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Undergraduate handbook 2004
Arts

Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)/Bachelor of Science

Course code: 2131 + Gippsland, off-campus learning + Administered by the Faculty of Arts

Objectives

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.

Entry requirements

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.

Course structure

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.

Journalism major and arts minors

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.

Science majors and minors

For details, refer to `Science areas of study and sequences' in the Faculty of Science entry in this handbook.

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