Undergraduate - UnitATS3954 - Media industry project

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Communications and Media Studies
Monash Passport category	Research Challenge (Investigate Program)
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Alex Lambert

Synopsis

In this unit students revisit and expand on the media industries focus developed in Level 1 and 2 units. It requires students to deepen and apply specific knowledge on particular media industries and related debates or problems. Students identify a significant media industries figure, context or debate for detailed analysis in consultation with the unit coordinator. Through a combination of directed reading and research, students complete a major essay that demonstrates a high level of competence in theoretical and industrial analysis.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

Increase their knowledge of contemporary debates and issues in the media industries;
Identify, plan and complete a major research project;
Apply media studies and media industry concepts and research to the analysis of one media industry context;
Demonstrate the ability to undertake a high level of independent research;
Demonstrate a high level of communication skills in argument and written presentation.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Alex Lambert

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Communications

Prerequisites

Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.