Bachelor of Arts (Communication)/Bachelor of Computing


General information

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.

Entry requirements

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.

Course structure and sequence

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).

Communications compulsory sequence
Arts minor sequences

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).

Systems development sequence

_ 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:

Business systems sequence

§ STUDENTS MAY OPT TO TAKE THE TWELVE-POINT SUBJECT GCO3900 (BUSINESS SYSTEMS PROJECT) IN PLACE OF GCO3819 (COMPUTING PROJECT).
plus two elective subjects from:

Duration

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.