Students enrolled in the GCCommun complete:

8 units from the Course List below, consisting of:
8 units from Part A; or
4 units from Part B; and
4 units from Part A, B, C or D;
Note: Students are encouraged to seek advice from the Program Convenor about course selection prior to enrolling. Students undertaking Part A courses are advised to enrol in Semester 2 first.

Students enrolled in the 24 unit MCommun complete:

24 units from the Course List below, consisting of:
8 units from Part B; and
6 units from Part C; and
10 units from Part B or Part C or Part D or a combination of those parts.

Students enrolled in the 32 unit MCommun complete:

32 units from the Course List below, consisting of:
8 units from Part A; and
8 units from Part B; and
6 units from Part C; and
10 units from Part B or Part C or Part D or a combination of those parts.
Note: Students are encouraged to seek advice from the Program Convenor about course selection prior to enrolling. Students undertaking Part A courses are advised to enrol in Semester 2 first.

Part A

Course Code Units Course Title
COMU7201 2 Communication Theory
COMU7102 2 Communication for Social Change: Foundations
COMU7103 2 PR and Professional Practice: Foundations
[ WRIT6001 2 Academic English & Thesis Writing for International Students
[ or
[ WRIT7035 2 Workplace Writing and Editing

Part B

To complete a field in either Communication for Social Change or Strategic Communication, students must have a minimum of 8 units from Part B in an approved sequence.

Communication for Social Change

Course Code Units Course Title
COMU7000 2 Communication for Social Change
COMU7012 2 Communication and Social Movements
COMU7013 2 Participatory Development Communication
COMU7014 2 Community Informatics

Strategic Communication

Course Code Units Course Title
COMU7301 2 Communication Practice and Campaigns
COMU7302 2 Issues and Crisis Management
COMU7304 2 Digital Media Theory and Practice
COMU7500 2 Ethics and Law for Communicators

Part C

4 units for:

Course Code Units Course Title
COMU7311 2 Intercultural Communication
COMU7292 2 Communication Research Methods

And 2 or 6 units from:

Course Code Units Course Title
[ COMU7002 2 Communication Project
[ or
[ COMU7009 6 Thesis

Part D

Course Code Units Course Title
COMU7015 2 Practicum
COMU7016 2 Participatory Media Production
COMU7777 2 Environment and Science Communication
DRAM7400 2 Performative Communication: Presentation and Public Speaking
MGTS7610 2 Management Communication
PHIL7111 2 Critical Reasoning (Graduate)

These may include courses in the following areas:

Community and Development

Course Code Units Course Title
SOCY7120 2 History and Theories of Development
POLS7302 2 Politics of Development

Advertising, Marketing and Event Management

Course Code Units Course Title
ADVT7508 2 Fundamentals of Advertising
EVNT7050 2 International Event Issues and Strategies
MKTG7501 2 Fundamentals of Marketing

Organisational Communication

Course Code Units Course Title
MGTS7601 2 Managing Organisational Behaviour
MGTS7310 2 Business Negotiation
ORGC7610 2 Communication and Organisation

Methods

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS7701 2 Research Methods
SOCY7329 2 Advanced Issues in Qualitative Inquiry
SOCY7339 2 Introducing Quantitative Research