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Y43 Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Communications

The Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Communications double degree is designed to enable students to succeed in today’s rapidly changing society. It will broaden students’ understanding of themselves, their community and the larger world as well as provide them with the theoretical and practical dimensions of communication. It is a challenging educational program leading to a degree which is internationally recognised in the global marketplace. The double degree provides students with lifelong transferable skills equipping them for employment in a wide range of professions, including Communications professions, and for further study in a variety of disciplines.

 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Standard University Admission requirements apply.

 
SPECIAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Contemporary Fashion and Textiles:  Students will be required to have a folio interview for the Contemporary Fashion and Textiles major.

 

French and Japanese:  Applicants for the language majors and minors will require WACE 3A/3B, or equivalent language skills in the relevant language.

There is an additional special condition for entry into the Japanese Majors or Minors: Native speakers of Japanese who have completed their compulsory education in Japan and/or in a Japanese educational institution overseas (i.e., six years at primary and three years at junior high school) are not eligible to enrol in a Japanese Major or Minor. 

 

Visual Arts:  Students will be required to have a folio interview for the Visual Arts major.
 

 
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley, and Joondalup Campuses.
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus.
 
COURSE STRUCTURE
 
School of Communications and Arts core units
Students must complete the following 2 core units (30 credit points):
CCA1108 Communications and Digital Technology 15
CCA3111 Preparation for Professional Life 15
 
Plus, complete a further 2 units (30 credit points) from anywhere in the School of Communications and Arts
 
Bachelor of Arts core units
Students must complete the following 2 core units (30 credit points):
HMN1101 Home and Away: Introducing the Humanities 15
HMN1102 What is Knowledge? 15
 
Bachelor of Communications core units
Students must complete the following 2 core units (30 credit points):
CMM1101 Reading Media Texts 15
CMM1113 Media and Social Context 15
 
 
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 3/15/2013 VET: 5/20/2013