MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Caution Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1320-6222

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

Journalism

The journalism major will equip students with a range of journalism skills and knowledge appropriate for flexible application in a variety of employment settings.

The skills and knowledge developed are those required by journalists (or those using journalism skills) for the future. Such journalists will possess well-developed literacy skills in a variety of media. Graduates will be able to contribute knowledgeably and in socially responsible and ethical ways to the particular communities they find themselves in, drawing on an informed intercultural awareness and an understanding of the professional and ethical codes and responsibilities of journalism. Students will also be equipped to engage knowledgeably and responsibly with the rapid developments in mass communications technologies and their social consequences.

Objectives

On completion of a major sequence in journalism, students are expected to have developed literacy skills (writing, verbal, computer, visual, televisual, statistical); knowledge of legal issues (eg defamation and libel, copyright, freedom of the press); understanding of ethics (eg rights to privacy, culturally appropriate media practice); communication and negotiation skills; information management skills.

Subjects offered

First level

+ GSC1901 Introduction to communication studies

+ GSC1402 Media studies (see mass communications program for subject outline)

Second level

+ GSC2901 Journalism theory and practice A

+ GSC2902 Journalism theory and practice B

+ GSC2903 Journalism technology and information society

+ GSC2904 Radio/TV: news and current affairs

Third level

+ GSC3901 Comparative journalism (not offered in 1996)

+ GSC3902 Journalism placement (not offered in 1996)

Students in the Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) must complete all of the subjects, while those in other degrees seeking to complete a journalism minor should complete GSC1901, GSC1402, GSC2901 and GSC2902 unless otherwise specified in the course regulations.

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