Course code: 2846 + Course fees: Local students - RTS HECS-exempt places available + Coordinator: Tony Wilson
The course seeks to strengthen skills in communications research and analysis and to further students' understanding of both the history and current structure of the communications industry in Australia and of the contemporary policy debates. The course is particularly designed to provide students with the necessary analytical research and writing skills to respond to the rapidly changing policy environment in communications.
Most of the classes in this course are taught in the Melbourne CBD. The normal duration of the course is one-and-a-half years full-time or three years part-time.
The minimum entry requirements are (i) a recognised four-year honours degree at minimum H2A level, or (ii) an appropriate masters qualifying with a research component with an overall grade of H2A or above, as well as a distinction or above in the research component, or (iii) a degree which is deemed to be equivalent.
Students entering the MA in Communications by coursework and research combined must complete two compulsory units:
Note that the minimum pass grade for units in the Master of Arts in Communications is 60 C, ie a grade of credit or above is required in every unit and for the thesis.
Candidates undertaking a 66 per cent research load will normally be required to enrol for all of the units in the coursework component on Clayton campus and may then apply for transfer to external candidature.
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