Bachelor of Arts
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Media and Communication - unit set code MJ-AU00008
Media and communication is the world's fastest growing industry and is an area of rapid and continuous technological, political, economic, and social change. Much of the recent explosion in the stock of human knowledge is linked with developments in media and communication. Students will address issues and events in the industry at national and international level.
Core units
Level 1
Trimester 1
| ALC101 | Contemporary Communication: Making Sense of Text, Image and Meaning (B, G, S, W, X) *** |
Trimester 2| ALC102 | Contemporary Communication: Making Sense of New Media (B, G, W, X) |
Select 6 credit points with at least 2 credit points at level 3 from the following:
Levels 2 and 3 Trimester 1| AAM219 | Contemporary Australian Cinema (B, W) *** |
| ALC208 | Researching Media: Texts, Audiences and Industries (B, G, W, X) |
| ALC209 | Screening Contemporary Masculinities (B, X) |
| ALR276 | Ethical Communication and Citizenship (B, G, X) |
| ASC246/ASC346 | Sociology of the Media and Popular Culture (B, G, X) |
| ALC313 | Media and Communication Internship (B, G, W, X) ** |
Trimester 2
| AAM220 | Cinemas and Cultures (B, X) |
| ALC201 | Exploring New Media: Users, Settings, Implications (B, G, X) |
| ALC215 | Globalisation and the Media (B, G, W, X) |
| ALC314 | Advertising: Designing Desires (ONLINE) * |
| ALC320 | Approaches to Media: Audiences and Effects (ONLINE) * |
Trimester 3
| ALC383 | Communicating the City: Understanding Global Media Industry Ecologies |
Note: The following unit may be taken in addition to the prescribed major sequence.
* ALC314, ALC320 offered in the wholly online teaching mode only. There will be no face to face teaching.
** ALC313 - also offered in Trimester 3. Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.
*** ALC101, AAM219 also offered on campus at Burwood only in trimester 3
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