Bachelor of Arts (Communication)/Bachelor of Computing

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
• Sequences
  • Communications compulsory sequence
  • Arts minor sequences
  • Systems development sequence
  • Business systems sequence
  • Multimedia technology sequence (subject to approval)
    • First level
  • Second level
  • Third level

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 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 48 points a year full-time or 24 points a year part-time or by distance education.

Course structure

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 (54 points), an arts minor sequence (24 points) and three arts electives (18 points) including one at first-year level
(c) complete the prescribed 16-subject computing sequence in either systems development, business systems or multimedia technology (subject to approval) (96 points).

Sequences

Communications compulsory sequence

• GSC1901 Introduction to communication studies
• GSC1402 Media studies
• GSC1602 Introduction to methods of social research
• GSC2407/GSC3407 Authorship and writing
• GSC2410 Public relations theories and processes
• GSC2411 Media, culture, power: theories of mass communications
• GSC3402 Audiences, media, citizens
• GSC3409 Narratives and representations
• GSC3413 Communications industries and policies (subject to approval)

Arts minor sequences

The arts minor sequence can be chosen from Australian studies, community studies, gender studies, history-politics, journalism, Indonesian, Koorie studies, psychology*, sociology or writing (details on each discipline are provided under the entry for the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences).
* DETAILS PROVIDED UNDER THE BA ENTRY.

Systems development sequence

• GCO1810 Programming fundamentals
• GCO1811 Object-orientated programming
• GCO1813 Information systems 1
• GCO1815 Computer technology
• MAT1077 Discrete mathematics
• GCO2811 Commercial programming
• GCO2812 Computer organisation
• GCO2813 Information systems 2
• GCO2815 Database management systems
• GCO2816 Object-oriented analysis and design
• GCO2817 Data structures and algorithms
• GCO3811 Software engineering
• GCO3819 Computing project

STUDENTS MAY OPT TO TAKE THE TWELVE-POINT SUBJECT GCO3800 (INDUSTRY PROJECT) IN PLACE OF GCO3819 (COMPUTING PROJECT).
plus two elective subjects to be chosen from:

• GCO3812 Data communications and network 1
• GCO3813 UNIX systems programming
• GCO3814 Human--computer interaction
• GCO3816 Information systems management
• GCO3817 Computer graphics
• GCO3818 Software environments
• GCO3821 Object-oriented programming
• GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications
• GCO3823 Client-server and mobile database applications
• GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2

Business systems sequence

• AFG1003 Business information
• GCO1810 Programming fundamentals
• GCO1813 Information systems 1
• GCO1815 Computer technology
• MAT1097 Quantitative analysis
• GCO2802 Computer models for business decisions
• GCO2803 Internet commerce
• GCO2812 Computer organisation
• GCO2813 Information systems 2
• GCO2815 Database management systems
• GCO2816 Object-oriented analysis and design
• GCO3807 Project management
• GCO3816 Information systems management
• GCO3819 Computing project^¤

^¤ STUDENTS MAY OPT TO TAKE THE 12-POINT SUBJECT GCO3900 (BUSINESS SYSTEMS PROJECT) IN PLACE OF GCO3819 (COMPUTING PROJECT).
plus two elective subjects from:

• GCO3601 Infrastructure for electronic commerce
• GCO3803 Inventory management systems
• GCO3806 General operations management
• GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1
• GCO3811 Software engineering
• GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1
• GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications
• GCO3823 Client-server and mobile database applications
• GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2

Multimedia technology sequence (subject to approval)

First level

• GCO1810 Programming fundamentals
• GCO1811 Object-orientated programming
• GCO1813 Information systems 1
• GCO1815 Computer technology
• GCO1821 Introduction to multimedia
• MAT1077 Discrete mathematics

Second level

• GCO2812 Computer organisation
• GCO2813 Information systems 2
• GCO2815 Database management systems
• GCO2816 Object-oriented analysis and design
• GCO2822 Multimedia signals and systems
• GCO2823 Multimedia development

Third level

• GCO3826 Advanced multimedia technology
• GCO3819 Computing project^¤

^¤ STUDENTS MAY OPT TO TAKE THE 12-POINT SUBJECT GCO3700 (MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING PROJECT) IN PLACE OF GCO3819 (COMPUTING PROJECT).
plus two electives to be chosen from:

• GCO3601 Infrastructure for electronic commerce
• GCO3803 Inventory management systems
• GCO3806 General operations management
• GCO3811 Software engineering
• GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1
• GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications
• GCO3823 Client-server and mobile database applications
• GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2

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