Overview
This specialisation is for students commencing from 2023.
The Media, Culture and Technology major specialisation at UNSW aims to provide you with a progressive, interdisciplinary understanding of the social, cultural and experiential impacts of media and communication technologies in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The major specialisation starts with an … For more content click the Read More button below.
In terms of learning skills, the major specialisation develops conceptual frameworks and modes of analysis through which you can understand and explain not only changes in the media, but also reasons for those changes and their social and affective consequences.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Articulate media studies theories and practices, and integrate them with cross-disciplinary concerns and connections.
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2.
Articulate a broad and coherent body of knowledge about the role of media in societies and cultures from local, national and international perspectives.
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3.
Undertake rigorous and engaged scholarly enquiry and analysis in order to justify a position in relation to the role of media in societies and cultures.
- Global citizens
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4.
Collaborate effectively with others and engage sensitively with diverse cultural perspectives.
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- Leaders
5.
Communicate and debate complex ideas in a range of different contexts using a variety of suitable media.
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Exhibit initiative and self-direction to continuously acquire knowledge and skills.
- Leaders
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- Professionals
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Critically and creatively employ disciplinary bodies of knowledge and skills.
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- Professionals
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Act ethically, respectfully and responsibly.
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- Leaders
- Professionals
- Global citizens
9.
Engage and situate diverse First Nations knowledges and media cultures, and the historical, cultural, social and political contexts that produced them.
- Global citizens
- Scholars
Available in Program(s) Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:
Bachelor of Social Sciences - BSocSci3325 - Social Sciences
Bachelor of Arts - BA3409 - Arts
Specialisation Structure
Students must complete 48 UOC.
Arts/Education (Secondary) Students
Media/Arts Students
Level 1 Prescribed Electives6 Units of Credit:
Level 2 and 3 Prescribed Electives42 Units of Credit:
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