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 studies

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

The skills and knowledges 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 inter-cultural 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 communication technologies and their social consequences.

Objectives

On completion of a sequence in journalism studies, 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.

The journalism studies specialisation will comprise the following sequence of subjects.

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