Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
Media Studies unit of study table
Media Studies |
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| The Media Studies major is only available to students in the combined Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Law degree. These students will be awarded the Bachelor of Arts with a major in Media Studies. |
Media and Communications program |
| This program is only available to students enrolled in the Media and Communications stream. |
| Achievement of the program in Media and Communications requires 96 credit points from this table including: |
| (i) 48 credit points of major in Media Studies |
| (ii) 12 credit points of 1000-level program core units |
| (iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level program core unit |
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level program core unit |
| (v) Students with a WAM of 70 or above can choose to complete the Honours track, which requires 48 credit points of 4000-level Honours core units of study |
| (vi) All other students must complete 24 credit points of 4000-level program core units of study. |
| * Students who exit the Media and Communications program after 144 credit points will be awarded a BA (Media Studies). |
Major in Media Studies |
| A major in Media Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including: |
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units |
| (ii) 18 credit points of 2000-level core units |
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level core units |
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project unit |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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1000 level units of study |
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Major core |
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| MECO1001 Introduction to Media Studies |
6 | Available to BA/BAdvSt (Media and Communications), BA/BLaws (Media Studies major), and to Digital Cultures major/minor students only. |
| MECO1002 Media 4.0: Work and Policy |
6 | Available to BA/BAdvSt (Media and Communications) and to BA/BLaws (Media Studies major) students only. |
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| MECO1003 Principles of Media Writing |
6 | N MECO2002 Available to BA/BAdvSt (Media and Communications), and to BA/BLaws (Media Studies major) students only. |
| MECO1004 Introduction to Media Production |
6 | Available to BA/B Advanced Studies (Media and Communications) and BA/BLaws (Media Studies major) students only |
2000 level units of study |
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Major core |
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| MECO2601 Media Production: Radio and Podcasting |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Media and Communications including MECO1004 N MECO2001 Available to BA/BAdvSt (Media and Communications), and to BA/BLaws (Media Studies major) students only. |
| MECO2603 Public Relations |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Media and Communications N MECO2003 Available to BA/BAdvSt (Media and Communications), and to BA/BLaws (Media Studies major) students only. |
| MECO2604 Telling Stories with Data |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Media and Communications Available to BA/BAdvSt (Media and Communications), and to BA/BLaws (Media Studies major) students only. |
Program Core |
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| MECO2602 Media Production: Video |
6 | P 18 credit points at 1000 level in Media and Communications including MECO1004 Available to BA/B Advanced Studies (Media and Communications), BA/BLaw students only |
3000 level units of study |
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| MECO3603 Media, Law and Ethics |
6 | P 18 credit points at 2000 level in Media and Communications N MECO3003 Available to BA/B Advanced Studies (Media and Communications), BA/BLaw students only |
| MECO3605 Issues in Global and Digital Media |
6 | P 18 credit points at 2000 level in Media and Communications or 6 Senior credit points in Media and Communications N MECO3005 Available to BA/B Advanced Studies (Media and Communications), BA/BLaw students only |
Interdisciplinary project unit of study |
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| 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. | ||
| FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points |
| MECO3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | P 72 credit points C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major |
| MECO3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major |
Program core |
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| MECO3606 Media Production: Advanced Media Writing |
6 | P 18 credit points at 2000 level in Media and Communications and MECO1003 or 6 senior credit points in Media and Communications N MECO3006 Available to BA/B Advanced Studies (Media and Communications) students only |
