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BP220 · RMIT University · Bachelor degree

Bachelor of Journalism

College of Design and Social Context

Minimum ATAR
64.15
Full time
3 years
Part time
6 years
Credit points
—
Campus
Melbourne City
Mode
On campus

Overview

In the Bachelor of Journalism, you will produce real-world journalism, build industry connections, and report across digital and live news-media platforms.

Gain a thorough and practical understanding of media, develop invaluable skills and contacts, and take part in live productions of radio and television.

Course structure

Open a major, minor or specialisation to see its units.

Year One of Program

48 cp

Students must complete a series of compulsory onboarding modules during their first semester or study period. Complete 48 credit points from the following: AND Complete 48 credit points from your chosen combination.

Year Two of Program

48 cp

Complete 48 credit points from the following: AND Complete 48 credit points from your chosen combination.

Year Three of Program

48 cp

Complete 48 credit points from the following: AND Complete 48 credit points from your chosen combination.

Major List

List of Major(s):

Major: Pop Culture

AND AND

Major: Cinema Studies

AND AND

  • COMM1031Introduction to Cinema Studies12 cp
  • COMM2880Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age12 cp
  • COMM2875Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences12 cp
  • COMM2881Film Genre12 cp
  • COMM2876Border Crossings: Cinema, Community and Nation12 cp
  • COMM3023Stardom and Celebrity Culture12 cp
  • COMM1036Uses of Film Theory12 cp
  • COMM1034True Lies : Documentary Studies12 cp
  • COMM2637Re-Make/Re-Model: Cinema and Intertextuality12 cp
  • COMM2636Politics and Technologies on Screen12 cp
  • COMM3017Alternative Cinemas12 cp
  • COMM3018Audio-Visions: Music, Sound and the Moving Image12 cp
  • COMM3021Practicing Cinema Studies (Capstone)12 cp

Program Minors List

List of Program Minors

Minor: Advertising

Minor: Asian Media & Culture

  • COMM2878Contemporary Asian Modernities12 cp
  • COMM2871Asian Media and Communication12 cp
  • COMM2873Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts12 cp
  • COMM2345Exploring Asian Popular Culture12 cp
  • COMM2253Sex, Politics & Social Change in Asia12 cp

Minor: Cinema Studies

  • COMM1031Introduction to Cinema Studies12 cp
  • COMM2880Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age12 cp
  • COMM2876Border Crossings: Cinema, Community and Nation12 cp
  • COMM2875Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences12 cp
  • COMM1036Uses of Film Theory12 cp
  • COMM2881Film Genre12 cp

Minor: Contemporary Politics & Communication

Minor: Creative Writing for Professionals

AND

Minor: Digital Communication

  • COMM2906Introduction to Digital Communication12 cp
  • COMM2913Precision Writing for Digital Engagement12 cp
  • COMM2872Social Media Communication12 cp
  • COMM2916Digital Audiences and Analytics12 cp
  • COMM2917Communication Platforms and Industries12 cp
  • COMM2914Managing Digital Challenges12 cp
  • COMM2112Influencers in Communication12 cp
  • COMM2915Content Creation for Digital Engagement12 cp

Minor: Gender Studies

  • COMM2925Introduction to Gender12 cp
  • HUSO2092Gender, Development and Globalisation12 cp
  • HUSO2388Global Feminisms12 cp
  • COMM2926Rethinking Masculinities12 cp
  • COMM2879Feminist and Queer Perspectives12 cp
  • COMM2927Gender, Communication and Social Change12 cp

Minor: Impactful Media

Minor: Literary Studies

Minor: Media

AND AND

Minor: Music Industry

Minor: Music and Sound Production

AND

Minor: News Media with Purpose & Integrity

Minor: Pop Culture

Minor: Public Relations

  • COMM2929Introduction to Public Relations12 cp
  • COMM2920Advocacy and Voice in Public Relations12 cp
  • COMM2937Public Relations Strategy and Planning12 cp
  • COMM2921Contemporary Media Relations12 cp
  • COMM2922Organisational Communication12 cp
  • COMM2688Issues, Risk and Crisis Communication12 cp
  • COMM2112Influencers in Communication12 cp

Minor: Visual Politics

AND

Interdisciplinary Minors

Complete 0 to 48 of the following:

Minor: Photography

AND

  • VART3590Photography 10112 cp
  • VART3596Photographic Lighting and Representation12 cp
  • VART1704Alternative Photographic Processes12 cp
  • VART3823Photography and Environment12 cp
  • VART3826The Performed Image: Photography and Identity12 cp
  • VART3817Documentary Photography12 cp
  • VART3825Picturing Power12 cp
  • VART3815Counter Investigations12 cp
  • VART1710Editorial Photography12 cp
  • VART3820Fashion Photography Futures12 cp
  • VART3828Translating Spaces: Architectural and Interior Photography12 cp
  • VART3827Transforming Objects: Contemporary Product Photography12 cp
  • VART3594Photography Histories and Theories12 cp

Minor: Media and Crime

AND AND

Minor: Regenerative Futures

AND

  • ENVI1241Regenerative Fundamentals12 cp
  • ENVI1242Regenerative Challenge12 cp
  • ENVI1243Systems Thinking for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1244Eco-Literacy6 cp
  • ENVI1245Regenerative Design6 cp
  • ECON1629Regenerative Value Systems6 cp
  • HWSS2262Social Equity and Regeneration6 cp
  • BUSM2779Regenerative Business Models6 cp
  • ECON1630Design for the Circular Economy6 cp
  • COSC3158AI Ethics for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1246Regenerative Design for Built Environment6 cp
  • PERF2076Storytelling for Speculative Futures6 cp
  • PROC2131Biomaterials and Biofabrication6 cp
  • COMM3024Reimagining Futures in Media and Culture6 cp
  • ENVI1247Regenerative Supply Chain Management6 cp
  • EMPL1008Linking Life and Learning6 cp
  • BUSM2777Leading Regenerative Action6 cp
  • ENVI1248Regenerative Futures Incubator6 cp
  • ENVI1249Reworlding for Creative Place Keeping6 cp
  • HUSO2459Planetary Pedagogies and Civics6 cp

Program Options List

24 cp

Complete 0 to 24 credit points from the following:

  • COMM3048The Connected world12 cp
  • SOCU2276Wicked problems: innovative solutions12 cp