Monash University: University Handbooks: Undergraduate Handbook 2002: Units indexed by faculty
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Bachelor of Arts (Communication)/Bachelor of Computing


General information

Course code: 1866 + Gippsland campus
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 48 points per year full-time or 24 points to 32 per year part-time or by off-campus distributed learning.

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 (48 points), an arts minor of four units (24 points) and four arts electives (24 points) including one at first-year level
(c) complete the prescribed 16-unit computing sequence in either multimedia technology, systems development or business systems (102 points).

Communications compulsory sequence
Arts minor sequences

The arts minor can be chosen from history-politics, Indonesian, sociology, writing, gender studies, journalism, Australian Indigenous studies, psychology or community studies. Details on each discipline are provided under the entry for the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences).

Multimedia technology sequence

plus two elective units to be chosen from:

Systems development sequence

plus two elective units to be chosen from:

Business systems sequence

plus two elective units from:

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