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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:
2 years full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Education and Arts - School:
Communications and Arts - Code:
I24 - CRICOS:
061782D
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Master of Communications
Area of Specialisation In Media and Cultural Studies
Examines the ways in which the media are organised, the social position and power they have and the ways they communicate to audiences.
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.
Students develop critical thinking, effective communication skills and how to research and write a project.
Related careers
Media Officer, 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 Master of Communications (Media Studies) allows students to examine the ways in which the 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, and to research and write a project.
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMM4122 | Introduction to Research | 15 | |
| Plus 90 credit points (6 units) from the following: | |||
| CCA4100 | Visual Culture and Subversive Ideas | 15 | |
| CCA4101 | Environmental Humanities | 15 | |
| CMM4105 | Global Communications | 15 | |
| CMM4106 | Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Cinema | 15 | |
| CMM4107 | Documentary, Film and Television | 15 | |
| CMM4108 | Independent Study | 15 | |
| CMM4118 | Case Studies in Communications 2 | 15 | |
| CMM4119 | Case Studies in Communications | 15 | |
| CMM4123 | Media and Social Context | 15 | |
| CMM4124 | Media and Nation | 15 | |
| CMM4125 | Popular Music and Culture | 15 | |
| CMM4131 | Reading Media Texts | 15 | |
| CMM4202 | Culture and the Internet | 15 | |
| CMM4215 | Cultural Matrix | 15 | |
| MST4150 | Media in Asia | 15 | |
| MST4151 | Media and Identity | 15 | |
This major can also be studied in the following courses: