of Social Science and/or Humanities study at level 2
Incompatibility
POLS2231/POLS3331 Politics of the Mass Media
semester:SOCS3XXX unit:SOCS3XXX title:SOCS3XXX rule:SOCS3XXX
NS, S1, S2 SVLG3003 McCusker Centre for Citizenship Internship
Incompatibility
SVLG1002 SVLG2002