Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative Communication)
Undergraduate
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Undergraduate
Degree info for International students
February
Magill
4 year(s) full-time
MBJW
None
None
AUD$ 21,500 per annum (per 1.0 EFTSL) for students enrolled in 2014
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The admission criteria have been grouped to assist you to easily find the information most relevant to your circumstances. However, you may fit into more than one and the university will consider applicants against each of the relevant criteria.
Certain conditions apply. For more information refer to Appendix 4 of the University's Selection and Entry policy.
To be eligible for selection, applicants are required to have:
Completed the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE); and
* For Stage 2 subjects a grade of C- or better is required
OR
Eynesbury FSP | 370 |
German Abitur | 2.3 |
India (best 4) | 70 |
Kenya KCSE (average) | B+ |
Malaysia STPM (best 3) | 9 |
Malaysia UEC | 26 |
Norway GPA | 3.9 |
Pakistan HSSC | 85 |
Sri Lanka A Levels (best 3) | 9 |
Sweden GPA | 16 |
UK Board GCE A Levels/HK Board | 9 |
USA SAT (2400) | 1745 |
Vietnam | 8.5 |
Australia | 80 |
IB (best 6) | 29 |
Nepal HSEB | 70 |
HKDSE | 19 |
Bangladesh HSC | 4 |
Canada High School (OSSD) | 75 |
Continuing students only. Prospective students please refer to our new B Journalism & Professional Writing, B Arts (English & Creative Writing) (MBJC)
Course name | Area and cat no. | Units | Reference | |
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FIRST YEAR |
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First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3) | ||||
Principles of Journalism | COMM 1022 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | |
Professional and Creative Communication 1 | COMM 2051 | 4.5 | Note(s): 2,7 | |
Ideas, Innovation and Communication | COMM 1060 | 4.5 | Note(s): 3 | |
Common Core Option | 4.5 | |||
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6) | ||||
News Writing | COMM 1023 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | |
Free Elective | 4.5 | Note(s): 5 | ||
Common Core Option | 4.5 | |||
Professional and Technical Writing: An Introduction | COMM 1051 | 4.5 | Note(s): 2 | |
or | ||||
Language and Context | COMM 2047 | 4.5 | Note(s): 2,7 | |
SECOND YEAR |
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First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3) | ||||
Writing and Text Workshop | COMM 1045 | 4.5 | Note(s): 2,6 | |
Journalism Techniques | COMM 2074 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | |
Sub-major 1 | 4.5 | Note(s): 4 | ||
Media Contexts | COMM 1059 | 4.5 | Note(s): 3 | |
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6) | ||||
Professional and Creative Communication 2 | COMM 2052 | 4.5 | Note(s): 2 | |
Journalism Production | COMM 2073 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | |
Journalism Ethics | COMM 1021 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | |
Sub-major 2 | 4.5 | Note(s): 4 | ||
THIRD YEAR |
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First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3) | ||||
Media Law | COMM 2026 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | |
Writing and Creative Communication Major Option 1 | 4.5 | Note(s): 2 | ||
Sub-major 3 | 4.5 | Note(s): 4 | ||
Communication, Culture and Indigenous Australians | COMM 2060 | 4.5 | ||
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6) | ||||
Writing and Creative Communication Major Option 2 | 4.5 | Note(s): 2 | ||
Advanced News Writing | COMM 3021 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | |
Sub-major 4 | 4.5 | Note(s): 4 | ||
Journalism Major Option 1 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | ||
EITHER FOURTH YEAR |
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First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3) | ||||
Journalism Professional Practice | COMM 3053 | 9 | Note(s): 1 | |
Writing and Creative Communication Major - select one of the following 9 unit courses: | Note(s): 2 | |||
Creative Writing Practice | COMM 3042 | 9 | Note(s): 2,7 | |
Literary Texts and Practice | COMM 3046 | 9 | Note(s): 2 | |
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6) | ||||
Journalism Project | COMM 3040 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | |
Journalism Major Option 2 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | ||
Sub-major 5 | 4.5 | Note(s): 4 | ||
Sub-major 6 | 4.5 | Note(s): 4 | ||
OR ALTERNATE FOURTH YEAR |
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First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3) | ||||
Journalism Professional Practice | COMM 3053 | 9 | Note(s): 1 | |
Sub-major 5 | 4.5 | Note(s): 4 | ||
Sub-major 6 | 4.5 | Note(s): 4 | ||
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6) | ||||
Journalism Project | COMM 3040 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | |
Journalism Major Option 2 | 4.5 | Note(s): 1 | ||
Writing and Creative Communication Major - select one of the following 9 unit courses | Note(s): 2 | |||
Advanced Editing and Publishing | COMM 3047 | 9 | Note(s): 2 | |
Writing and Professional Practice | COMM 3045 | 9 | Note(s): 2,7 | |
