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Media Practice

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Media Practice

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Media Practice are required to complete 24 credit points, including 12 credit points of core units of study and 12 credit points of elective units of study.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Media Practice are required to complete 48 credit points, including a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study and a maximum of 24 credit points of elective units of study.
Candidates for the Master of Media Practice are required to complete 72 credit points, including 24 credit points of core units of study, a maximum of 42 credit points of elective units of study and at least 6 credit points of capstone units of study.
Core units of study
MECO6900
News Writing
6    N MECO4101
Semester 1
Summer Main
MECO6901
Dealing with the Media
6      Semester 2
MECO6902
Legal and Ethical Issues in Media Practice
6      Semester 2
MECO6926
International Media Practice
6      Semester 1
Semester 2

Capstone units of study

MECO6904
Dissertation Part 1
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
MECO6905
Dissertation Part 2
6    P MECO6904

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
MECO6928
Media and Communication Internship
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Intensive December
Intensive June
Semester 1
Semester 2
MECO6935
Professional Practice
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
Elective units of study
ARIN6904
Mobile Media and Games
6      Semester 2
MECO6906
Literary Journalism: History and Theory

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 1
MECO6908
Strategy Selection in Corporate PR
6      Semester 1
MECO6909
Crisis Communication
6      Semester 1
MECO6911
Financial and Investor Communication
6      Semester 1
MECO6912
Political Public Relations
6      Semester 2
MECO6913
Public Opinion, Policy and Public Sphere
6      Semester 2
MECO6914
Making Magazines
6    C MECO6930
Semester 1
Semester 2
MECO6915
Writing Features: Narrative Journalism
6      Semester 2
MECO6919
Health Communication
6      Semester 1
MECO6924
Broadcast Journalism
6    C MECO6900
Semester 1
MECO6925
Online Journalism
6    A MECO6900
Semester 1
MECO6927
Organisational Communication
6      Semester 2
MECO6929
Chinese Media Studies in Global Contexts
6      Semester 2
MECO6932
Advanced Media Project
6    P MECO6900 and (MECO6924 or MECO6925 or MECO6931)


Open to Masters' students only
Semester 2
MECO6934
Social Marketing
6      Semester 2b
MECO6936
Social Media Communication
6      Semester 1a
MECO6938
The Interview
6      Semester 1a
MECO6939
Research Methods
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
MECO6940
Theoretical Traditions and Innovations
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
ASNS6905
Asian Popular Culture
6      Semester 1
ASNS6908
Media Industries in East Asia
6      Semester 2
CAEL5029
Sound Design for Film and Digital Media
6      Semester 2
CAEL5034
Image/Object in Photomedia
6      Semester 2
CAEL5043
Screen Writing and Directing
6      Semester 1
CAEL5045
Networked Worlds
6      Semester 1
FASS7001
Academic English for Postgraduates
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS7002
Academic Literacies for Postgraduates
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GCST6901
Cultural Policy
6      Semester 1
LNGS7006
Cross-Cultural Communication
6      Semester 2
LNGS7274
Media Discourse
6      Semester 2
MFDI9303
Digital Effects for Film and Video
6      Semester 2
MFDI9313
Digital Editing for Film and Video
6      Semester 2
PACS6914
Conflict-Resolving Media
   N SCWK6935
Intensive August
WMST6903
Gender, Media and Consumer Societies
6      Semester 2
USSC6920
US Media: Politics, Culture, Technology
6      Semester 2