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

Session 1

• COM111 Professional Writing and Desktop Publishing
• CLT105 Media Authorship and Production
• COM103 Media Production and Presentation
• Elective: Level 1 English or History or Politics or Sociology or Theatre Studies


Session 2

• COM112 Digital Media
• MST114 Production Planning
• COM108 Television and Video Production
• Elective: Level 1 or 2 English or History or Politics or Sociology or Theatre Studies


Session 3

• MST226 Media Production 1 (Theory and Techniques)
• COM211 Advanced Video Production

or

• THM206 Theatre Media 1 (Devised Performance)

or

• ADV205 Advertising Creative 1
• CLT209 Media Languages and Cultures
• Elective: Level 2 or 3 English or History or Politics or Sociology or Theatre Studies


Session 4

• MST228 Media Production 2 (Multimedia)
• COM212 Scriptwriting

or

• THM205 Theatre Media 2 (Performance Workshop)

or

• ADV308 Advertising Creative 2
• COM216 Media Audiences and Public Opinion
• Elective: Level 2 or 3 English or History or Politics or Sociology or Theatre Studies


Session 5

• MST310 Media Production 3 (Video Production )
• COM213 On Camera Performance

or

• THM303 Theatre Media 3 (Producing and Directing)

or

• ADV309 Advertising Creative 3
• COM317 Media Research
• CLT306 Media and Public Policy


Session 6

• MST314 Media Production Workshop (16 pt.)
• LAW306 Industrial Issues in the Arts (Includes 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 and Society or SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State; ACT310 Australian Theatre.)

Elective subjects

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

English

History

Politics

Sociology

• SOC101 Introductory Sociology
• SOC102 Social Inequality
• SOC212 Class: Images and Reality

either

• SOC203 Sociology and Youth

or

• SOC204 Family and Gender

either

• SOC314 Organisations, Culture and Society

or

• SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State

Theatre Studies

Alternative elective subjects may be taken, depending on availability and that prerequisites are satisfied.

English/Theatre Studies

• LIT111 Texts and Meanings
• LIT218 `The Woman in Question' in Nineteenth Century England and America

or

• LIT202 Contemporary Australian Writing
• ACT107 Modern Theatre
• ACT213 Theatre and Cultural Action
• LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Study

or

• ACT310 Australian Theatre

English/Sociology

• SOC101 Introductory Sociology
• LIT113 Reading Australian Literature
• SOC212 Class: Images and Reality
• LIT218 `The Woman in Question' in Nineteenth Century England and America

or

• LIT202 Contemporary Australian Writing
• LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Study

or

• SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State

English/History

• Australian
• HST105 History and Society (Australia)
• LIT113 Reading Australian Literature
• HST305 Issues for Historians
• LIT202 Contemporary Australian Writing
• LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Study
• Nineteenth Century Britain
• LIT111 Texts and Meanings
• HST206 Modern Britain
• HST305 Issues for Historians
• LIT218 `The Woman in Question' in Nineteenth Century England and America

or

• LIT303 From Austin to Lawrence
• LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Subject

Sociology/Theatre Studies

• ACT107 Modern Theatre
• ACT213 Theatre and Cultural Action
• SOC101 Introductory Sociology
• SOC212 Class: Images and Reality
• ACT310 Australian Theatre

or

• SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State

Sociology/Politics

• POL101 Australian Government and Politics
• SOC102 Social Inequality
• SOC212 Class: Images and Reality
• POL202 Government, Business and the Environment
• POL304 Issues in Australian Politics

or

• SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State

Sociology/History

Model One

• SOC101 Introductory Sociology
• SOC204 Family and Gender
• HST105 History and Society (Australia)
• HST209 Public History
• HST307 Applied History


Model Two

• SOC101 Introductory Sociology
• HST109 Representations of Childhood
• HST305 Issues for Historians
• SOC204 Family and Gender
• SOC314 Organisations, Culture and Society

or

• SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State

Inquiries

Course Coordinator
Anne Dunn
School of Communication
Telephone: (02) 6338 4560
Facsimile: (02) 6338 4409
Email: akmdunn@csu.edu.au

Administrative Assistant
Helene Wilson
School of Communication
Telephone: (02) 6338 4539
Facsimile: (02) 6338 4409
Email: hwilson@csu.edu.au