Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Media & Communications)
The Online Application Form is available at:
http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/graduate08/index.html
The information below is taken from the 2008 handbook:
Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Media & Communications).
Stream name Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Media and Communication)
Stream Code 095-MC
CRICOS Code 045363A
Course Overview
The postgraduate diploma allows students to undertake a research project in a specialist field of study. Students will gain considerable knowledge in an area of Media and Communications and engage in critical assessment of major debates and professional practices. The course provides a pathway to higher degree research for students who have not completed a four year BA (Honours) with a research component in Media and Communications.
Course coordinator: Dr Umi Manickam Khattab
School of Culture and Communication
Students who complete the postgraduate diploma should be able to:
- complete the equivalent of fourth year honours with a research component and obtain a recognised qualification
- demonstrate understanding of the changing nature of media industries and professional practices in the contemporary world and how these inform and influence diverse social, cultural and political processes
- demonstrate understanding of major theoretical and methodological approaches deployed in the media and communications subject and research field
- demonstrate skills in conducting a sustained advanced research project in a specialised aspect of media and communications and bringing this to successful completion and in conformity to protocols of academic presentation.
Stream Description
- five core subjects
- Media and Communications Thesis
or
- four core subjects
- one optional subject
- Media and Communications Thesis
Total 100 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
Stream Structure
Core subjects
Course Stream Subjects
Code Title
100-415 Journalism: Conflict and Society
100-416 Researching Audiences and Reception
100-417 Media and Everyday Life
100-418 Media Policy and Regulation
100-419 Public Relations and Corporate Power
100-420 Journalism: Practice and Theory
100-422 Media Writing: Rhetoric and Practice
Internship subject
100-421 Media and Communications Internship (25 points)
Thesis subject
100-581 Media and Communications Thesis (37.5 points)
Note: All postgraduate diploma students must pursue at least four core modules, or two core modules and the Media and Communications Internship.
Optional subjects
Code Title
100-506 Media Ethics
100-507 Global Media Governance
106-402 Cultural Policy and Power
106-409 Celebrity Cultures
106-428 Media, Politics and Cultural Diaspora
106-444 Global Culture: History and Theory
106-474 The Contemporary Publishing Industry
106-475 Business and Professional Communications
106-477 Writing and Editing for Digital Media
107-409 Indigenous Photography, New Media, Film
107-414 Film, Censorship & The Media
107-421 Contemporary Film Theory
107-429 Ethnographic and Documentary Cinema
110-431 Literature & Film in Contemporary China
121-545 Understanding Development
131-545 Writing and Making Histories
166-413 Communication and Governance
166-444 The Emerging World (Dis)Order
166-455 Managing Communications & the Media
166-485 Contemporary Sociological Theory
Duration: 1 year full-time / up to 2 years part-time
Admission Requirements
The minimum entry requirement is:
- an undergraduate degree with a major, or equivalent, in media and communication or journalism with a GPA of at least H2B (70%)
or
- an undergraduate degree relevant to media and communications with a GPA of at least H2B (70%) and at least one year of documented relevant professional or work experience
or
- a Postgraduate Certificate in Arts (Media & Communications) with a GPA of at least H2B (70%) or equivalent.
Faculty of Arts
Links: www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au