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BP221 · RMIT University · Bachelor degree

Bachelor of Media

College of Design and Social Context

Minimum ATAR
63.3
Full time
3 years
Part time
—
Credit points
—
Campus
Melbourne City
Mode
On campus

Overview

Learn to produce innovative and compelling content across a wide range of existing and emerging media platforms.

Blend practical skills and creativity in this innovative degree. Build the skills you need to work across film, television, radio, social and digital media

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: Pop Culture

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: 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: Journalism

AND

Minor: Literary Studies

Minor: News Media with Purpose & Integrity

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

Minor: Music Industry

Minor: Music and Sound Production

AND NOTE: Course ‘Ableton Live’ is a first-year block course in BP047P27. Students enrolled in BP047P27 cannot use this course to count towards the completion of Minor: Music and Sound Production.

Minor: Creative Writing for Professionals

AND

Interdisciplinary Minors

List of Interdisciplinary Minors

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: 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

List of Program Options:

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

Careers

  • Broadcaster
  • Casting agent
  • Cinematographer
  • Cross-platform content developers
  • Curator
  • Digital media and communication strategist
  • Director
  • Distributor
  • Editor
  • Film and TV critic
  • Film festival director
  • Journalist
  • Marketer
  • Media advisor
  • Media seller and buyer
  • Post-production supervisor
  • Producer
  • Production manager
  • Publicist
  • Radio and podcast presenter
  • Radio programmer
  • Screenwriter
  • Social media producer
  • Website developer
  • Writer