BACHELOR DEGREES
Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)
Domestic,International
Plan code:
BP220
Duration:
3 years full-time, 6 years part-time
3 years full-time
Campus:
City Campus
CRICOS Code:
048668D
Program Structure
To graduate you must complete the following:
Year One of Program
Complete the following Five (5) Courses:
ANDComplete Two (2) Courses in the first block of the Contextual Study area of your choice. Please refer to the list of Contextual Studies options which can be found after the Year Three Course list.
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Understanding Journalism | 24 | COMM2657 | City Campus |
Journalism Reporting and Writing | 12 | COMM2835 | City Campus |
Journalism Law and Ethics | 12 | COMM2836 | City Campus |
Photojournalism | 12 | COMM2640 | City Campus |
Fact Checking and Verification | 12 | COMM2803 | City Campus |
AND
Year Two of Program
Complete the following Three (3) Courses:
ANDComplete two (2) courses in the second block of the Contextual Study area of your choice. Please refer to the list of Contextual Studies options which can be found after the Year Three course list. ANDComplete One (1) Course from the School Options list that you have not taken or passed already. Please refer to the list of School Option courses at the end of this program structure document.
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Reporting with Sound and Image | 24 | COMM2656 | City Campus |
Journalism Technologies | 24 | COMM2653 | City Campus |
Features and Storytelling | 12 | COMM2641 | City Campus |
AND
Year Three of Program
Complete the following Three (3) Courses:
ANDComplete One (1) Course in the last block of the Contextual Study area of your choice. Please refer to the list of Contextual Studies options which can be found after the Year Three course list. ANDSelect and Complete Two (2) Courses from:University Elective
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Newsroom Practice | 24 | COMM2804 | City Campus |
Journalism: Professional Placement | 24 | COMM2658 | City Campus |
Journalism Capstone | 12 | COMM2805 | City Campus |
AND
(
Contextual Studies: Approaches to Popular Culture
Year One: Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:
ANDYear Two: Select and Complete Two (2) of the following Courses:
ANDYear Three: Select and complete Two (2) of the following Courses:
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Pop Culture in Everyday Life | 12 | COMM2633 | City Campus |
Television Cultures | 12 | COMM1073 | City Campus |
Popular Cinema | 12 | COMM2632 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Music in Popular Culture | 12 | COMM1081 | City Campus |
Exploring Asian Popular Culture | 12 | COMM2345 | City Campus |
Screening Politics and Economies | 12 | COMM2636 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
New Perspectives in Contemporary Popular Culture | 12 | COMM2631 | City Campus |
Music in Popular Culture | 12 | COMM1081 | City Campus |
Exploring Asian Popular Culture | 12 | COMM2345 | City Campus |
Screening Politics and Economies | 12 | COMM2636 | City Campus |
OR
Contextual Studies: Asian Media and Culture
Year One: Select and complete One (1) of the following Courses:
ANDYear Two: Select and Complete Two (2) of the following Courses:
ANDYear Three: Select and complete Two (2) of the following Courses:
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Modern Asia | 12 | COMM2138 | City Campus |
Mass Media in Asia | 12 | COMM1086 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
New Media, New Asia | 12 | COMM2336 | City Campus |
Asian Cinemas | 12 | COMM1035 | City Campus |
Exploring Asian Popular Culture | 12 | COMM2345 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Sex, Politics & Social Change in Asia | 12 | COMM2253 | City Campus |
New Media, New Asia | 12 | COMM2336 | City Campus |
Asian Cinemas | 12 | COMM1035 | City Campus |
Exploring Asian Popular Culture | 12 | COMM2345 | City Campus |
OR
Contextual Studies: Cinema Studies
Year One: Select and complete One (1) of the following Courses:
ANDYear Two: Select and Complete Two (2) of the following Courses:
ANDYear Three: Select and complete Two (2) of the following Courses:
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Introduction to Cinema Studies | 12 | COMM1031 | City Campus |
Popular Cinema | 12 | COMM2632 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
True Lies : Documentary Studies | 12 | COMM1034 | City Campus |
Textual Crossings: Literary Adaptation | 12 | COMM2637 | City Campus |
Asian Cinemas | 12 | COMM1035 | City Campus |
Australian Cinema | 12 | COMM1033 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Histories of Film Theory | 12 | COMM1036 | City Campus |
True Lies : Documentary Studies | 12 | COMM1034 | City Campus |
Textual Crossings: Literary Adaptation | 12 | COMM2637 | City Campus |
Asian Cinemas | 12 | COMM1035 | City Campus |
Australian Cinema | 12 | COMM1033 | City Campus |
OR
Contextual Studies: Literary Studies
Year One: Select and complete One (1) of the following Courses:
ANDYear Two: Select and Complete Two (2) of the following Courses:
ANDYear Three: Select and complete Two (2) of the following Courses:
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Textual Crossings: Literary Adaptation | 12 | COMM2637 | City Campus |
Reading Space and Place | 12 | COMM2635 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Literary Realism to Post-Modernism | 12 | LANG1006 | City Campus |
Narrating the Self | 12 | COMM2638 | City Campus |
Reading Sex and Race | 12 | COMM2634 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Literature's Ethics | 12 | COMM2630 | City Campus |
Literary Realism to Post-Modernism | 12 | LANG1006 | City Campus |
Narrating the Self | 12 | COMM2638 | City Campus |
Reading Sex and Race | 12 | COMM2634 | City Campus |
OR
Contextual Studies: Politics, Economies and Communication
Year One: Select and complete One (1) of the following Courses:
ANDYear Two: Select and Complete Two (2) of the following Courses:
ANDYear Three: Select and complete Two (2) of the following Courses:
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Rhetorics & Politics of the Contemporary World | 12 | COMM2402 | City Campus |
Politics Communicated | 12 | COMM2409 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Economies Communicated | 12 | COMM2408 | City Campus |
Screening Politics and Economies | 12 | COMM2636 | City Campus |
Global Political Economy | 12 | SOCU2112 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Social Applications of Communication: A Political Economy of the Workplace | 12 | COMM2407 | City Campus |
Economies Communicated | 12 | COMM2408 | City Campus |
Screening Politics and Economies | 12 | COMM2636 | City Campus |
Global Political Economy | 12 | SOCU2112 | City Campus |
)
AND
School Options:
School Options:
Note: All Courses listed may not be available each semester: