Bachelor of Arts – Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor of Arts – Communication and Media Studies
Explore your interest in the ever-changing worlds of digital media, social media, journalism, video making, interactive media and games, while perfecting your ability to express, persuade and argue. This major facilitates your practical communication and digital media skills alongside theoretical knowledge, providing you with an essential platform for becoming an…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Explore your interest in the ever-changing worlds of digital media, social media, journalism, video making, interactive media and games, while perfecting your ability to express, persuade and argue. This major facilitates your practical communication and digital media skills alongside theoretical knowledge, providing you with an essential platform for becoming an effective and powerful communicator.
Communication and Media Studies provides you with practical training in communication and digital media skills alongside essential theoretical knowledge, to teach you how to be an effective and powerful communicator.
Course Structure
Our undergraduate degrees offer you a broad range of options allowing you to combine subjects in a way that matches your career goals and personal interests.
Why study this course?
Gain sought-after skills in creativity, problem solving, teamwork, project management and persuasion
Learn to use the latest digital and multimedia tools
Become a versatile, creative and responsible communicator
You’ll learn to
engage in creative, critical and reflective thinking, and be able to express yourself eloquently and effectively
use a range of production tools
work collaboratively to manage complicated tasks and produce media content to professional standards
develop a critical understanding of cultural and ethical implications associated with media and communication
Career Pathways
Graduates are highly sought-after in areas such as content creation, journalism, advertising, marketing, public relations, multimedia production, public administration, UX design, analysis, government and education. Our recent graduates have gone on to succeed in government, corporate and political communication roles, journalism, film production, media research, marketing, public relations, strategic communication, public service, teaching, event management and promotions, information management, campaign management, web design, game design, professional photography and a wide range of other rewarding careers.
Further Study
This major lays the foundation for further study at honours and postgraduate level such as a Master of Strategic Communication, Master of International Relations, Master of Marketing, or a Master of Commerce.
REQUIREMENTS
Entry requirements may vary from country to country. Students are required to complete an international academic qualification equivalent to Australian High School (or equivalent).
English language requirements:
IELTS (academic): Overall minimum score of 6.5, no band lower than 6.0
TOEFL Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): an overall score of 82 or above with a minimum score of 22 in writing, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 20 in listening
Pearsons Test of English (PTE) (academic): An overall score of 64 with a minimum score of 59 in the speaking and writing sections, and no less than 54 in the other sections
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a proud member of the Group of Eight and is the only university in Western Australia to be ranked in the world top 100 universities (QS World University Rankings 2023).UWA’s main campus is located in Perth, Western Australia and is home to more than 23,000 students. Perth is Australia’s fourth-largest city with over two million people from a variety of cultures worldwide, a strong economy and vibrant lifestyle. Perth is one of the country’s most affordable cities, the closest major Australian city to Asia, and in the same time zone as most of Asia.
