Course
code: 2131
This double degree aims to provide students with the knowledge, understanding
and skills relevant to the practice of science journalism, the role of science
and media society, modern multimedia technology appropriate to journalism and
science communication.
The importance of science in our society will continue to develop rapidly and
will require people with specialised and flexible communication skills able to
make science accessible to the general community. There is also an increasing
need for scientists to be able to communicate their work and its importance to
colleagues in other rapidly diverging fields, as well as to grant-awarding
bodies and to the industry and the community in general.
A
candidate for the double degree must fulfil the following requirements to
receive the awards of Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts (Journalism):
(a) complete a total of 192 but not more than 216 points, comprising at
least 96 points from each of the Faculty of Science and the School of
Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences
(b) complete the prescribed journalism sequence (48 points) an arts minor
sequence (24 points) offered by the School of Humanities, Communications
and Social Sciences
(c) complete the following six-point science core subjects: SCI2010 (How
science works), SCI1020 (The design of science).
(d) Complete the following:
(i) a science major sequence (excluding computing) of at least 48 points,
structured as follows:
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Level 4 | ||||
12 |
+ |
18 |
+ |
24 |
= |
54 | |
or |
12 |
+ |
12 |
+ |
24 |
= |
48 |
or |
12 |
+ |
18 |
+ |
18 |
= |
48 |
(ii) a science minor sequence in a second discipline, consisting of 12
points at level 1 and 12 points at level 2/3
(iii) at least one level 1 subject from the following groups: physical
processes, life processes, earth processes (this subject is to be drawn from a
different group from those which include the two chosen science discipline
sequences in (i) and (ii) above
(e) undertake additional prescribed studies within the Faculty of Science
and the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences to complete
the 192 points needed for the degrees.
* ON-CAMPUS SEQUENCE.
DISTANCE EDUCATION SEQUENCE.
The arts minor may be chosen from community studies, gender studies, history-politics, Indonesian, Koorie studies, psychology, mass communication or writing.
The science discipline sequences may be chosen from biochemistry, applied chemistry, mathematics and modelling, microbiology, psychology, applied statistics (minor only), resource and environmental management, and computing (minor only).
Previous page | Next page | Section contents | Title and contents