Unit Set Structure

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SPAACO  Specialist Reporting Area of Specialisation 

This unit set is available in the following courses:
G78 GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF COMMUNICATIONS

The Graduate Diploma of Communications (Specialist Reporting) will enable students to develop their existing skill set in specialist reporting.  Specialist Reporting will provide students with advanced journalism and reporting skills and abilities in their specialist field.  The Graduate Diploma will develop students’ abilities to freelance and source topics and stories and to produce publishable materials as specialist reporters and writers. There is currently a dearth of specialist writers for the press and electronic publications in specialist fields.  While most journalists write stories of a general nature, increasing demand is being shown for specialist writers who are well-versed in particular fields. 

 

The six areas of professional focus are:

  • Politics
  • Finance
  • Tourism
  • Contemporary Arts
  • Performing Arts
  • Digital Media
 
UNIT SET LOCATION
This unit set is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This unit set is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus.
 
Students must study the following core units:
CMM4123 Media and Social Context 15
JOU4011 Introduction to Journalism 15
JOU4111 Journalism Project 15
JOU4201 Print Journalism 2 15
 
If choosing Politics:
POL1103 Modern Political Thought 15
POL1104 Foundations of Politics and Government 15
 
Plus 30 credit points selected from:
POL3105 International Relations in the South East Asian Region 15
POL3106 Public Policy: Shaping Nations 15
POL3123 Debate and Decision in Australian Politics 15
POL3130 Themes in Global Politics 15
 
If choosing Finance:
ECF5600 Principles of Economics 15
ECF5220 Principles of Finance 15
ECF5221 Financial Markets and Institutions 15
 
Plus 15 credit points selected from:
ECF5632 Managerial Finance 15
ECF5324 International Economics and Finance 15
 
If choosing Tourism:
TSM1101 Introduction to Tourism I 15
 
Plus 45 credit points selected from:
GEO3126 Geography of Tourism and Recreation 15
IAS4104 Indigenous Tourism 15
TSM3106 Cultural Tourism 15
TSM3107 Ecotourism III 15
 
If choosing Contemporary Arts:
CCA1101 Contexts of Modernity 15
CCA1102 Representation and Interpretation 15
VIS3501 Praxis in a Globalised Visual Culture 15
VIS3503 Creativity and Reflexivity 15
 
If choosing Performing Arts:
SOA4104 Performance Criticism: Theory and Context 15
SOA4304 Performance Criticism and the Modern Theatre 15
 
And 30 credit points selected from:
ADM4100 International Arts Environment 15
ADM4101 Arts Management 15
ADM4250 History of the Arts 15
ADM4350 The Process of the Performing Arts 15
ADM4450 The Arts in Contemporary Society 15
FAV4112 Film and Cinema Studies 15
 
If choosing Digital Media:
CMM4209 Cyberculture Studies 15
IMM4120 Introduction to Digital Technologies and Multimedia 15
 
Plus 30 credit points selected from:
CMM4208 Communications and Digital Technology 15
IMM4121 Digital Photomedia 15
IMM4122 Publishing on the World Wide Web 15
IMM4123 Interactive Multimedia Authoring 1 15
 

Last Updated - Higher Education: 30/04/2009 VET: 30/04/2009