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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 year full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Education and Arts - School:
Communications and Arts - Code:
G78 - CRICOS:
058038G
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Graduate Diploma of Communications
Area of Specialisation In Media and Cultural Studies
Allows students to examine the ways in which media are organised, the social position and power they have and the ways they communicate to audiences. It also introduces students to a significant range of contemporary theoretical and critical approaches used to analyse media texts, media technologies and their position in the world today. It trains students to think critically and to communicate effectively.
Related careers
Media Critic, Media Commentator
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 Graduate Diploma of Communications (Media Studies) allows students to examine the ways in which Media are organised, the social position and power they have and the ways they communicate to audiences. It also introduces students to a significant range of contemporary theoretical and critical approaches used to analyse media texts, media technologies and their position in the world today. It trains students to think critically and to communicate effectively.
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMM4123 | Media and Social Context | 15 | |
| CMM4215 | Cultural Matrix | 15 | |
| Plus 90 credit points selected from: | |||
| CCA4101 | Environmental Humanities | 15 | |
| CMM4105 | Global Communications | 15 | |
| CMM4108 | Independent Study | 15 | |
| CMM4118 | Case Studies in Communications 2 | 15 | |
| CMM4119 | Case Studies in Communications | 15 | |
| CMM4124 | Media and Nation | 15 | |
| CMM4125 | Popular Music and Culture | 15 | |
| CMM4131 | Reading Media Texts | 15 | |
| CMM4202 | Culture and the Internet | 15 | |
| MST4150 | Media in Asia | 15 | |
| MST4151 | Media and Identity | 15 | |
This major can also be studied in the following courses: