Course code: 3771 + Gippsland, off-campus learning + Administered by the Faculty of Arts
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. 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.
Applicants should have met the appropriate entry criteria for
both the Bachelor of Arts (Communication) and the Bachelor of Information
Technology. 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' earlier in this section.
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 Information Technology:
(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 system
development, business systems or network technology (96 points)
(e) a total
of 192 points
For information regarding the mass communications major, refer to
the Bachelor of Arts (Communication) entry earlier in this section.
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).
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/.
* Students may opt to take the 12-point unit GCO3800 (Industry project) in place of the six-point unit GCO3819 (Computing project).
Plus two elective units to be chosen from:
** Students may opt to take the 12-point unit GCO3800 (Industry project) in place of the six-point unit GCO3819 (Computing project).
Plus two elective units from:
*** Students may opt to take the 12-point unit GCO3800 (Industry project) in place of the six-point GCO3819 (Computing project).
Plus two electives to be chosen from:
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