Undergraduate - Course2396 - Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)

This course immerses students in the dynamic, changing and fast-paced world of journalism production. It also critically examines the media's influential role in the production and dissemination of particular types of knowledge about the world.

Gippsland students have access to a new journalism hub and the latest Macintosh computers for researching and producing stories. Lecturers are experienced industry professionals and academics who guide and support students through the exciting processes of news production, alongside critical engagement with media theory.

Students begin producing news stories within the first weeks of the course, developing a news sense, interviewing sources and gathering news in a regional setting. The course incorporates the fundamentals of reportage with the demands of cutting-edge technology and explores the constant dilemmas and pressure of delivering news around the clock.

In the final year of the course students have the opportunity to work in various media organisations alongside experienced professionals in their local area, honing and expanding skills developed during the course.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge from a range of sources
• apply critical understanding and analysis to the literature within the humanities, arts and social sciences
• demonstrate an understanding of the present interpretations and potential future developments in the issues underlying the content of and approaches to the disciplines they have studied
• apply critical understanding of personal and cultural understandings, ethical attitudes, and (where appropriate) the physical and aesthetic appreciations that underpin traditional liberal arts education
• demonstrate advanced skills of written and oral presentation, argument and analysis
• demonstrate the capacity to apply these studies in the changing circumstances of intellectual life and of the profession they are likely to inhabit
• apply a critical awareness of international trends and of the intellectual context of economic, technological and social change
• apply research and reporting skills to a professional standard in a range of media technologies and formats
• demonstrate an effective understanding of the role of journalism and the media in local, national, regional and global contexts

This course consists of a journalism major, an arts minor, a core unit and additional units.

Arts major

• Journalism

Additional arts studies

• Australian Indigenous studies
• Australian studies
• Communications
• Community studies
• Community welfare and counselling
• English
• History-politics
• Philosophy
• Psychological studies
• Psychology
• Public relations
• Sociology
• Writing

Note: A minor only is available for Australian studies, community welfare and counselling, English and public relations.

Students must complete the following:

(a.) a journalism major (48 points)

(b.) an arts minor in a different available area of study (24 points)

(c.) a further 24 points at first-year level including:

• ATS1277 Media studies
• ATS1278 Introduction to communication studies

(d.) additional units to make up a total of 144 points.

By combining some of the core arts requirements, students can complete a double major in two different arts disciplines. For more details on this option, contact the Faculty of Arts.

No more than 10 units (60 points) are to be completed at a first-year level.

Students must complete a minimum of 36 points at third-year level across the duration of the degree.

Of the 144 points, 96 points must be completed within the Faculty of Arts. The remaining 48 points may be taken from disciplines in the Faculty of Arts or disciplines outside the faculty.

Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)