Bachelor of Media and Communication (Honours)

This program aims to develop research capable graduates who will be leaders in media and communication.

The emphasis in honours is on research, whether within academic or professional contexts.As an honours graduate you will be able to ask and respond to critical and creative questions relevant to communication, technology and media.

You will engage with and respond to ideas from your disciplinary experience and extend these using your interdisciplinary and collaborative skills.

You will have a knowledge of research as a creative and critical practice as it relates to your individual field and discipline.

You will develop as an investigator who demonstrates academic rigour in your own and other disciplines.

You will bring research and leadership to complex situations including the development of projects and learning, and research activities in individual or group pursuit.

You will have a deep knowledge of your field and of research practice, and an enhanced capacity to identify and investigate problems in contemporary media, communication and creative fields.

You will offer applied as well as theoretical approaches in responding to these.In your honours year, you will undertake an individually negotiated research project, as a capstone experience.

This project will enable you to synthesise and integrate your knowledge, connect theory and practice, and demonstrate your holistic achievement of the program learning outcomes.This program will help you to negotiate and contribute knowledge to the immense changes occurring within contemporary media and communication systems in both academic and professional contexts.

You will engage in a model of ‘process based learning’ in an interdisciplinary research context, which will provide you with the relevant skills for managing such change within industry and research.Research as a concept and practice underwrites all activities within the program with an emphasis on integrating theory and practice so that you will have a deep knowledge of the role, function, and importance of research to your future practice.

Honours is also recognised as providing preparation for a higher degree such as a research Masters or Doctorate (PhD).

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To graduate you must complete the following:

All courses listed may not be available each semester

Year One of Program

Semester One - Complete the following Four (4) Courses:

Semester Two - Complete the following Two (2) Courses:

Academic entrance requirements

You must have successfully completed an Australian Bachelor degree (or equivalent overseas qualification) in a relevant discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (out of 4.0). For equivalents to Australian academic entry requirements, see the Country Equivalency web page on the RMIT website.

You must submit a personal statement with your application outlining:

• Why you wish to study this program
• What you hope this degree will enable you to go on and achieve
• Your proposed area of research. Please provide as much information as you can, even if you are not completely certain of the area/s you wish to focus on. - The name/s of one or more potential research supervisor/s from within the School. Note that preferred supervisors cannot be guaranteed.

International English language requirement

A minimum of IELTS (Academic module) overall score of 6.5, with no band less than 6.0, or equivalent. For equivalents to English entry requirements, see the English requirements web page.

As a graduate of honours you will able to: