Monash University: University Handbooks: Undergraduate Handbook 2003: Units indexed by faculty
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Bachelor of Arts (Communication)/Bachelor of Computing


General information

Course code: 1866 + Administered by the Faculty of Arts

Objectives

This double degree 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 as well as 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 off-campus learning.

For details on the Bachelor of Arts (Communication), refer to `Entry requirements' under `Arts regulations and definitions' in the Arts faculty entry.

Course structure

The double degree offers students a structured sequence of study that 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) a mass communications major (48 points)
(b) an arts minor (24 points)
(c) arts electives (24 points) including 12 points at first-year level
(d) the prescribed 16-unit computing sequence in systems development, business systems or multimedia technology (96 points).

Mass communications major and arts minors

For information regarding the mass communications major, refer to the Bachelor of Arts (Communication) entry in the Faculty of Arts section of this handbook.

Minors can be taken in Australian studies, community studies, history- politics, journalism, Indonesian, Australian Indigenous studies, psychology, sociology or writing (details on each discipline are provided under the entry for the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences) in the Faculty of Arts section in this handbook.
For information on majors and minors offered, students should refer the `Areas of study' section on the faculty website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ current/coursework/study_areas/index.html.

Systems development sequence

* Students may opt to take the 12-point unit GCO3800 (Industry project) in place of the 6-point unit GCO3819 (Computing project).

Plus two elective units to be chosen from:

Business systems sequence

** Students may opt to take the 12-point unit GCO3900 (Business systems project) in place of the 6-point unit GCO3819 (Computing project).

Plus two elective units from:

Multimedia technology sequence

[dagger] Students may opt to take the 12-point unit GCO3700 (multimedia computing project) in place of 6-point GCO3819 (Computing project).

Plus two electives to be chosen from:

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