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Mt Lawley - Delivery Mode:
On-campus
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Mt Lawley - Study Mode:
Full-time
Part-time - Delivery Mode:
On-campus - Duration:
1.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Education and Arts - School:
Communications and Arts - Code:
G77 - CRICOS:
039440K
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Master of Professional Communications
Area of Specialisation In Interactive Media
This specialisation enables students to harness the revolution in digital communications with a challenging and rewarding mix of practical and critical studies, including research and digital media activities. It provides studies of both traditional multimedia and emergent digital interactive technologies and draws together theory and knowledge from the disciplines of information science, media, art and graphic design, instructional design, computer science and cognitive science.
Area of Specialisation structure
This unitset structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.
The Master of Professional Communications (Interactive Media) at Edith Cowan University enables students to harness the revolution in digital communications with a challenging and rewarding mix of practical and critical studies, including research and digital media activities. The course provides studies of both traditional multimedia and emergent digital interactive technologies and draws together theory and knowledge from the disciplines of information science, media, art and graphic design, instructional design, computer science and cognitive science.
The units listed in this specialisation area may be subject to change over the duration of the course.
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMM4122 | Introduction to Research | 15 | |
| CMM4137 | Project Preparation | 15 | |
| CMM5220 | Communications Project 1 | 20 | |
| CMM5221 | Communications Project 2 | 20 | |
| Plus 75 credit points (5 units) from the following: | |||
| CMM4208 | Communications and Digital Technology | 15 | |
| IMM4121 | Digital Photomedia | 15 | |
| IMM4122 | Publishing on the World Wide Web | 15 | |
| IMM4123 | Interactive Multimedia Authoring 1 | 15 | |
| IMM4125 | Interface and Information Design | 15 | |
| IMM4228 | Project Management Methodology | 15 | |
| Plus 15 credit points (1 unit) from the following: | |||
| GDT4102 | 3D Visualisation | 15 | |
| IMM4205 | 3D Animation | 15 | |
| IMM4226 | Interactive Multimedia Authoring 2 | 15 | |
| IMM4227 | Advanced World Wide Web Applications | 15 | |
| IMM4330 | Industry Project Development | 15 | |
| Plus 20 credit points (1 unit) from the following: | |||
| CMM5110 | Globalisation, Cultural Diversity and Innovation | 20 | |
| CMM5111 | Convergences | 20 | |
| PRN5110 | Perception Management | 20 | |
| VIS5110 | Visual Communication | 20 | |
This major can also be studied in the following courses: