The world of media and communication is changing at breakneck speed. Get one step ahead of the change with our Master of Media and Communication. In this course, theory meets practice. You’ll gain a range of media production skills and the digital technology, professional development, research and project management skills that can take your career to the next level. Choose to specialise in media practice, strategic communication or social media management. Plus, build your relationships with industry and external stakeholders before you graduate with an industry-based media project. Graduate ready to move up, or across, into a career in public relations, media and communications, journalism, publishing, broadcasting, production, radio, research or web development.

Course description

The Master of Media and Communication provides students with a broad range of theoretical and practical skills in media production. Students are equipped with a range of digital technology, professional development and project management skills that are applicable to diverse media organisations or independent media project work. Students have a choice of specialisations as well as the opportunity to work on a substantial industry-based media project that builds relationships with industry and external stakeholders.

Course structure

To qualify for the award of Master of Media and Communication, students must complete 200 credit points comprising:

• 7 core units of study (100 credit points) and
• 4 units from Specialisation 1 (50 credit points): Media Practice or Advanced Media Practice* and
• 4 units from Specialisation 2 (50 credit points): Advanced Media Practice**, Strategic Communication, or Social Media Management or another approved specialisation

*A student’s eligibility to take Advanced Media Practice as their first specialisation in Year 1 will be determined by the Course Director based on whether the student has completed previous undergraduate or postgraduate study in media and communication or if they have has more than five years relevant work experience.

**Advanced Media Practice can only be taken once. If it is taken as part of Specialisation 1, then students will need to select from the remaining two options for Specialisation 2.

Please note that a unit of study can only be counted once. Units normally carry 12.5 credit points. In each year, eight units normally constitute a full-time load of 100 credit points and four units normally constitute a part-time load of 50 credit points.