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Bachelor of Media and Communications and Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences

Bachelor of Media and Communications and Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Summary

The Bachelor of Media and Communications will equip you with the skills you’ll need to respond to today’s – and tomorrow’s – rapidly evolving media environment. Whether you’re interested in making your own films or music videos, writing for print and online publications, designing interactive and media-rich websites, producing radio podcasts and broadcasts, streaming live media or managing public relations campaigns, this degree will position you at the heart of content creation. The Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences will prepare you for postgraduate study towards a career in a number of professions, including clinical work or research in audiology and speech and language pathology, forensic speech science, the development of associated speech and hearing technologies, or teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL).

Key features

Gain practical skills while undertaking a media internship

Undertake a media internship – aligned to your career interests – to enhance your employment prospects. Gain the high-level practical skills employers want

Develop production skills relevant to a range of industry practices across diverse platforms. Gain a unique set of skills that employers want

Impress employers with your understanding of how human language works, which you’ll develop via the degree’s linguistic focus. Study the production and perception of spoken language

Learn how we produce speech sounds, how language develops in children, and how computers are used in speech and language analysis.

Career Outcomes

Professions

Academic

Audiologist (after further study)

Cross-cultural worker

Cross-platform producer

Documentary producer

Entrepreneur

Forensic speech scientist

Game designer

Health worker

Journalist

Lobbyist

Media designer

Podcast producer or presenter

Speech pathologist (after further study)

Speech, hearing or language researcher

TESOL practitioner (after further study)

Employers

Advertising and media agencies

Cochlear

Educational institutions

Gaming developers

Hearing Australia

Hospitals

Media and news outlets

Media, creative or communications agencies

Private health sector

Production studios – film, TV and sound

Radio and television broadcasters

Self-employment

Speech and hearing health organisations

Streaming media companies and services

Web design agencies

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Ranked in the top 200 universities in the world, Macquarie University is considered one of Australia’s best universities, producing graduates that are among the most sought-after professionals in the world (ranked #1 in Sydney for graduate employment rate, QS Graduate Employability Rankings, 2022). Uniquely located in the heart of Sydney, Australia’s largest high-tech precinct, Macquarie brings together more than 45,000 students and 3000 staff in one thriving hub of discovery. Our campus spans 126 hectares, with open green space that gives our community the freedom to think and grow. We have recently invested more than one billion dollars in our facilities and infrastructure so our students and staff can thrive on a campus that is dynamic, sustainable, and built for collaboration. Students from over 120 countries are warmly welcomed into the Macquarie community and benefit from special ongoing academic, language and wellbeing support throughout their study. Macquarie has one of the most generous scholarship programs in Australia, providing many opportunities each year for international students to undertake studies here.

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Ranked in the top 200 universities in the world, Macquarie University is considered one of Australia’s best universities, producing graduates that are among the most sought-after professionals in the world (ranked #1 in Sydney for graduate employment rate, QS Graduate Employability Rankings, 2022). Uniquely located in the heart of Sydney, Australia’s largest high-tech precinct, Macquarie brings together more than 45,000 students and 3000 staff in one thriving hub of discovery. Our campus spans 126 hectares, with open green space that gives our community the freedom to think and grow. We have recently invested more than one billion dollars in our facilities and infrastructure so our students and staff can thrive on a campus that is dynamic, sustainable, and built for collaboration.
Students from over 120 countries are warmly welcomed into the Macquarie community and benefit from special ongoing academic, language and wellbeing support throughout their study. Macquarie has one of the most generous scholarship programs in Australia, providing many opportunities each year for international students to undertake studies here.

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