Course Structure

The Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies) degree has a standard 144 point load, or 48 points each year. Students complete:

• the Communication Studies major
• at least six points of Communication Studies option units
• a disciplinary major
• and other units as required to complete the total 144 points

note: students are strongly recommended to include at least one additional first year unit with an empirical social sciences focus, such as "Being Human: Culture, Identity and Society" (ANTH1101) or "The Liberal Democratic State" (POLS1101).

See also combined degrees with Communication Studies and Graduate Program in Communication Studies.

Major in Communication Studies

COMM1101: Human Technology: Debating Communication

LING1101 Language and Communication OR ENGL1112 Screen Cultures/Print Cultures

COMM2201: Communication and Mass Media

COMM2202: Cultures, New Media and Communications

COMM2203: Digital Media

COMM3301: Case Studies in Communication

COMM3302: Communications Project

Communication Studies elective (at least 6 points)

Students choose from:

EURO2212:Communication and Culture - Survey (History of Media and Communication)
ASIA2212: Chinese Media and Society
ENGL2280: Professional Writing
HUMA2210: Arts Practicum I
HUMA2211: Arts Practicum II
WOMN2205: Self.net: Identity in the Digital Age
ANTH2239: Anthropology of Media
COMM2204: Television and Video Production (12 points)
POLS2231: Politics of the Mass Media

Major

In addition, students complete a major in the arts, humanities and social sciences. We offer a wide range of areas of study, including:

* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Classics and Ancient History
* Economics
* English
* European and Asian Languages
* Fine Arts
* Geography
* History
* Industrial Relations
* Linguistics
* Mathematics
* Music
* Philosophy
* Psychology (single major only)
* Political Science
* Women's Studies

Marketing and Commerce

Units from the Communication Studies minor offered by the School of Business that are of particular relevance:
EBUS2207: Electronic Communications Strategies
INMT2234: Information Systems
MKTG2238: Advertising and Promotion

Science Communication

Units from the Science Communication program that are of particular relevance:

• 
  COMM7701: Science Communication - Writing
• COMM7702: Science Communication - Displays and Exhibits
• COMM7703: Science and the Media
• COMM7403: Science Communication - Community Presentations
  
  These units assume a science background.

Streams

Many have a communications emphasis, and to assist in the choice of units we have identified five "streams" which bring together units with a shared perspective:

Language
The study of language as communication

Power, representation and influence
The study of communication in social and political formations

Culture and media
The study of cultural texts and their circulation and consumption

Visual communication
The study of images and their regimes of signification

Communicative practice
Writing/performance/display: the craft of creating communicative "texts"

There is no requirement to take units from one or more of the streams: the completed Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies) degree can have as many, or as few, "streamed" units as you wish. However, you may find the groupings of use in enabling you to bring together units that relate to your own particular interests.