Media (Comms & Journalism) - 3429
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Contact: sam@unsw.edu.au
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 144
UAC Code: 422700
Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements
International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements
Award(s):
Bachelor of Media (Major)
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Program Description
Level 1 and 2 courses cover contextual knowledge of communication and journalism, and practical and theoretical skills in text production and analysis. As you proceed into Level 3, the program expands and deepens your knowledge and understanding of these skills through application to contemporary communication contexts, requiring demonstration of the ability to situate, produce and evaluate effective communication texts.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
Graduates will have expertise in a range of foundational communication skills, but more importantly, will be able to contribute to, evaluate and intervene in emerging practices, enabling them to take leading roles in these rapidly changing industries.
The Learning Outcomes for this Program are as follows:
At the conclusion of this program, you should be able to:
- Situate communication and journalism in the context of media studies.
- Critically analyse and creatively solve problems in the context of communication and journalism.
- Produce effective communication and journalism texts for a range of media platforms.
- Locate, evaluate and use relevant information to develop content for communication and journalism.
- Show enterprise, initiative and creativity in the practice of communication and journalism.
- Apply an appreciation of, and respect for, the cultural diversity of media audiences, media forms and media delivery contexts.
- Contribute to, and work within, an international community of media professionals.
- Create, discuss and evaluate communication and journalism texts.
- Adapt to changes in the audiences, platforms, tools and practices of communication and journalism.
- Conduct research as applied to and appropriate for the fields of communications and journalism.
- Deploy ethically informed and socially aware practice.
- Collaborate effectively across a range of contexts in communications and journalism professions.
Career Opportunities
Program Structure
If you study in either the single or dual mode, you will complete:
- 36 UOC of Media Studies core and prescribed electives
- 60 UOC of Communication and Journalism core and prescribed electives
- An optional home minor stream of 24 UOC (four courses) selected from the list of UNSW BA approved home minor streams
- 12 UOC of Free Electives (two courses) which can be taken within or outside the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- 12 UOC of General Education (two courses) which must be taken outside of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- An optional external minor stream of 24-36 UOC (four to six courses) selected from the list of UNSW BA approved external minor streams*
- 12 - 24 UOC of Free Electives (four courses) including at least 12 UOC taken within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Please refer to the list of optional minors under "Area(s) of Specialisation”.
OR
- 12 UOC of Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Electives (two courses) of any other courses offered from within Arts and Social Sciences
- 24 UOC of Free Electives (four courses) which can be taken within or outside the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- 12 UOC of General Education (two courses) which must be taken outside of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Core Courses
Media Core
Communication and Journalism Core
- MDIA1002 Media Industry Contexts (6 UOC)
- MDIA1004 News Reporting (6 UOC)
- MDIA3002 Multiplatform Journalism (6 UOC)
- MDIA3003 Media Portfolio (6 UOC)
Prescribed Electives
Media
You will complete any two of the following:
- ARTS2091 Mobile Cultures (6 UOC)
- ARTS2092 Global Media (6 UOC)
- ARTS2093 Media Uses (6 UOC)
- ARTS2095 Digital Tech and the Self (6 UOC)
You will complete any two of the following:
- ARTS3091 Advanced Media Issues (6 UOC)
- ARTS3092 Media in Asia-Pacific (6 UOC)
- ARTS3093 Media Power (6 UOC)
- ARTS3096 Media and Climate Change (6 UOC)
- MDIA3007 Media Internship (6 UOC)
Communication and Journalism
- ARTS1010 Life of Words (6 UOC)
- ARTS1060 Introduction to Film Studies (6 UOC)
- ARTS1062 Hollywood Film (6 UOC)
- ARTS2063 National Cinemas (6 UOC)
- ARTS2091 Mobile Cultures (6 UOC)
- ARTS2092 Global Media (6 UOC)
- ARTS2093 Media Uses (6 UOC)
- ARTS2094 Visual Communication (6 UOC)
- ARTS2126 Reviewing the Arts (6 UOC)
- ARTS3092 Media in Asia-Pacific (6 UOC)
- ARTS3093 Media Power (6 UOC)
- ARTS3872 Media Publics (6 UOC)
- HUMS2000 Arts Internship (6 UOC)
- MDIA1000 Time, Space and Experience (6 UOC)
- MDIA1003 Public Relations Principles (6 UOC)
- MDIA2000 Animating Media (6 UOC)
- MDIA2001 Bodies and Interfaces (6 UOC)
- MDIA2005 Advertising (6 UOC)
- MDIA2006 Communication Strategies (6 UOC)
- MDIA2007 Political PR (6 UOC)
- MDIA2008 Broadcast Journalism (6 UOC)
- MDIA3000 Public Relations Discourse (6 UOC)
- MDIA3001 Serious Games (6 UOC)
- MDIA3004 Festivals and Exhibitions (6 UOC)
- MDIA3006 Production Studio (6 UOC)
- MDIA3007 Media Internship (6 UOC)
- MDIA3009 Integrated Communications (6 UOC)
UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives
Free Electives
ARTS2050 Academic Writing for the Humanities
This course is available as an Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Elective or Free Elective if you wish to develop your academic writing skills.General Education
Award with Distinction
Honours
Bachelor of Media (Honours) program 4510
Sample Program
(Example Only)
Below is a guide to help you enrol in your program. To be full-time you must enrol in 24 UOC each semester.
