Learning Outcomes

1.
Undertake rigorous and engaged scholarly enquiry and analysis
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
2.
Collaborate effectively with others.
  • Professionals
  • Leaders
3.
Communicate and debate complex ideas in a range of different contexts using a variety of suitable media
  • Leaders
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
4.
Exhibit initiative and self-direction
  • Leaders
  • Professionals
5.
Critically and creatively employ disciplinary bodies of knowledge and appraise disciplinary perspectives in professional practice and/or scholarship.
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
6.
Justify a position in relation to foundational aspects of society, culture and/or the arts
  • Global Citizens
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
7.
Engage proactively with complex problems in professional practice and/or scholarship.
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
8.
Continuously acquire knowledge and skills and reflect on existing knowledge and skills for personal and career fulfilment.
  • Leaders
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
9.
Act ethically, respectfully and responsibly
  • Global Citizens
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
10.
Identify the social, political and cultural dynamics of media and the impact that they have on everyday life and experience.
  • Scholars
11.
Identify key concepts in Media theory.
  • Scholars
12.
Recognise the networked nature of media and the complexity of the relationships between local and global media.
  • Global Citizens
  • Scholars

Graduate Capabilities

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Available in Program(s)
Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Arts - BA3409 - Arts
Bachelor of Arts - BA3409 - Arts
Bachelor of Arts and Business - BArts (Bus)3444 - Arts and Business
Bachelor of Arts and Business - BArts (Bus)3444 - Arts and Business

Specialisation Structure
24 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 24 UOC.

ARTS/EDUCATION (SECONDARY) STUDENTS

The 24 uoc minor in Media, Culture and Technology can be combined with a major in English as preparation for a double first teaching specialisation.

MEDIA/ARTS STUDENTS

The minor in Media, Culture and Technology is not available as some of the courses are included in the Media Studies courses.

Level 1 Core Courses

Students must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS1090
6 UOC
Media, Culture and Everyday Life
ARTS1092
6 UOC
Working with Data
ARTS1091
6 UOC
Media, Society, Politics

Level 2 Prescribed Electives

Students must take at least 6 UOC, up to a maximum of 12 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS2091
6 UOC
Mobile Cultures
ARTS2092
6 UOC
Global Media: Markets, Flows and Cultures
ARTS2093
6 UOC
Social Media
ARTS2094
6 UOC
Visual Communication
ARTS2095
6 UOC
Digital Technologies and the Self
ARTS2096
6 UOC
Media Rights, Media Wrongs

Level 3 Prescribed Electives

Students must take at least 6 UOC, up to a maximum of 12 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS3090
6 UOC
Media, Culture and Technology Capstone: Media Cultures
ARTS3091
6 UOC
Advanced Media Issues
ARTS3092
6 UOC
Media and Transformation in the Asia-Pacific
ARTS3093
6 UOC
Media Power
ARTS3096
6 UOC
Media and Climate Change
ARTS3097
6 UOC
Current Debates in Media and Culture
MDIA3007
6 UOC
Media and Arts Internship

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