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Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.
NOTE: This area of study has been updated - please refer to the change register for details.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Arts |
|---|---|
| Offered by | School of Applied Media and Social Sciences School of Arts and Social Sciences School of English, Communications and Performance Studies School of Social Science |
| Campus(es) | Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland, South Africa, Sunway |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.
- The units available differ between campuses. Refer to the individual campus entries below.
Description
Students are required to complete 48 points of study comprising a thesis and two coursework units.
Coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the communications honours coordinator on the relevant campus.
Units
Caulfield and Clayton
Offered by the School of English, Communications, and Performance Studies
Thesis
Students complete one of the following options:
- ATS4230 ECPS honours thesis
- ATS4231 ECPS honours thesis part 1 and ATS4232 ECPS honours thesis part 2
Coursework units
Students complete the compulsory unit and one elective unit from the following:
Compulsory unit
- ATS4002 Honours Research Methods Seminar
Elective units
One of:
- ATS4722 Contemporary media and communications theory
- ATS4723 Current issues in international media and communications
- ATS4405 Audiences and the social influence of media
- ATS4263 Propaganda, censorship and the representation of war
- ATS4412 Music, media, culture
- ATS4235 ECPS Selected topics in theory and practice
- a maximum of 12 points at fourth-year level from another discipline and/or institution with the permission of the ECPS communications honours coordinator
Berwick, Gippsland, Off-campus
Offered by the School of Applied Media and Social Sciences
Thesis
Students complete the following two units:
Coursework units
Students complete the following two units:
South Africa
Offered by the School of Social Science
Thesis
Students complete the following two units:
Coursework units
Students complete two of the following units:
- ATS4450 Researching for social sciences and humanities
- ATS4721 Industry applied practice
- a maximum of 12 points at fourth-year level from another discipline and/or institution with the permission of the communications honours coordinator on the relevant campus
Sunway
Offered by the School of Arts and Sciences
Thesis
Students complete the following two units:
Coursework units
Students complete two of the following units:
Contact details
Relevant courses
- 0003 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts
- 3751 Honours degree of Bachelor of Communication (at Sunway)
- 3775 Honours degree of Bachelor of Communication
- 0082 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
- 4090 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences
- 4087 Honours degree of Bachelor of Social Science
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