Bachelor of Communication

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
  • Communication compulsory major
  • International studies sequence
  • Writing sequence

General information

Course code: 2476 + Coordinator: Dr Allison Craven + Course manager: Tan Siew Gaik
The Bachelor of Communication is a three-year professionally oriented program with an international focus, providing skills that can be utilised in areas such as mass media, public affairs and corporate communication.
Students will undertake a major of study in communication with sequences of studies in international studies and writing. In addition, students will undertake a range of elective units from the Faculty of Arts or other faculties.

Entry requirements

Refer to the current information brochure on the Bachelor of Communication. Contact the course manager for further advice on admission requirements.

Course structure

Students must complete the following:
(a) a compulsory major of at least eight six-point units in communication
(b) a compulsory arts international studies sequence of six six-point arts units
(c) a compulsory specialisation sequence of six six-point units in writing
(d) four six-point elective units drawn from one or more disciplines or areas from Arts and/or other faculties.
(e) a maximum of 10 first-level units (no more than 60 points).

Communication compulsory major

• GSC1901 Introduction to communications studies
• GSC1402 Media studies
• GSC2407 Authorship and writing
• GSC2409 Media text: practices and audiences
• GSC2410 Public relations theory and process
• GSC2411 Media, culture, power -- theories of mass communication
• GSC3413 Communications industries and policies
• GSC3423 Citizens, media, audiences

International studies sequence

• INT1010 Contemporary worlds 1
• INT1020 Contemporary worlds 2
• INT2010 Production, consumerism and the environment in the contemporary world
• INT2020 Asian studies
• INT3010 Managing intercultural communication
• INT3020 Power, identity and globalisation

Writing sequence

• GSC1902 Newsroom practice and theory
• GSC1903 News feature writing
• GSC2405 Contemporary fiction
• GSC3408 Screen theories and techniques
• GSC3421 Writing 1 -- techniques
• GSC3427 Writing 2 -- portfolio

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