University of Sydney Handbooks - 2019 Archive

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Digital Communication and Culture

Errata
Item Errata Date
1.

Prohibition on the following unit of study has been removed:

ARIN6905 New Media Audiences 

10/12/2018
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Digital Communication and Culture

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Digital Communication and Culture must complete 24 credit points, including a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study and a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Digital Communication and Culture must complete 48 credit points, including 24 credit points of core units of study and 24 credit points of elective units of study.
Candidates for the Master of Digital Communication and Culture must 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 a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study.

Core

ARIN6902
Internet Cultures and Governance
6      Semester 1
ARIN6904
Mobile Media and Games
6      Semester 2
ARIN6905
New Media Audiences
6    N ARIN6903
Semester 1
ARIN6903
Digital Media and Society
6      Semester 2

Capstone

MECO6904
Dissertation Part 1
6    P 24 credit points from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables
C MECO6939
N MECO6928 or MECO6935

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
MECO6905
Dissertation Part 2
6    P 48 credit points, including MECO6904 from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables
N MECO6928 or MECO6935

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
MECO6928
Media and Communication Internship
6    P 48 credit points from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables
N MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6935

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Intensive December
Intensive June
Semester 1
Semester 2
MECO6935
Professional Project
6    P 48 credit points from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables
N MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6928 or MECO6939
Semester 1
Semester 2
MECO6932
Advanced Media Project
6    P 48 credit points including MECO6900 and (MECO6924 or MECO6925 or MECO6941)
N MECO6928 or MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6935

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Open to Masters' students only
Semester 1
Semester 2

Elective

ARHT6930
Film Theory: Art, Industry, Culture
6      Semester 2
CAEL5045
Web Environment for Cultural Producers

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 1
CISS6022
Cybersecurity
6      Semester 1
ENGL6970
Reading Magazines

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6   

Cross-listed for Master of Publishing students.
Summer Main
GCST5909
Key Thinkers for Cultural Studies
6      Semester 1
GCST6901
Cultural Policy
6      Semester 2
IDEA9103
Design Programming
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
IDEA9105
Interface Design
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
IDEA9106
Design Thinking
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
INFO5990
Professional Practice in IT
6    A Students enrolled in INFO5990 are assumed to have previously completed a Bachelors degree in some area of IT, or have completed a Graduate Diploma in some area of IT, or have many years experience as a practising IT professional.


The main focus of the subject is to provide students with the necessary tools, basic skills, experience and adequate knowledge so they develop an awareness and an understanding of the responsibilities and issues associated with professional conduct and practice in the information technology sector. This unit is for MIT, MITM, MIT/MITM students only.
Semester 1
Semester 2
INFO5992
Understanding IT Innovations
6    A INFO5990
N PMGT5875
Semester 1
Semester 2
INFO6007
Project Management in IT
6    A Students enrolled in INFO6007 are assumed to have previously completed a Bachelors degree in some area of IT, or have completed a Graduate Diploma in some area of IT, or have three years experience as a practising IT professional. Recent work experience, or recent postgraduate education, in software project management, software process improvement, or software quality assurance is an advantage.
N PMGT5871
Semester 1
Semester 2
LNGS7006
Cross-Cultural Communication
6      Semester 2
MECO6900
News Writing
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer Main
MECO6902
Legal and Ethical Issues in Media Practice
6      Semester 2
MECO6908
Strategy Selection in Corporate PR
6      Semester 1
MECO6916
Editing and Proofreading
6      Semester 1
MECO6925
Online Journalism
6    A MECO6900
Semester 1
MECO6926
International Media Practice
6      Semester 1
MECO6929
Chinese Media Studies in Global Contexts
6      Semester 2
MECO6930
Publication Design
6      Semester 1
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
MECO6941
Podcasting
6      Semester 2
MECO6942
Managing Social Media Communities
6      Intensive January
Semester 1b
MFDI9303
Digital Effects for Film and Video
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
MFDI9313
Digital Editing for Film and Video
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
MUSM7036
Museums and the Digital
6      Semester 2b
SCLG6902
Ethics of Social Research
6    N SCLG3003
Semester 1
USSC6920
US Media: Politics, Culture, Technology
6      Intensive July
WMST6903
Gender, Media and Consumer Societies
6      Semester 1
FASS7001
Academic English for Postgraduates
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS7002
Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
WRIT6000
Professional Writing
6      Semester 2
WRIT6001
Professional Editing
6      Semester 1