The Graduate Diploma of Communication offers various models of study centred around communication research and professional practice, including group activities, in-class discussions, and case studies.

Learning in an interdisciplinary environment will help shape your global outlook and prepare you for a wide variety of professional experiences. With classes facilitated both face-to-face and online, you will learn through lectures, tutorials, workshops, problem-based learning, presentations, and an industry-immersed internship.

Assessments in this graduate diploma will span a range of activities, including projects, research assignments, reports, portfolio production, essays, presentations, and peer or industry review. Projects, reports and presentations will be directly related to industry specific needs and may involve making contact with industry practitioners regarding contemporary issues.

The School of Media and Communication has many close links with industry which take on a variety of forms.

You will be taught by academics with strong industry links and experience. Course content is also developed with engagement with industry experts, including an Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) consisting of high-profile industry representatives, and guest lectures are often sought to provide you with exposure to current industry practice.

As a student in this diploma, you will undertake and be assessed on activities that allow you to demonstrate your professional practice, interact with industry, and underpin your learning with feedback relevant to workplace experiences. 

As a core part of your studies, you have the opportunity to undertake an industry internship that allows you to apply your knowledge and skills in a real-world context. You will develop a strategic communication plan in collaboration with an industry partner of your choice, allowing you toto link the theories that support strategic planning with the practical communication needs of your organisation.

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.

In the Graduate Diploma of Communication, you will undertake three core subjects and three electives.

Your core subjects will establish a foundation of learning and knowledge, and may include an industry internship in which you will be tasked with designing a strategic communication plan for an organisation of your choice.

The elective subjects you take will allow you to customise your learning, tailoring your graduate diploma for the kind of career you would like to pursue. This may include focuses on communication in political, health or financial contexts, risk and crisis communication, corporate writing and editing, and more.