2450 - Diploma in Arts (Communications)
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
| Abbreviated title | DipArts(MassComn) |
|---|---|
| Managing faculty | Arts |
| Intake restrictions | Students must be enrolled in a bachelor or double degree at an Australian university. Enrolment in this course requires approval from the student's home faculty/university. This course is not available to international student visa holders. |
| Study location and mode | Off-campus (Gippsland) On-campus (Gippsland) Multi-modal (Gippsland) |
| Total credit points required | 48 |
| Duration (years) | 1 year FT, 2 years PT |
| Contact details | http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us/ |
Description
This course provides students with the opportunity to pursue in-depth study in the area of communications while completing a bachelors degree or double degree in other fields. Students develop the conceptual tools for describing and analysing mass communications media in a number of ways: as industries, which employ people and are subject to various forms of regulations, as a series of different textual forms, which audiences receive and make sense of, and as institutions with a central role in the negotiation of social and political relationships such as those which exist between manufacturers, advertisers, consumers, citizens and governments.
Objectives
Graduates are expected to:
- develop the intellectual capabilities inherent in the interpretation of sources of knowledge pertaining to the academic discipline
- develop an understanding of the world view of the field of study
- develop the capacity for quantitative and qualitative analysis, critique and creative thinking in the discipline
- develop an understanding of the present interpretations and potential future developments in the issues underlying the content of and approaches to the field of study
- develop the skills of written and oral presentation, argument and analysis, including other practical skills such as computer skills, appropriate to the academic discipline.
Structure
Students complete a standard 48 point major consisting of a first year sequence of 12 points and one of the following:
- 12 points of second year level studies (normally two units) and 24 points of third-year level studies (normally four units)
- 18 points of second-year level studies (normally three units) and 18 points of third-year level studies (normally three units).
Requirements
Students are required to complete a three-year major sequence (48 points) in communications. For information on the units required refer to the 'Areas of study' section in this Handbook at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2009handbooks/aos/arts-ug-study-communications.html.
Award(s) received on completion
Diploma in Arts (Mass Communications)
13 October 2017 28 October 2025