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Our courses offer the right balance of practical knowledge and academic excellence and a wide range of study options.
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- Location:
Joondalup
Mt Lawley - Study Mode:
Full-time
Part-time - Delivery Mode:
On-campus - Duration:
3 years full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Education and Arts - School:
Communications and Arts - Code:
Y71 - CRICOS:
074075B - Indicative ATAR (TER):
55
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Bachelor of Communications
This course focuses on developing a wide range of professional and communication skills through a hands on approach to traditional and new media.
It will provide students with skills in research and writing, as well as critical and creative thinking. Practice and theory go hand in hand in this course, and inform each other across all of the available specialisations. As well as giving students the knowledge needed to succeed in a dynamic communication and cultural environment, the course gives students the skills to adapt and thrive in facing and responding to challenges in a range of communication and cultural fields.
Graduates from this course have the opportunity to gain exciting employment opportunities within corporate and government sectors and our global media industries.
Students can select their major from the following disciplines:
- Advertising
- Broadcasting
- Creative Services
- Journalism
- Media, Culture & Mass Communications
- Public Relations
Mixed Mode Delivery Details
This course will become progressively available online from 2014 onwards. Students commencing study in this course and who are eligible for advanced standing, may be required to complete units on campus.
Related careers
Advertising Coordinator, Advertising Manager, Advertising Executive, Copywriter, Media Buyer, Press Officer, Media Consultant, Media Critic, Media Commentator, Broadcaster, Presenter, Journalist, Online Reporter, Press Secretary, Producer, Artistic Director, Designer, Researcher, Writer, Marketing Officer, PR Consultant, Public Relations Manager, Communications Officer
Further studies
Students interested in progressing further in this area can elect to study the Bachelor of Communications Honours.
Further courses
Related studies
Arts / Communications double degree also available in this discipline.
Related courses
This course is available for on-campus study by students with an International student visa.