Bachelor of Digital Media and Communications
Bachelor's degree
In Southport (Australia)
*Indicative price
Original amount in AUD:
$ 22
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Southport (Australia)
Digital media is everywhere today - our social lives, our business lives and our personal identities are inseparable from the media technologies that underpin them.
The internet, smart-phones and social media have changed the face of the media industries, introducing a revolution in citizen journalism and a new way to interact with broadcast media. Journalists today need to do more than write a good story - they need to take the photograph, record the interview, edit the video, lay out the blog entry and write a good story. The entertainment industry is changing too, as new digital camera technologies change how entertainment in created, and as mobile and interactive devices change the contexts in which entertainment content is consumed.
The traditional media industries are merging, converging and evolving. Media producers have to adapt to this changing environment, and that means being multi-skilled, agile - and not being afraid to try something new!
The Bachelor of Digital Media and Communications is a degree designed for the new media age. Students in this degree will learn the core skills required for a future in the digital media industries of today:
visual communication and design
digital video production and storytelling
journalism and news writing
media theory and analysis.
Career opportunities
In broadcast and online journalism, for print, radio or TV, in film and video production, in advertising and graphic design, and in publicity, marketing and public relations.
Professional placement
This degree has strong links to the vibrant creative industries of the North Coast of NSW and beyond. The degree includes a compulsory professional placement unit at the closing stages of the course. This unit enables students to gain practical workplace experience within relevant organisations. Students have worked at radio and television stations, in newspapers and on film shoots, for film festivals and publishing houses, for graphic design and...
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About this course
MySCU is a student's point of entry to a range of online services and resources that support study and student life. The portal includes unit learning sites and information sites where students can access resources, communication tools and useful links that are integral to their studies.
The web-based study environment Blackboard Learn delivers an advanced online learning environment for students and lecturers to communicate and collaborate through virtual meeting spaces, classrooms, and discussion boards. They can share files, presentations and applications. If a tutorial or...
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Subjects
- Media
- Communications
- Design
- Credit
- Communication Training
- Production
- Writing
- University
- Video Production
- Marketing
- Visual Communication
- Communication design
- Access
- International
- Radio
- Broadcast
Course programme
Bachelor of Digital Media and Communications
*Indicative price
Original amount in AUD:
$ 22