AUT - Master of Communication Studies
Master of Communication Studies
Programme Code: AK3482
Level: 9
Points: 240
Duration: Two years full time / Maximum five years part time
Venue: City Campus
Starting date: 28 February 2011
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The Master of Communication Studies is a postgraduate degree offering a blend of contextual and creative options. Students are encouraged to mix creative and traditional academic work in the first year of taught papers and extend their knowledge and skills into their research in the second year. Current staff have expertise across a range of fields; from journalism to organisational communication, radio to creative writing, video post-production to public relations.
WHAT THIS PROGRAMME COVERS
Year One
In the first year students choose papers to suit their individual interests, including a core research methods paper and at least one paper that contextualises current developments in media and communication studies. Further choices include other contextually oriented papers and a range of creatively focused papers.
Year Two
Year Two is a research year and students work with a Programme Leader and a supervisory team to design and develop a thesis. The thesis can be produced in a traditional academic form but students are encouraged to develop research that includes a creative component (such as a screenplay, in-depth journalism, digital media artefact, radio programme, or public relations campaign). Theses that include a creative component will also include an exegesis that places the creative work in its critical/theoretical, historical and personal context.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Communication
- Media
- Public policy
- Secondary teaching
- Tertiary teaching
PAPERS
YEAR ONE: Select 120 points in total
Including 15 points from
149107 Media Communication Research Methods (15)
149141 Digital Media Research Methods (15)
And at least 105 points from
149106 Co-operative Education (30)
149108 A Political Economy Approach to the Media (15)
149109 Project (30)
149110 Media Communication Reading Paper (15)
149111 Media, Culture & Society (15)
149112 New Media & Society (15)
149113 Politics and the Media (15)
149114 Time, Space & Globalisation (15)
149116 Selected Topics in Media Communication Practice (15)
149138 Celebrity Culture & the Social Organisation of Fame (15)
Including no more than 30 points from
149117 3D Animation (15)
149118 Asia-Pacific Journalism (15)
149120 Interactive Media (15)
149121 Investigative & Agenda-Setting Journalism (15)
149122 Organisational Communication (15)
149123 Moving Image (15)
149124 Public Relations (15)
149125 Radio (15)
149126 Screenwriting (15)
149128 The Creative Industries, Culture & the Marketplace (15)
149142 Journalism and Media Relations (15)
149143 Journalism Law and Ethics (15)
149144 Journalism Theory and Practice (15)
149145 Managing Communication and Public Relations (15)
149146 Digital Visual Communication (15)
149147 Web Media (15)
Or any other postgraduate paper approved by the programme leader.
YEAR TWO
Enrolment in papers is subject to meeting requisite requirements and availability of papers.