Communications and Media Studies
Please note that all classes for these courses are taught in the city.
This program is designed to address the needs of those working, or aspiring to work, in the communications industry. It looks at the history, development and reception of traditional and new media around the world and the changes in content delivery, policy and technology that have taken place in recent years.
The program is highly relevant to the broader communications industry and to the policy process.
Graduates will be able to: assess national policy responses to issues arising from media convergence and globalisation; engage in vocationally relevant communications practice informed by current research; assess quantitative and qualitative research methods; establish criteria for 'best practice' in traditional and new media authorship; integrate their academic studies with professional practice in their Industry Research Project.
The program is theoretically grounded and vocationally relevant. Units introduce students to the industry applications of their field of study.
The Industry Research Project, undertaken in the final semester, allows students to apply their knowledge of screen-centred mediating processes to a substantive issue. Previous examples include: cross-cultural advertising, music, politics and Singapore, and reality television in China.
Monash staff from the communications and media studies program supervise research masters and doctoral candidates in a variety of areas. For more information, contact the course coordinator or refer to www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/pgrad/communications.html .
See also Publishing and editing.
Contact: National Centre for Australian Studies
How to apply
Information about each course can be found through the links below to Course Finder. From Course Finder, you can also go to the University Handbook, where unit information (where appropriate) relating to each course can be found.
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Program of Study | Course Code |
|---|---|
| Graduate Certificate | 3065 |
| 1398 | |
| 3064 | |
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2846 | |
| 2695 | |
| 0020 |