Course
code: 1866
This double degree course caters for the demand within the information
technology industry for people with both professional computing and
professional communication skills. There is also a demand for graduates with
computing expertise in a range of areas that require professional communication
skills, including journalism and media-related occupations, including
multimedia development. The course is directed towards those intending students
who have relevant career goals and who combine ability with high motivation.
Potential employers include mainstream and alternative media organisations and
a wide variety of public and private organisations.
Applicants should have met the appropriate entry criteria for both the Bachelor of Arts (Communication) and the Bachelor of Computing. All applicants should be willing to undertake a normal workload of forty-eight points a year full-time or twenty-four points to thirty-two a year part-time or by distance education.
The
double degree offers students a structured sequence of study which combines
studies in most aspects of computing and communication studies.
A candidate for the double degree must fulfil the following requirements to
receive the awards of Bachelor of Arts (Communication)/Bachelor of
Computing:
(a) complete a total of 192 but not more than 216 points;
(b) complete the prescribed sequence in communication studies (fifty-eight
points), an arts minor sequence of four subjects (twenty-eight points) and an
arts first-level sequence of two subjects (twelve points);
(c) complete the prescribed sixteen-subject computing sequence in either
systems development or business systems (ninety-six points).
The arts minor sequence can be chosen from history-politics, Indonesian, sociology, writing, gender studies, journalism, Koorie studies (subject to approval), or community studies (details are provided under the discipline headings).
_ STUDENTS MAY OPT TO TAKE THE
TWELVE-POINT SUBJECT GCO3800 (INDUSTRY PROJECT) IN PLACE OF GCO3819 (COMPUTING
PROJECT).
plus three elective subjects to be chosen from:
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STUDENTS MAY OPT TO TAKE THE TWELVE-POINT SUBJECT GCO3900 (BUSINESS SYSTEMS
PROJECT) IN PLACE OF GCO3819 (COMPUTING PROJECT).
plus two elective subjects from:
The course of study is normally a minimum of four years full-time or eight years part-time, and normally cannot extend beyond ten years.