Course code: 2131 + Gippsland, off-campus learning + Administered by the Faculty of Arts
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.
Applicants should have met the appropriate entry criteria for both the Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) and the Bachelor of Science.
For details on the Bachelor of Arts (Journalism), refer to `Entry requirements' under `Arts regulations and definitions' earlier in this section.
A candidate for the double degree must fulfil the following
requirements to receive the awards of Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)/Bachelor of
Science:
(a) a journalism major (48 points)
(b) an arts minor (24 points)
(c) a further 24 points in arts.
(d) two six-point science core units: SCI1020 (The design of science) and
SCI2010 (How science works)
(e) a science major (excluding computing) (48 points)
(f) a science minor (24 points)
(g) at least one first-year-level unit from the following groups: physical
processes, life processes, earth processes (this unit is to be drawn from a
different group from those which include the two chosen science discipline
sequences above)
(h) additional electives within the Faculty of Science to complete the 96
points required
(i) a total of 192 points.
For information regarding the journalism major, refer to the Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) entry earlier in this section.
The arts minor may be chosen from Australian Indigenous studies, behavioural
studies, community studies, history-politics, Indonesian, journalism, public
relations, social and community welfare, sociology, psychology or Writing
(details on each discipline are provided under the entry for the School of
Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences).
For information on the journalism major and minors offered, refer to the `Areas
of study' section on the Arts faculty website at
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas.
For details, refer to `Science areas of study and sequences' in the Faculty of Science entry in this handbook.
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