Graduate Diploma in Communications

Course code: 3916 + Course abbreviation: GradDipComm + Total credit points required: 48 points + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield; Clayton)

Off-campus (Gippsland)

Course description

The course is designed to meet the needs of professionals in communications and related sectors. It provides a unique focus on convergent knowledge and the understanding and integration of multiple communication practices. The curriculum includes policy, organisational, technical, persuasive, visual, aesthetic, written, economic, political, ethical, planning, systems, and logistical facets of communications.

Course structure

Students must complete 48 points at level 4 as follows.

COM4201 Communication organisations and technologies
COM4202 Communication policy and management
COM4203 Communication systems and networks
COM4204 Communication economies and society

Exit point

After successful completion of 24 points, students may apply to exit the program with a Graduate Certificate in Communications.

Articulation

Upon successful completion of the graduate diploma with a credit average, students may apply for entry into the Master of Communications.

Course coordinator

Associate Professor Peter Murphy and Associate Professor Kevin Foster

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