1997 Undergraduate Handbook

Bachelor of Arts (Communication - Media Production)

The course prepares students for entry level positions in the communication industries.

Enrolment through

Bathurst campus

Study mode

On campus

Normal course duration

Full-time 3 years (6 sessions)

Course requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 subject points (normally equal to 24 subjects).

Course structure

The course consists of:

Nine subjects covering the communications field, basic media writing and presentation skills, Australian studies, communication theory and research, and an industry internship. The special Australian studies subjects of politics, history and literature provide students with the general context for later studies in their vocational specialisations.

Six vocational strand subjects.

Subjects in industrial issues and media research.

Three communication elective subjects in an area of communication study. Students may also choose electives from the humanities, social sciences or commerce subjects.

Three elective subjects from humanities, social sciences, commerce or sciences.

Session 1 (Autumn)

• COM110 Foundations of Communication
• COM111 Media Writing
• COM103 Media Presentation
• POL101 Australian Government & Politics
• or
• LIT112 Australian Literature

Session 2 (Spring)

• COM108 Television and Video Production
• MST114 Production Planning
• HST105 Australian History
• CLT103 Imaging Australia

Session 3 (Autumn)

• MST226 Media Production 1
• POL101 Australian Government & Politics
• or
• LIT112 Australian Literature
• [ ] Communication Elective 1
• [ ] Elective 1

Session 4 (Spring)

• MST227 Media Production 2
• COM204 Communication Theory and Research
• [ ] Communication Elective 2
• [ ] Elective 2

Session 5 (Autumn)

• MST310 Media Production 3
• MST313 Media Production Research
• [ ] Communication Elective 3
• [ ] Elective 3

Session 6 (Spring)

• COM301 Communication Internship
• LAW306 Industrial Issues in the Arts
• MST308 Media Production Workshop 1
• MST309 Media Production Workshop 2

Communication electives

Students must take three subjects from one of the sequences listed below. Admission to electives may be restricted by competitive quotas. For Bachelor of Arts (Communication) students, the subject COM110 Foundations of Communication substitutes for CLT102 Inventing Australia as a prerequisite for students wishing to complete Cultural Studies and Cultural Policy subjects.

• CLT201 Film, Television and Society
• CLT203 Television Violence, Pornography and the State
• CLT304 Television Sexuality and AIDS
• or
• HST209 Public History
• HST305 Issues for Historians
• HST307 Applied History
• or
• POL207 American Politics
• POL201 Politics and the Media
• or
• POL104 Comparative Politics
• POL302 International Politics
• or
• LIT111 Texts and Meanings
• LIT206 Writing Culture and the Early Modern Stage
• LIT312 The 'Woman Question' in Nineteenth Century England and America
• or
• ECO110 Microeconomics
• ECO100 Macroeconomics
• ECO320 International Economics
• or
• FIN230 Financial Institutions and Markets
• or
• THM206 Theatre and Media 1 (Devised Performance)
• THM205 Theatre and Media 2 (Performance Workshop)
• THM303 Theatre and Media 3 (Production & Direction)
• or
• COM212 Scriptwriting
• COM211 Advanced Video Production
• COM213 On Camera Performance
• or
• ADV200 Advertising 1 (Principles of Advertising)
• ADV202 Advertising 2 (Strategy Campaign Planning)
• ADV305 Advertising 3 (Creative & Production)

Elective subjects

Students choose three subjects from one of the following discipline areas:

• Cultural Studies & Cultural Policy
• Theatre Studies
• Economics
• English
• History
• Justice Studies
• Marketing
• Organisational Behaviour
• Politics
• Psychology
• Sociology

Inquiries

Course Coordinator
Dr John Carroll
School of Communication
Telephone: (063) 38 4349
Facsimile: (063) 38 4409
Email: jcarroll@csu.edu.au

Administrative Assistant
Mrs Helene Wilson
School of Communication
Telephone: (063) 38 4539
Facsimile: (063) 38 4409
Email: hwilson@csu.edu.au

Last Revised: 25 November 1996.