1998 Undergraduate Handbook
Bachelor of Arts (Communication - Public Relations & Organisational Communication)
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
Session 1
- COM111 Professional Writing & Desktop Publishing
- CLT105 Media Authorship & Production
- COM103 Media Production & Presentation
- Elective: Level 1 English or Politics or History or Sociology or Theatre Studies
Session 2
- JRN101 Newswriting
- LAW104 Communication Law & Ethics
- COM112 Digital Media
- Elective: Level 1 or 2 English or Politics or History or Sociology or Theatre Studies
Session 3
- COM214 Principles & Practices of Public Relations
and
- ADV203 Principles of Advertising
or
- ADV205 Advertising Creative 1
or
- MKT210 Principles of Marketing
or
- MGT100 Organisations & Management
- CLT209 Media Languages & Cultures
- Elective: Level 2 or 3 English or Politics or History or Sociology or Theatre Studies
Session 4
- COM215 Public Relations Processes
and
- ADV204 Advertising Media or
- ADV308 Advertising Creative 2
or
or
- HRM210 Human Resource Management
- COM216 Media Audiences & Public Opinion
- Elective: Level 2 or 3 English or Politics or History or Sociology or Theatre Studies
Session 5
- COM313 Public Relations Issues Management
and
- ADV310 Advertising Strategy & Management
or
- ADV309 Advertising Creative 3
or
- MKT310 Promotions Management
or
- MGT310 Operations Management
- CLT306 Media & Public Policy
- COM316 Advertising & Public Relations Research
Session 6
- COM314 Public Relations Project (16 cr)
- COM301 Communication Internship
- Elective: Level 3 English or Politics or History or Sociology or Theatre Studies
(The elective in Session 6 is to be chosen from the following Project subjects: LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Study; HST307 Applied History; POL304 Issues in Australian Politics; SOC314 Organisations, Culture & Society or SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity & the State; ACT310 Australian Theatre.)
Elective subjects
Students choose five subjects from one of the following discipline areas:
English
- LIT111 Texts & Meanings
- LIT113 Reading Australian Literature
- LIT202 Contemporary Australian Writing
- LIT209 Women in Literature
- LIT218 `The Woman in Question' in Nineteenth Century England & America
- LIT303 The English Novel from Austen to Lawrence
- LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Study
- CLT308 Reworking Popular Culture
History
- HST105 Australian Studies (History)
- HST109 Representations of Childhood
- HST206 Modern Britain
- HST208 Imperialism in Asia & the Pacific
- HST209 Public History
- HST305 Issues for Historians
- HST307 Applied History
Politics
- POL101 Australian Government & Politics
- POL104 Comparative Politics
- POL207 American Politics
- POL302 International Politics
- POL304 Issues in Australian Politics
Sociology
- SOC101 Introductory Sociology
- SOC102 Social Inequality
- SOC212 Class: Images & Reality
either
or
either
- SOC314 Organisations, Culture & Society
or
- SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity & the State
Theatre Studies
Alternative elective subjects may be taken, depending on availability and that prerequisites are satisfied.
- ACT107 Modern Theatre
- ACT108 Classic Theatre
- ACT110 Masked Theatre
- ACT213 Theatre & Cultural Action
- ACT310 Australian Theatre
Inquiries
Course Coordinator
Annabelle Warren
School of Communication
Telephone: (02) 6338 4031
Facsimile: (02) 6338 4409
Email: awarren@csu.edu.au
Administrative Assistant
Helene Wilson
School of Communication
Telephone: (02) 6338 4539
Facsimile: (02) 6338 4409
Email: hwilson@csu.edu.au