Media Practice
Semester 2, 2020 unit of study availability
Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.
A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Media Practice |
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Master of Media Practice |
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| Students complete 72 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) a maximum of 42 credit points from elective units of study | |||
| (i) With the permission of the Degree Coordinator a maximum of 12 credit points can be taken as elective units from units outside the table, including: | |||
| (ii) a maximum of 6 credit points from units of study offered by other faculties. | |||
| (c) at least 6 credit points of capstone units of study. | |||
Graduate Diploma in Media Practice |
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| Students complete 48 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) a maximum of 24 credit points from elective units of study. | |||
| (i) With the permission of the Degree Coordinator a maximum of 6 credit points can be taken as elective units from units outside the table | |||
Graduate Certificate in Media Practice |
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| Students complete 24 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) a maximum of 12 credit points from elective units of study. | |||
Core |
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| MECO6900 News Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MECO6936 Social Media Communication |
6 | Semester 1a Semester 2a |
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| MECO6902 Legal and Ethical Issues in Media Practice |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MECO6926 International Media Practice |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Capstone |
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| MECO6904 Dissertation Part 1 |
6 | P 24 credit points from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables C MECO6939 N MECO6928 or MECO6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6905 Dissertation Part 2 |
6 | P 48 credit points, including MECO6904 from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables N MECO6928 or MECO6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6928 Media and Communication Internship |
6 | P 48 credit points from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables N MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive June Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6932 Advanced Media Project |
6 | P 48 credit points including MECO6900 and (MECO6924 or MECO6925 or MECO6941) N MECO6928 or MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Open to Masters' students only |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6935 Professional Project |
6 | P 48 credit points from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables N MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6928 or MECO6939 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective |
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| MECO6901 Media Relations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6908 Strategy Selection in Corporate PR |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6909 Crisis Communication |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6911 Financial and Investor Communication |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6912 Political Public Relations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6913 Public Opinion, Policy and Public Sphere |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6914 Making Magazines |
6 | P MECO6930 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6915 Writing Features: Narrative Journalism |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6919 Health Communication |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6924 Television and Video Journalism |
6 | C MECO6900 |
Semester 1 |
| MECO6925 Online Journalism |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6927 Organisational Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6929 Chinese Media Studies in Global Contexts |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6930 Publication Design |
6 | Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MECO6934 Social Issues Marketing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6938 The Interview |
6 | Semester 1a |
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| MECO6939 Research Methods |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6940 Theoretical Traditions and Innovations |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6941 Podcasting |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6942 Managing Social Media Communities |
6 | Intensive January Intensive July |
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| MFDI9303 Digital Effects for Film and Video |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ARIN6904 Mobile Media and Games |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ASNS6905 Asian Popular Culture |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ASNS6908 Media Industries in East Asia |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GCST6901 Cultural Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LNGS7006 Cross-Cultural Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LNGS7274 Media Discourse This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media |
6 | N SCWK6935 |
Intensive August |
| WMST6903 Gender, Media and Consumer Societies |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| FASS7001 Academic English for Postgraduates |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| FASS7002 Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| WRIT6000 Professional Writing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WRIT6001 Professional Editing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| USSC6922 US Strategy in the Asia-Pacific |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| USSC6920 US Media: Politics, Culture, Technology |
6 | Intensive July |
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