Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)
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| Year | 2015 course information |
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| Award granted | Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) |
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| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
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| Cloud Campus | No |
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| Duration | 3 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
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| CRICOS course code | 083978K Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
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| Deakin course code | A331 |
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New course commenced 2015. |
Course sub-headings
Course overview
The Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) is a three-year specialist degree that gives students the academic and professional skills in Journalism making them ready for employment in the communications industries, across all media platforms, whether working for large news organisations, allied media businesses, or free-lancing. The course also serves as a pathway for further learning, including a professionally oriented one-year communication honours degree.
The course offers a structured program of learning through 12 compulsory units in Journalism supported by 3 compulsory Communication Units; it emphasises hands-on learning of journalistic skills (covering print, radio, television, and online) and also provides scholarly study of journalism in society. Students complete intensive news production work in their final year and will normally undertake an industry internship.
Course rules
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) a student must complete 24 credit points including:
- 15 credit points of compulsory core units
- 9 credit points of elective units (from any discipline area)
- no more than 10 credit points at level 1
- at least 14 credit points at level 2 and above
- no more than 8 credit points taken outside the Faculty of Arts and Education
Course structure
Core units
Level 1
| ALJ111 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ACC100 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ALJ112 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ACC101 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
4 Electives
Level 2
| ALJ215 | Unit description is currently unavailable (commencing 2016) |
| ACC213 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ALJ220 | Unit description is currently unavailable (commencing 2016) |
| ALJ216 | Unit description is currently unavailable (commencing 2016) |
| ALJ218 | Unit description is currently unavailable (commencing 2016) |
3 Electives
Level 3
| ALJ302 | Unit description is currently unavailable (commencing 2017) |
| ALJ305 | Unit description is currently unavailable (commencing 2017) |
| ALJ303 | Unit description is currently unavailable (commencing 2017) |
| ALJ304 | Unit description is currently unavailable (commencing 2016) |
| ALJ306 | Unit description is currently unavailable (commencing 2017) |
| ALJ319 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
2 Electives or 1 Elective and ALJ321 Journalism Internship
Course structure
Electives
Students are advised to undertake electives in related communications disciplines such as Professional and Creative Writing, Public Relations and Media, or production disciplines such as Film and Television, Photography, Visual Communication Design. Students should also consider undertaking electives in history, politics, and other humanities and social science disciplines to provide foundation knowledge of society and culture.
In first year students should use their four electives to complete at least two of ALC104, ALC105, ALR103, ALR104, ALW101, ACM112, ACI102, AIH108 or AIP107.
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