Master of Creative Industries

Western Sydney University

About

The Master of Creative Industries offers a unique opportunity to acquire the high-level digital content and professional communication skill-sets that are so necessary to prosper in the contemporary media landscape.

Media professionals are now required to understand and connect with their audiences across broadcast, online, mobile and other channels and to integrate new platforms and social media into their mix.

This course is designed for media, marketing and creative professionals wishing to substantially reorient, enhance or develop their current skills and research capacities, to respond to the challenges and opportunities of the current media landscape.

Structure

Pathway 1 is for students from non-cognate disciplines.

Students entering the program with an undergraduate qualification in a non-cognate discipline must complete 160 credit points in the Master of Creative Industries from Pathway 1 below.

Pathway 2 offers local students from cognate disciplines advanced standing of 40 credit points.

Students will need to complete 120 credit points from Pathway 2 below.

Recommended Sequences - Pathway 1

1.A - February Commencement

Code Name
101423 Media Project Proposal
Code Name
102519 Adaptive Leadership, Management and Team Work

Students may exit with the Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries at this point.

1858 - Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries

Code Name
101745 Media Project Production
Code Name
101962 Researching Convergent Media

Choose one of

Code Name
102300 Foundations of Media Arts Production (PG)
Code Name
101426 Convergent Media Internship
Code Name
101743 Mobile Media

Students may exit with the Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries at this point.

1857 - Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries

Code Name
102292 Strategic Communication
Code Name
102517 Innovation and Entrepreneurship PG
Code Name
102521 Media Research Project

Choose two of

Code Name
102300 Foundations of Media Arts Production (PG)
Code Name
101426 Convergent Media Internship
Code Name
101743 Mobile Media

1.B - Mid-year Commencement

Code Name
102300 Foundations of Media Arts Production (PG)
Code Name
101743 Mobile Media
Code Name
101962 Researching Convergent Media
Code Name
101426 Convergent Media Internship

Students may exit with the Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries at this point.

1858 - Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries

Code Name
101423 Media Project Proposal
Code Name
102519 Adaptive Leadership, Management and Team Work

Students may exit with the Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries at this point.

1857 - Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries

Code Name
101745 Media Project Production
Code Name
102521 Media Research Project
Code Name
102517 Innovation and Entrepreneurship PG
Code Name
102292 Strategic Communication

Recommended Sequences - Pathway 2

40c credit points of Advanced Standing are available to students from a cognate discipline. Students receiving the maximum 40 credit points will need to complete the remaining 120 credit points from the sequence below.

The 40 credit points of units that will be offered for advanced standing are from the following units

2.A - February Commencement

Code Name
101423 Media Project Proposal
Code Name
102519 Adaptive Leadership, Management and Team Work

Students can exit with a Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries at this point.

1858 - Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries

Code Name
101745 Media Project Production
Code Name
101962 Researching Convergent Media

Choose one of

Code Name
101743 Mobile Media
Code Name
101426 Convergent Media Internship
Code Name
102300 Foundations of Media Arts Production (PG)

Students can exit with a Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries at this point.

1857 - Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries

Code Name
102292 Strategic Communication
Code Name
102517 Innovation and Entrepreneurship PG
Code Name
102521 Media Research Project

Choose two of

Code Name
101743 Mobile Media
Code Name
101426 Convergent Media Internship
Code Name
102300 Foundations of Media Arts Production (PG)

2.B - Mid Year Commencement

40 cps of Advanced Standing are available to students from a cognate discipline. Students receiving the maximum 40cps will need to complete the remaining 120cps from the sequence below.

The 40 cps of units that will be offered for advanced standing are from the following units

Code Name
102300 Foundations of Media Arts Production (PG)
Code Name
101743 Mobile Media
Code Name
101962 Researching Convergent Media
Code Name
101426 Convergent Media Internship

Students can exit with a Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries at this point.

1858 - Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries

Code Name
101423 Media Project Proposal
Code Name
102519 Adaptive Leadership, Management and Team Work

Students can exit with a Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries at this point.

1857 - Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries

Code Name
101745 Media Project Production
Code Name
102521 Media Research Project
Code Name
102517 Innovation and Entrepreneurship PG
Code Name
102292 Strategic Communication

Institution