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This program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted.

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Program focus

This program provides students with the opportunity to acquire a professional qualification in the practice of journalism across different media. It is aimed at students who want to master the skills and techniques of writing for a mass audience, and assumes they have no professional or academic qualifications in journalism or a related field.

Program aims

The Graduate Diploma of Journalism is a professional conversion program which aims to produce graduates who have an advanced understanding and appreciation of the requirements of a selected professional field and have the intellectual and practical skills necessary to apply knowledge in further study, research, employment, and community service. Students are advised that the program comprises courses from the undergraduate major in Journalism.

Program objectives

On successful completion of the program students should demonstrate:

• a knowledge of the principles, theoretical issues, and methodologies of scholarship and research in general and of Journalism in particular

• a development of professional competence in the discipline of Journalism.

Admission requirements

Entry Requirements to the Graduate Diploma of Journalism shall be a three-year Bachelor degree or equivalent at pass level or better. Applicants who have completed an undergraduate major in Journalism within the last 10 years are not eligible to apply.

International applicants must have met the or have completed the .

Program fees

Domestic full fee paying place

Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .
Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.
Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

Program structure

The Graduate Diploma of Journalism program consists of eight units of study.

Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 4 years to complete this program.

Journalism major recommended enrolment pattern