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Communications

Faculty Faculty of Arts
Offered by School of English, Communications, and Performance Studies
School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences
School of Arts and Social Sciences
School of Arts
Coordinator See Faculty of Arts Honours Coordinators
Campus Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland, Malaysia and South Africa, Off Campus

Description


Students are required to complete 48 points of study comprising of a thesis and two coursework units.

Coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the Communications honours coordinator on the relevant campus .

Units


The units available differ between campuses. Please refer to the individual campus entries below.

Berwick, Caulfield and Clayton

Offered by the School of English, Communications, and Performance Studies.

Thesis

Students complete one of the following options:

  • COM4050(H) Honours thesis OR
  • COM405H(A) Honours thesis part 1 AND
  • COM405H(B) Honours thesis part 2

Coursework Units

Students complete two of the following units:

  • COM4040(H) Current issues in international media and communications
  • COM4110 Battle lines
  • COM4140 Communicating the body
  • COM4203(H) Communication systems and networks
  • COM4230 Media, politics and everyday life
  • COM4240 Music, media, culture
  • COM4300 Honours research readings
  • A maximum of 12 points at fourth-year level from another discipline and/or institution with the permission of the ECPS Communications honours coordinator

Gippsland, Off-campus

Offered by the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences.

Thesis

Students complete the following two units:

  • HUM4000(A) Honours Dissertation A
  • HUM4000(B) Honours Dissertation B

Coursework Units

Students complete the following two units:

  • COM4421 Media, social relations and power
  • HUM4002 Selected topics in theory and practice

Malaysia

Offered by the School of Arts and Sciences

Thesis

Students complete the following two units:

  • COM400H(A) Dissertation part 1
  • COM400H(B) Dissertation part 2

Coursework Units

Students complete two of the following units:

  • COM4010(H) Communication research: Issues and methodology
  • COM4020(H) Communications and cultural studies applied: Industry practice
  • A maximum of 12 points at fourth-year level from another discipline and/or institution with the permission of the Communications honours coordinator on the relevant campus

South Africa

Offered by the School of Arts.

Thesis

Students complete the following two units:

  • HUM4000(A) Honours Dissertation A
  • HUM4000(B) Honours Dissertation B

Coursework Units

Students complete the following two units:

  • COM4421 Media, social relations and power
  • HUM4002 Selected topics in theory and practice

Relevant Courses


  • 0003 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts
  • 0204 Honours degree of Bachelor of Letters
  • 3751 The honours degree of Bachelor of Communication [Sunway]
  • 3775 Bachelor of Communication (Honours)
  • 0082 The honours degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws

2011 Information

The University Handbook for 2011 will be available from 1 October 2010.

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