In the Graduate Diploma of Media, you will learn through a variety of contemporary approaches, utilising both face-to-face and online classes. With a blend of seminars, lectures and tutorials, you will undertake collaborative group work, peer review, presentations, exercises and workshops, and group discussions, and learn to constructively critique your own work and that of your peers. Case studies, problem-based learning, and reflective learning will allow you to explore the full scope of media production.

This highly practical graduate diploma encourages hands-on learning, and you will be assessed on activities including media production projects, written reflections, research, portfolios, presentations and peer and industry reviews. Your projects and presentations will be directly linked to industry-specific needs, ensuring your learning and assessment addresses the current requirements of industry and prepares you for your career.

The School of Media and Communication has extensive links with industry organisations and associations, including the ABC, Screen Australia, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), and many more. 

You will be taught both by academics with strong industry links and professional experience in media production, and guest lecturers currently working in the media industries to ensure you are exposed to up-to-the-minute industry trends and developments.

The course regularly consults with an Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) that consists of high-profile industry representatives. Part of the IAC’s brief is to ensure that the course's links with industry standards and practice remain current.

As part of your study, you will undertake a collaborative media project in which you will develop and create one or more small original production projects, exploring professional practice, forms and processing, with input from peers, staff and industry. You may also choose to undertake a professional placement or internship to broaden your learning and professional network.

The knowledge and skills you will acquire throughout this degree and how they can be applied in your career are described in the learning outcomes.

As a student in this graduate diploma, you will undertake five core subjects and choose one elective. 

Your core studies will encompass contemporary work practices, sound and image, storytelling and the importance of its medium, and collaborative practices that ensure you are prepared for a real-world work environment. 

Your elective subject allows you to delve deeper into an area that interests you, and spans topics including writing and editing, the philosophy and ethics of professional communication, advertising, and specific streams of communication, including political, change, risk and crisis, health, and financial communication.

As part of your studies you may have the opportunity to undertake an industry placement or internship.