Bachelor of Communication Studies

Majors you can study in the Bachelor of Communication Studies

• Advertising and Brand Creativity
• Digital Communication
• Journalism
• Public Relations
• Radio and Audio Media
• Screen Production

You can also choose one of these majors as a second major or a minor.

^{Entry into the desired major of the Bachelor of Communication Studies is not guaranteed and subject to results in the first year.}

• Advertising and Brand Creativity
• Communication for Social Change
• Digital Communication
• Journalism
• Media and Power
• Multi-Camera Production
• Professional Performance Communication
• Public Relations
• Radio and Audio Media
• Screen Production

Year 1

In your first year, you’ll be introduced to the media world and essential communication theories and practice. The first year of the Bachelor of Communication Studies is common to all students, and gives you an overview of the field of communication studies.

Year 2 & 3

You begin to develop important skills in your chosen fields.

The degree is flexible enough to enable you to specialise in more than one communication discipline, or to take a major or minor from outside the School of Communication Studies.

You choose:

• A Bachelor of Communication Studies major (120 points) and
• One of the following options
  • A second major from the Bachelor of Communication Studies (120 points); or
  • A major from another AUT degree (120 points); or
  • A first minor (60 points) and a second minor (60 points)*
  • A minor (60 points) and elective courses (60 points)*

^{*From communication studies or elsewhere at AUT}

• Postgraduate Certificate in Communication Studies
• Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies
• Master of Communication Studies
• Master of Philosophy 
• Doctor of Philosophy