Media Studies

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 3 December 2024.
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Media Studies

A major in Media Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units of study
(ii) 18 credit points of 2000-level core units of study
(iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level core units of study
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units of study
Unit of studyCredit pointsA: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000-level units of study

Major core
MECO1001
Introduction to Media Studies
6 
MECO1002
Media 4.0: Work and Policy
6 

2000-level units of study

Major core
MECO2601
Media Production: Radio and Podcasting
6P 36 credit points at 1000 level including at least 12 credit points in Media and Communications
A MECO1004
N MECO2001
MECO2603
Public Relations
6P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Media and Communications
N MECO2003
MECO2605
Media, Law and Ethics
6P 18 credit points at 1000 level in Media and Communications
N MECO3603 or MECO2604

3000-level units of study

Major core
MECO3605
Issues in Global and Digital Media
6P 18 credit points at 2000 level in Media and Communications or 6 Senior credit points in Media and Communications
N MECO3005
MECO3607
Telling Stories with Data
6P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Media and Communications
N MECO2604 or MECO3603

Interdisciplinary project unit of study

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
If you are completing a major in Media Studies outside of the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Media and Communications), you may select MECO3606.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6P 72 credit points
C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
MECO3606
Advanced Media Content Production
6P 18 credit points at 2000 level in Media and Communications and MECO1003
N MECO3006

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
26/11/2024Prerequisites (P) for MECO2601 published as:
"36 credit points at 1000 level, including 12 credit points at 1000 level in Media and Communications"
Prerequisites (P) for MECO2601 amended to:
"36 credit points at 1000 level including at least 12 credit points in Media and Communications"
26/11/2024Prerequisites (P) for MECO2605 published as:
"18 credit points at 2000 level in Media and Communications"
Prerequisites (P) for MECO2605 amended to:
"18 credit points at 1000 level in Media and Communications"
26/11/2024Prohibition (N) for MECO2605 published as:
"MECO3003, MECO3603"
Prohibition (N) for MECO2605 amended to:
"MECO3603 or MECO2604"
26/11/2024No Prerequisites (P) for MECO3607Prerequisites (P) for MECO3607 added:
"12 credit points at 2000 level in Media and Communications"
26/11/2024No Prohibition (N) for MECO3607Prohibition (N) for MECO3607 added:
"MECO2604 or MECO3603"
26/11/2024No Prerequisites (P) for MECO3606Prerequisites (P) for MECO3606 added:
"18 credit points at 2000 level in Media and Communications and MECO1003"
26/11/2024No Prohibition (N) for MECO3606Prohibition (N) for MECO3606 added:
"MECO3006"
03/12/2024AMST1202 was available for selection from:
"1000-level units of study - Major core" 
AMST1202 removed from:
"1000-level units of study - Major core"