Not offered in 2021
BMedia
Credit points
240
Minimum duration
3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Approved locations
- Melbourne
EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFSTL value of 0.125. Units with acp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
Admission requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy that includes meeting a minimum ATAR requirement.
International applicants must also meet the English Language Proficiency requirements identified in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:
State | Prerequisites |
---|---|
VIC | Units 3 and 4 a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or 20 in any other English. |
Disclaimer :The Course entry requirements above are for 2021 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.
Definition
Completion requirements
To qualify for the degree, a student must complete:
- 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 120 cp from specified Media units (Part A);
- 40 cp from Communication units (Part B);
- 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part C);
- 10 cp from Professional Experience units (Part D);
- 50 cp from:
- a Minor from the Bachelor of Arts[1] (Part E) plus 10cp of elective unit; or
- 50 cp of Arts elective units (Part F)
Part A : Media
Complete exactly 120 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
MEDA100 | Making Digital Movies | 10 | |
MEDA101 | Theories of Media | 10 | |
MEDA102 | Multiplatform Storytelling | 10 | |
MEDA200 | Making Track: an Introduction to Audio Production | 10 | |
MEDA201 | Online Video Production | 10 | |
MEDA204 | Media Production and the Community | 10 | |
MEDA206 | Radio Production | 10 | |
MEDA207 | Sound to Screen | 10 | |
MEDA209 | Reading Screen Texts | 10 | |
MEDA214 | Digital Imaging and Web Design | 10 | |
MEDA302 | Digital Media Lab | 10 | |
MEDA304 | Media Audiences Consumers Creators Citizens | 10 |
Part B : Communication
Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
COMM104 | Writing for the Media | 10 | |
COMM223 | Ethics and Law in Digital World | 10 | |
COMM224 | Producing Online Features | 10 | |
COMM225 | Social Media Communications | 10 |
Part C : Core Curriculum Units
Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
UNCC100 | Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society | 10 | OR |
PHCC102 | Being Human | 10 | OR |
PHCC104 | Ethics and the Good Life | 10 |
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
UNCC300 | Justice and Change in a Global World | 10 | OR |
PHCC320 | The Just Society | 10 |
Part D : Professional Experience Units
Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
MEDA300 | Professional Engagement and Internship | 10 |
Part E : Minors
Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
COMM | Communication | 40 | |
COMS | Community Services | 40 | |
COMP | Computing | 40 | |
CRWR | Creative Writing | 40 | |
DRAM | Drama | 40 | |
ECON | Economics | 40 | |
EDSD | Education Studies | 40 | |
ENGL | English | 40 | |
GEOG | Geography | 40 | |
GRDE | Graphic Design | 40 | |
HLDV | Healthy Development | 40 | |
INDV | International Development Studies | 40 | |
MATH | Mathematics | 40 | |
MEDI | Media | 40 | |
MUSC | Music | 40 | |
PHIL | Philosophy | 40 | |
PINR | Politics and International Relations | 40 | |
PSYC | Psychology | 40 | |
SOCI | Sociology | 40 | |
THSD | Theological Studies | 40 | |
VISU | Visual Arts | 40 | |
YWRK | Youth Work | 40 |
A minor must comprise: 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline; and normally includes at least 10 cp at 100-level and at least 20 cp at advanced level.
Students who wish to become secondary teachers will need to choose their Minor from those available in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Arts.
Part F : Elective Units
Complete 10 to 50 credit points from the following:
Any five units from the Bachelor of Arts Schedule of Unit Offerings.
- Students who wish to become secondary teachers will need to choose their Minor from those available in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Arts.