Bachelor of Arts

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Media Studies

Unit Set Code

MJ-AU00008 (major)

MN-AU00008 (minor)

Campuses

Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (Online)

Overview

This 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. This course of study enables you to graduate with a unique ‘multiskilled’ qualification appropriate for many careers and job markets.

Career outcomes

Graduates can expect to gain employment in a wide range of organisations, including the education sector, the entertainment industry, marketing consultancies, multimedia businesses, newspaper and magazine publishers, public relations agencies and radio and television companies.

Units

To complete a Major sequence in Media Studies select eight (8) credit points as outlined below;
To complete a Minor sequence in Media Studies select any four (4) units from below, including a minimum of one (1) credit point at level one, and no more than one (1) credit point at level 3

Complete the following 2 units from level 1:

ALC104

Media Genres: Negotiating Textual Forms and Pleasures

ACF104

Screening History (Formerly ALC106)

Complete the following 2 units from level 2:

ALC215

Global Media

ACF206

Contemporary Topics in Screen Cultures (Formerly ALC216)

Complete the following 4 units from level 3:

ALC304