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Specialist Reporting Area of Specialisation 
SPAABT 
G75 GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
 

The Graduate Certificate of Communications (Specialist Reporting) will enable students to complement their existing skill set to expand employment opportunities in the field of communications and new media.  Specialist Reporting aims to provide students with an underpinning knowledge in a specialist field together with journalism skills to enable them to take up positions in the publishing field as specialist reporters and writers.

 

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.
 
 
 
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:
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Students must study these core units:
JOU4011 Introduction to Journalism 15
JOU4201 Print Journalism 2 15
 
And 30 credit points if selecting Politics:
POL1103 Modern Political Thought 15
POL1104 Foundations of Politics and Government 15
 
Or 30 credit points if selecting Finance:
ECF5600 Principles of Economics 15
ECF5220 Principles of Finance 15
 
Or 30 credit points if selecting Tourism:
IAS4104 Indigenous Tourism 15
TSM1101 Introduction to Tourism I 15
 
Or 30 credit points if selecting Contemporary Arts:
CCA1101 Contexts of Modernity 15
CCA1102 Representation and Interpretation 15
 
Or 30 credit points if selecting Performing Arts:
SOA4104 Performance Criticism: Theory and Context 15
SOA4304 Performance Criticism and the Modern Theatre 15
 
Or 30 credit points if selecting Digital Media:
CMM4209 Cyberculture Studies 15
IMM4120 Introduction to Digital Technologies and Multimedia 15
 

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