Postgraduate Certificate 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. Please click here for hotlinks to all the subjects: Postgraduate Certificate in Arts (Media & Communications).
Stream name Postgraduate Certificate in Arts (Media and Communication)
Stream Code 377-MC
CRICOS Code 045362B
Course Overview
The postgraduate certificate provides students with a general understanding of key concepts and issues in Media and Communications. Students undertaking this short and concentrated program of study will develop valuable skills of analysis and critique.
Course coordinator: Dr David Nolan
School of Culture and Communication
Students who complete the postgraduate certificate will be able to:
- demonstrate a general 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 a general understanding of key concepts and issues informing the media and communications subject;
- conduct applied study of media materials and demonstrate general skills of media and communication analysis and critique.
Stream Description
Total 50 points - four core subjects, subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
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
Duration: up to 1 year part-time
Admission Requirements
The minimum entry requirement is:
- an undergraduate degree with a major, or equivalent, in media and communication or journalism.
or
- an undergraduate degree relevant to media and communications and at least one year of documented relevant professional or work experience.
Faculty of Arts
Links: www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au