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ATS1280 - Communications and society

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Communications and Media Studies

Coordinator(s)

Dr Daniel Black

Offered

Caulfield

Second semester 2016 (Day)

Clayton

Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides a broad introduction to communications and media studies and its theoretical traditions and concepts, with a particular focus on contemporary communications and media industries and debates. The unit is designed to encourage students to apply their own individual and social contexts of communications and media to key theories of the discipline. Individual lectures are directed to providing basic theories and concepts within communications and media studies through an industry case study approach.

Outcomes

Upon successfully completing this unit, a student will:

possess a basic understanding of the field of communications;
employ basic concepts in the study of communications;
analyse the role of communications in processes of social and cultural change;
be able to apply communication analysis to everyday life;
be informed about areas of industry and community life where the study of communications is applicable and relevant.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 65%
Exam: 35%

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.