LEVEL 1 |
UOC | ||||||||||||||||||
S1 | ARTS1090 Media, Culture & Everyday Life (6 UOC) | MDIA1002 Media Industry Contexts (6 UOC) |
Prescribed Communication and Journalism Elective
(6 UOC)
|
Home Minor Stream (6 UOC) |
24 | ||||||||||||||
S2 |
(6 UOC)
|
MDIA1004 News Reporting (6 UOC) |
General Education (6 UOC) | Free Elective (6 UOC) |
24 | ||||||||||||||
LEVEL 2 | UOC | ||||||||||||||||||
S1 |
Prescribed Media Elective Level 2
(6 UOC)
|
Prescribed Communication and Journalism Elective
(6 UOC)
|
Home Minor Stream (6 UOC) |
24 | |||||||||||||||
S2 |
Prescribed Media Elective Level 2
(6 UOC)
|
General Education (6 UOC) | Home Minor Stream (6 UOC) |
24 | |||||||||||||||
LEVEL 3 | UOC | ||||||||||||||||||
S1 |
Prescribed Media Elective Level 3
(6 UOC)
|
MDIA3002 Multiplatform Journalism (6 UOC) |
Prescribed Communication and Journalism Elective
(6 UOC)
|
Home Minor Stream (6 UOC) |
24 | ||||||||||||||
S2 |
Prescribed Media Elective Level 3
(6 UOC)
|
MDIA3003 Media Portfolio (6 UOC) |
Prescribed Communication and Journalism Elective
(6 UOC)
|
Free Elective (6 UOC) |
24 |
Academic Rules
Single Mode
- enrol in the Bachelor of Media (C&J) and complete 144 UOC;
- complete the requirements for the core
- complete the requirements for prescribed electives
- complete 12 UOC of Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Electives*
- complete 24 UOC of Free Electives*
- complete 12 UOC of General Education**
- complete at least 30 UOC of Level 1 courses before enrolling in Level 2 courses
- complete at least 96 UOC overall before enrolling in Level 3 courses
**you may substitute 12 UOC of General Education courses for 12 UOC in an external minor from the list of UNSW BA approved external minor streams.
Dual Mode
- complete 96 UOC in the Bachelor of Media (C&J);
- complete the requirements for the core
- complete the requirements for prescribed electives
- complete at least 30 UOC of Level 1 courses before enrolling in Level 2 courses
- complete at least 48 UOC overall before enrolling in Level 3 courses
Fees
Important Information
Further Information
Tel: + 61 2 9385 2289
Email: arts@unsw.edu.au
Location: Room G1 Ground Floor, Morven Brown building (C20)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
Frequently asked questions
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Area(s) of Specialisation
- Art History and Theory
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Asian Studies
- Australian Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Development Studies
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Humanities
- European Studies
- Film Studies
- French Studies
- Geography
- German Studies
- History
- Human Resource Management
- Indigenous Studies
- Indonesian Studies
- International Business
- International Relations
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Linguistics
- Media
- Modern Greek Studies
- Music
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Psychology
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies