Communications and media studies

Offered by National Centre for Australian Studies within the School of Humanities, Communication and Social Sciences

Telephone: +61 3 9903 4039

Email: carol.hinschen@arts.monash.edu.au

This program is designed to address the needs of those working, or aspiring to work, in the communications industry. It looks at the history, development and reception of traditional and new media around the world and the changes in content delivery, policy and technology that have taken place in recent years.

The program is highly relevant to the broader communications industry and to the policy process.

Graduates will be able to: assess national policy responses to issues arising from media convergence and globalisation; engage in vocationally relevant communications practice informed by current research; assess quantitative and qualitative research methods; establish criteria for 'best practice' in traditional and new media authorship; integrate their academic studies with professional practice in their Industry Research Project.

The program is theoretically grounded and vocationally relevant. Units introduce students to the industry applications of their field of study.

The Industry Research Project, undertaken in the final semester, allows students to apply their knowledge of screen-centred mediating processes to a substantive issue. Previous examples include: cross-cultural advertising, music, politics and Singapore, and reality television in China.

Monash staff from the communications and media studies program supervise research masters and doctoral candidates in a variety of areas. For more information, contact the course coordinator or refer to www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/pgrad/communications.html.

Relevant course groups

Doctor of Philosophy

Masters degree by research

Masters degree by research and coursework

Masters degree by coursework

Graduate Diploma

Graduate Certificate

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