Master of Digital Media
Master of Digital Media
Shake up the digital media landscape and be at the forefront of this rapidly-moving, global industry. Advance your career options as a digital media professional or learn how to implement innovative digital transformations in your current industry. VU’s Master of Digital Media is designed for a future-focused professional with an…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Shake up the digital media landscape and be at the forefront of this rapidly-moving, global industry.
Advance your career options as a digital media professional or learn how to implement innovative digital transformations in your current industry.
VU’s Master of Digital Media is designed for a future-focused professional with an entrepreneurial spirit.
This course, informed by an advisory panel of prominent practitioners from industry and government, offers key insights into the very latest industry practices and processes.
Through our flexible and regularly updated curriculum, you’ll learn the skills to excel in:
- user experience (UX) design
- game production
- search engine optimisation
- content production & strategy
- visualisations of data
- social network & web analytics
- design research.
You’ll also graduate with an impressive portfolio of UX and human-centred design research methodology examples.
Upon completion you’ll be ready to work as a digital media strategist, web designer or cross-media practitioner – making you absolutely indispensable in this global, progressive sector.
Careers in digital media
This course prepares students for work in a diverse range of fields and could lead to a career in:
- digital media ‘all rounder’
- UX (user experience) practitioner
- digital media producer
- digital marketing manager
- e-learning designer
- mobile and web designer
- digital media strategist
- social media strategy and analyst
- cross-media practitioner.
Course structure
To attain the Master of Digital Media students will be required to complete 192 credit points in total consisting of:
Option A
180 credit points of Core Studies
12 credit points of Elective Studies.
OR
Option B
156 credit points of Core Studies
36 credit points of Elective Studies.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Plan and execute a research project that requires high level and independent judgement that may be developed into a larger research initiative;
2. Communicate complex knowledge to a variety of audiences, using known and yet to be developed tools in several contexts;
3. Analyse and critique different theoretical positions within the field;
4. Critically and creatively apply domain knowledge across a range of contexts;
5. Exhibit effective problem solving in the management and delivery of digital media projects;
6. Critically apply creative skills to scope complex problems, concepts and theories in a wide range of industry settings
7. Analyse and critique understandings of different cultures, values and dispositions by developing designs for niche audiences.
REQUIREMENTS
Completion of an Australian Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in any discipline
OR
Completion of an Australian Graduate Diploma (or equivalent) in a similar discipline
English language requirements
IELTS (or equivalent): Overall score of 6.5 (with no band less than 6.0 in Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking)
TOEFL Internet: Overall score of 79
Pearson Test of English (PTE): Overall score of 58-64 (with no section score less than 50)
University of Cambridge – Advanced (CAE): Overall score of 176. No individual band less than 169.
VU English – English for Academic Purposes (EAP) (Level 6): Achieved.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Victoria University (VU) is an educational provider offering internationally-recognised, world-class qualifications in Melbourne and Sydney – two of the world’s most liveable cities. Its industry-focused courses cover a diverse range of subject areas and many are offered as pathways across multiple levels of education. Students can also choose to study foundation studies and English language courses through its highly-ranked English language centre. Ranking in the top 2% of universities worldwide (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021), VU has more than 100 years of experience and over 4,000 partnerships and connections with industry.
