Start date
February

Campus
Magill

Duration
3 year(s) full-time

Program Code
MBAT

Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

Fees
AUD$ 22,400 per annum (per 1.0 EFTSL) for students enrolled in 2014

English Language Requirements
  • IELTS total [6.0]
  • IELTS reading [6.0]
  • IELTS writing [6.0]
Equivalent English qualifications (PDF)

International Admission by Country
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CRICOS Code
024180D

Aim

To build on students creative, theoretical and innovative skills within a generalised degree structure for the purpose of developing skills within a strong professional framework. The Bachelor Degree qualifies individuals who apply a broad and coherent body of knowledge in a range of contexts to undertake professional work and as a pathway for further learning.

Content & Structure

Graduates of a Bachelor Degree will have a broad and coherent body of knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more disciplines as a basis for independent lifelong learning.

The program comprises a total of 108 units and may be completed in three years of full-time study or in a corresponding period of part-time study. All students take the four core courses (18 units); a free elective course selected from courses across the University (4.5 units); two majors each consisting of four required courses and four option courses (72 units); and three major elective courses chosen from the full list of major courses (13.5 units).

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Ideas, Innovation and Communication COMM 1060 4.5 Note(s): 4
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues HUMS 1034 4.5
Free Elective 4.5 Note(s): 1
Major A required course 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Governance and Citizenship in Australia POLI 1008 4.5
Common Core option 4.5 Note(s): 5 Rule(s): 2
Major A required course 4.5
Major A required course 4.5
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Major A required course 4.5
Major A option course 4.5
Major B required course 4.5
Major B required course 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Major A option course 4.5
Major A option course 4.5
Major B required course 4.5
Major B required course 4.5
THIRD YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Major A option course 4.5
Major B option course 4.5
Major B option course 4.5
Major B option course 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Major B option course 4.5
Major elective course 4.5 Note(s): 3
Major elective course 4.5 Note(s): 3
Major elective course 4.5 Note(s): 3
MAJORS Note(s): 2
Students select two of the following Majors and complete the 4 required courses and 4 of the option courses for each Major:
COMMUNICATION, CREATIVITY AND CULTURE MAJOR Note(s): 2
Major required courses:
Professional and Creative Communication 1 COMM 2051 4.5
Professional and Creative Communication 2 COMM 2052 4.5
Effective Communication PERF 1001 4.5
Privileged Claims; Discounted Knowledges SOCU 3006 4.5
Major option courses: Note(s): 6
Screen Matters: Film, Television and New Media COMM 1018 4.5
Film Genres COMM 2075 4.5
Youth Studies: Law and Order; Deviance and Justice WELF 2017 4.5
Reading Visual Culture 2 VSAR 2100 4.5
Photography: The Evolution of an Image VSAR 2066 4.5
HISTORY AND BELONGING MAJOR Note(s): 2
Major required courses:
Aboriginal People, History and Colonialism HUMS 2010 4.5
Culture, Place and Meaning HUMS 2023 4.5
Identity and Representation HUMS 3014 4.5
Migration, Identity and Multiculturalism SOCU 1005 4.5
Major option courses: Note(s): 6
Rights and Racism HUMS 2008 4.5
Colonial Experiment: Australian History 1788 - 1918 HUMS 1053 4.5
Screening Urban Cultures HUMS 3035 4.5
Language and Identity LANG 2022 4.5
Mapping Everyday Cultures HUMS 2024 4.5
LANGUAGES MAJOR Note(s): 2
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE MAJOR Note(s): 2
Major required courses:
The English Language: Past and Future COMM 2062 4.5
Reworking the Canon COMM 2053 4.5
Introduction to the Study of Language LANG 1055 4.5
Language and Culture in Professional Life LANG 2021 4.5
Major option courses Note(s): 6
Writing and Reading Poetry COMM 2057 4.5
Writing and Reading Short Fiction COMM 2058 4.5
Australia Imagined: Identity and Diversity in Australian Film and Literature COMM 3048 4.5
Australian Society, Aboriginal Voices LANG 2007 4.5
Arts Writing VSAR 2042 4.5
WORLD POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MAJOR Note(s): 2
Major required courses:
International Relations and World Politics POLI 1010 4.5
Peace, War and International Politics POLI 1015 4.5
Contending Theoretical Perspectives in International Politics POLI 2011 4.5
International Political Economy POLI 2026 4.5
Major option courses Note(s): 6
International Media Communications COMM 3023 4.5
Globalisation and Asian Regionalism POLI 2020 4.5
Islam and World Politics POLI 2022 4.5
International Risk POLI 2014 4.5
Environmental Politics POLI 2025 4.5
Global Security and Sustainability POLI 3011 4.5
COMMON CORE OPTIONS Note(s): 5 Rule(s): 2
Introduction to Digital Media INFT 1014 4.5
Intercultural Communication LANG 1054 4.5
Effective Communication PERF 1001 4.5
Global Societies POLI 1014 4.5
Communication and the Media COMM 1006 4.5
Migration, Identity and Multiculturalism SOCU 1005 4.5