Bachelor of Media and Communications

Overview The Bachelor of Media and Communications is an undergraduate degree focused on the analysis, critique and production of media.

This degree is can be completed in three years in a full-time study mode.

The extent to which media permeates aspects of everyday life is almost overwhelming.

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This course offers you the opportunity to critically engage with and theorise the media.

In addition, you also create media by selecting one or more major.

The degree is robust and provides an option of two majors if you wish to acquire further specialisations.

You have the opportunity to produce a variety of media including:

radio podcasts and broadcasts, non-fiction writing and journalism, interactive and trans-media web sites, documentaries, feature and drama productions and public relations campaigns.

The course offers a sophisticated blend of media theory and production to ensure graduates are critical, enquiring, innovative, engaged and their learning is underpinned by current theoretical approaches and production skills.

Taught by a staff of active researchers and media producers, you will learn and develop industry-grade skills using the on-site state-of-the-art production facilities.

You will gain valuable industry experience through an internship placement as part of their academic studies.

Graduates with a Bachelor of Media and Communications possess a skill base, tailored for the contemporary media ecology.

Media convergence demands a different set of skills to those required in previous formulations.

You will emerge with a range of critical skills and production specialisations reflecting a range of industry practices in which the contemporary media producer must be able to operate cross-platform.The Bachelor of Media and Communications is an undergraduate degree focused on the analysis, critique and production of media.

This degree is can be completed in three years in a full-time study mode.

The extent to which media permeates aspects of everyday life is almost overwhelming.

The internet has released a tsunami of content reflecting diverse voices and creative urges which has prompted reappraisal of what we previously understood about media consumption and production.

In the bigger picture, the internet is a relatively recent phenomenon and the media forms and practices that preceded it still exist.

This course offers you the opportunity to critically engage with and theorise the media.

In addition, you also create media by selecting one or more major.

The degree is robust and provides an option of two majors if you wish to acquire further specialisations.

You have the opportunity to produce a variety of media including:

radio podcasts and broadcasts, non-fiction writing and journalism, interactive and trans-media web sites, documentaries, feature and drama productions and public relations campaigns.

The course offers a sophisticated blend of media theory and production to ensure graduates are critical, enquiring, innovative, engaged and their learning is underpinned by current theoretical approaches and production skills.

Taught by a staff of active researchers and media producers, you will learn and develop industry-grade skills using the on-site state-of-the-art production facilities.

You will gain valuable industry experience through an internship placement as part of their academic studies.

Graduates with a Bachelor of Media and Communications possess a skill base, tailored for the contemporary media ecology.

Media convergence demands a different set of skills to those required in previous formulations.

You will emerge with a range of critical skills and production specialisations reflecting a range of industry practices in which the contemporary media producer must be able to operate cross-platform.Read More

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Inherent requirements are the essential components of a course or program necessary for a student to successfully achieve the core learning outcomes of a course or program. Students must meet the inherent requirements to complete their Macquarie University course or program. For more information see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/inherent-requirements. Inherent requirements for Macquarie University programs fall under the following categories:

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The physical inherent requirement is to have the physical capabilities to safely and effectively perform the activities necessary to undertake the learning activities and achieve the learning outcomes of an award.

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The inherent requirement for cognition is possessing the intellectual, conceptual, integrative and quantitative capabilities to undertake the learning activities and achieve the learning outcomes of an award.

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The inherent requirement for communication is the capacity to communicate information, thoughts and ideas through a variety of mediums and with a range of audiences.

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The behavioural inherent requirement is the capacity to sustain appropriate behaviour over the duration of units of study to engage in activities necessary to undertake the learning activities and achieve the learning outcomes of an award.