Campus
Offshore

Duration
3 year(s) full-time

Program Code
OBMA

Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

English Language Requirements
Equivalent English qualifications (PDF)

Aim

The program aims to enable students to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to design and communicate information on a number of multimedia platforms, together with an understanding of the sociological and cultural significance of new communication technologies.

Content & Structure

The program requires the completion of courses totalling 108 units, comprising 18 units of foundation courses, a 36 unit professional major, a 27 unit general studies sub-major, an 18 unit minor and two electives. The program is sequenced to allow students to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to design and communicate information on a number of multimedia platforms, together with understanding of the sociological and cultural significance of new communications technologies.

This program traverses traditional and new media forms and platforms, emphasising creative content production and project management in the area of digital media. It provides students with a comprehensive set of portable production skills and expertise which are directly relevant to and applicable across a range of communications industries.

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
Communication: Rhetoric and Reasoning L COMM 1047 4.5
Media Literacies HUMS 1013 4.5
Computers: Communication and Society INFT 1003 4.5
Global Societies POLI 1014 4.5
Principles of Journalism COMM 1022 4.5
Public Relations 1 CMM COMM 1055 4.5
News Writing COMM 1023 4.5
Issues in Publication and Design COMM 1043 4.5
SECOND YEAR
Media Contexts COMM 1059 4.5
Principles of Broadcasting COMM 1019 4.5
International Media Communications COMM 3023 4.5
Advertising: Images, Industry and Audience COMM 3006 4.5
Journalism Ethics COMM 1021 4.5
Creative and Feature Writing for the Media COMM 3007 4.5
Introduction to Digital Media INFT 1014 4.5
Introduction to Film and Television Production INFT 1015 4.5
THIRD YEAR
Creating Interactive Multimedia INFT 2001 4.5
Documentary Production, Forms and Techniques COMM 1042 4.5
Design for Interactive Media INFT 2005 4.5
Music Sound Studio PERF 2009 4.5
Digital Illustration Design INFT 4004 4.5
Electronic Publishing on the Internet INFT 2002 4.5
Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4
Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4