Communications
Campus availability: Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland, Malaysia, Off-campus learning, and South Africa
The structure of the major in Communications varies depending upon which campus you are located on.
The information on this site outlines the current structures of the various Communications programs; students who commenced studies prior to 2004 should contact the Communications program on their home campus for advice on the correct structure of their course, minor or major.
- 1st year sequence
- Major and minor sequences
Contact information:
Berwick
Berwick is the only metropolitan campus to offer a specialist degree Bachelor of Communication and the opportunity of completing an honours year. Communications at Berwick focuses on both the practical operation of the media as well as the social and cultural dimensions of new and traditional communication. Double degrees are also available in conjunction with Business and Commerce, Multimedia, Tourism and Professional Writing and Editing.
For further information students should contact: berwick.enquiries@arts.monash.edu.au
Caulfield and Clayton
On the Clayton and Caulfield campuses Communications is an academically oriented program with a focus on new media, and the dynamic changes in media and communication industries.
For further information students should contact: the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies
Gippsland and Off-campus learning
Communications on the Gippsland campus and via off-campus learning emphasise the way old and new media organise social and political relations in democratic societies. Communications is complemented by journalism, creative and professional writing, and creative arts programs.
For further information students should contact: the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences.
South Africa and Malaysia
The Communications program in Malaysia offers a professionally oriented program with minors in writing and international studies while in South Africa campus looks at the organisation, processes and effects of traditional and new communications technologies in the South African context.
For further information students should contact: South Africa or Malaysia
1st year sequence:
A first year sequence in Communications on all campuses consists of COM1010 and COM1020.