COMMON CORE OPTIONS - Select 2 | Note(s): 3 | |||
Effective Communication | PERF 1001 | 4.5 | ||
Global Societies | POLI 1014 | 4.5 | ||
Intercultural Communication | LANG 1054 | 4.5 | ||
Introduction to Digital Media | INFT 1014 | 4.5 | ||
Migration, Identity and Multiculturalism | SOCU 1005 | 4.5 | ||
JOURNALISM MAJOR OPTIONS - Select 2 | Note(s): 1 | |||
Advanced Print Workshop | COMM 3056 | 4.5 | ||
Advanced Radio News | COMM 2019 | 4.5 | ||
Advanced Television News | COMM 2018 | 4.5 | ||
Digital Journalism | COMM 2070 | 4.5 | ||
Notetaking for the Media | COMM 1052 | 4.5 | ||
Sports Journalism | COMM 2039 | 4.5 | ||
WRITING AND CREATIVE COMMUNICATION MAJOR OPTIONS - Select 2 | ||||
Advanced Technical Writing | COMM 3037 | 4.5 | ||
Children's Literature: Writing for Young People | LANG 3025 | 4.5 | ||
Creative Nonfiction | COMM 2044 | 4.5 | Note(s): 7 | |
Desktop Publishing | INFT 1007 | 4.5 | ||
Digital Storytelling | COMM 2071 | 4.5 | ||
Editing and Publishing | COMM 2009 | 4.5 | ||
Issues in Publication and Design | COMM 1043 | 4.5 | ||
Language and Context | COMM 2047 | 4.5 | ||
Professional and Technical Writing: An Introduction | COMM 1051 | 4.5 | ||
Reworking the Canon | COMM 2053 | 4.5 | Note(s): 7 | |
Scriptwriting for Live Performance | COMM 2020 | 4.5 | ||
Scriptwriting for Media | COMM 2021 | 4.5 | ||
Spoken Texts | COMM 2055 | 4.5 | ||
Sport Literature and the Media | SPRC 2007 | 4.5 | ||
The English Language: Past and Future | COMM 2062 | 4.5 | ||
Writing and Reading Poetry | COMM 2057 | 4.5 | Note(s): 7 | |
Writing and Reading Short Fiction | COMM 2058 | 4.5 | Note(s): 7 |
Students may select from any of the Sub-major sequences listed in UniSA's Majors, Sub-majors/Minors webpage.
1. Some of the listed Common Core options may already be available to students within their professional major and or sub-major/minor/professional specialisation. Students will then be required to choose a different Common Core Option course from the above list.
1. The Journalism major of 54 units is made up of nine discipline core courses (8 x 4.5 unit courses plus 1 x 9 unit course) and two Professional Major Option courses. The Professional Major Option courses must be chosen from Journalism Major Option courses listed on the program schedule.
2. The Writing and Creative Communication major of 36 units is made up of seven courses (6 x 4.5 unit courses plus 1 x 9 unit course) of which five are discipline core courses. Students must complete the 4 x 4.5 unit core courses and only one of the Level 3 core 9 unit courses; students are not permitted to enrol in more than one of the Level 3 courses. The remaining 2 x 4.5 unit courses are chosen from the Writing and Creative Communication Major Option courses listed on the program schedule.
3. A Common Core course is one available to students enrolled in most undergraduate programs offered within the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages. In addition to the two Common Core courses on the schedule, students select two of the Common Core Option courses listed on the program schedule.
4. A sub-major (27 units) consists of 6 x 4.5 unit courses with no more than two courses at level 1 and at least two courses at level 2. Sub-majors can be taken in a wide range of disciplines. Students enrolled in a professional major on one campus may enrol in a sub-major on another campus. Courses making up each sub-major are detailed in Majors, Sub-majors and Minors. Students who choose a language or any other discipline requiring sequential enrolment will need to seek enrolment advice from the Program Director.
5. All students complete at least one Free Elective as part of their undergraduate program of study. See undergraduate elective courses.
6. Students who are taking or have already taken COMM 1045 Writing and Text Workshop towards the sub-major in Literary Practice must take either COMM 1051 Professional and Technical Writing: An Introduction or COMM 2047 Language and Context instead.
7. The following restrictions apply to enrolment in these courses: COMM 2051 Professional and Creative Communication 1 is not available to students who have completed COMM 1044 Writing and Reading Across the Disciplines. COMM 2047 Language and Context is not available to students who have completed COMM 2029 The English Language: An Introduction. COMM 3042 Creative Writing Practice is not available to students who have completed COMM 3036 Advanced Writing Workshop. COMM 3045 Writing and Professional Practice is not available to students who have completed COMM 3033 Writing: Community and Professional Contexts and/or COMM 2027 Language and Society: Introduction to Sociolinguistics. COMM 2044 Creative Nonfiction is not available to students who have completed COMM 2031 The Informed Writer. COMM 2053 Reworking the Canon is not available to students who have completed COMM 2022 Shakespeare Reworked. COMM 2057 Writing and Reading Poetry is not available to students who have completed COMM 3038 Writing and Reading Poetry. COMM 2058 Writing and Reading Short Fiction is not available to students who have completed COMM 2032 Writing and Reading the Short Story.
Australian students
Phone: +61 8 8302 2376
Enquiry: unisa.edu.au/enquiry
International students
Phone: +61 8 9627 4854
Enquiry: unisa.edu.au/enquiry