| Semester 2, 2023 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Humanities & Communication |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Overview
This course requires students to undertake a comprehensive survey of a selected communications industry by charting its history and ongoing prevalence. Students will be specifically encouraged to consider the skillsets and capacities they will require as a professional within this selected industry.
This course will equip students with a comprehensive knowledge of the history and ongoing prevalence of a selected communications, media or cultural industry. Using an approach based on exploring the history and contemporary placement of the selected communications, media or cultural industry, students will chart the economics, professional dimensions, and industry dynamics of the selected industry as a site of employment and professional practice.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- critically discuss the history and contemporary status of selected communications industries;
- evaluate the key professional markers of a selected communication industry;
- critically analyse a selected industry as a site of employment and professional practice;
- apply key disciplinary terms and/or approaches relevant to a communications context.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Industry Histories | 30.00 |
| 2. | Industry Futures | 30.00 |
| 3. | Professionalism and Industry | 40.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning document | No | 40 | 1,4 |
| Quiz | No | 15 | 2,4 |
| Report | No | 45 | 1,2,3,4 |