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COMMS 307
: Communication Internship2025 Semester Two (1255)
Provides experiential learning opportunities in media, public relations, advertising, and corporate communication industries.
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Restriction: ARTSGEN 301, CAREER 300
Restriction: ARTSGEN 301, CAREER 300
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 307
: Communication Internship2025 Semester One (1253)
Provides experiential learning opportunities in media, public relations, advertising, and corporate communication industries.
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Restriction: ARTSGEN 301, CAREER 300
Restriction: ARTSGEN 301, CAREER 300
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 309
: Communication, Writing and Design2021 Semester Two (1215)
Examines principles and practices of written communication in domains of culture and work. With an emphasis on signs, writing tools and systems, the course considers the relations between text, images and design in persuasive and provocative graphic works. Through project-based assignments, the course develops writing and design skills in common communication contexts, including PR, advertising and content for social media.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: COMMS 305
Restriction: COMMS 305
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 309
: Communication, Writing and Design2020 Semester Two (1205)
Examines principles and practices of written communication in domains of culture and work. With an emphasis on signs, writing tools and systems, the course considers the relations between text, images and design in persuasive and provocative graphic works. Through project-based assignments, the course develops writing and design skills in common communication contexts, including PR, advertising and content for social media.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: COMMS 305
Restriction: COMMS 305
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 312
: Documentary and Social Change2025 Semester Two (1255)
Investigates the close alignment between documentary film and social and political transformation. The course will explore documentaries associated with political movements from anti-fascism to LGBTI issues. Students will produce a ‘mini-documentary’ as part of their coursework.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II in BA or BC courses
Restriction: COMMS 306
Restriction: COMMS 306
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 313
: Principles and Practices of Social Communication2025 Semester Two (1255)
Develops students’ skills in communicating effectively and ethically to promote positive social change. Students will develop a critical understanding of different media and produce communication strategies relating to real-world social issues. The course also looks at processes for evaluating the effectiveness of social communication, such as carrying out stakeholder consultation and audience testing.
Prerequisite: COMMS 212 and 45 points at Stage II in BA or BC courses
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 313
: Principles and Practices of Social Communication2024 Semester Two (1245)
Develops students’ skills in communicating effectively and ethically to promote positive social change. Students will produce communication relating to real-world social issues, where possible in partnership with an external organisation working to promote social change. The course also looks at processes for carrying out stakeholder consultation and audience testing.
Prerequisite: COMMS 212 and 45 points at Stage II in BA or BC courses
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 316
: Decolonising Technology and Data2025 Semester Two (1255)
Explores Indigenous perspectives on technology and data. Policy, activism and design are explored in relation to decolonisation, equity and rangatiratanga (sovereignty).
Prerequisite: 60 points passed at Stage II
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 318
: Technology Futures2025 Semester One (1253)
Considers the place of digital technologies in diverse and contested visions of the future, from Silicon Valley futurism to surveillance dystopias, and from ecological critiques of high-technology to projects for building a digital commons.
Prerequisite: 60 points passed at Stage II
Restriction: COMMS 300
Restriction: COMMS 300
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 319
: Communication Strategies in the Workplace2025 Semester Two (1255)
Addresses principles and best practices for effective communication within workplaces and organisations. Focuses on students’ skills in key areas including: professionalism in communication; listening skills; conflict resolution; and negotiation skills. Particular emphasis is given to the skills required for developing coherent and consistent communication strategies.
Prerequisite: COMMS 214 and 45 points passed at Stage II
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 319
: Communication Strategies in the Workplace2024 Semester Two (1245)
Addresses principles and best practices for effective communication within workplaces and organisations. Focuses on students’ skills in key areas including: professionalism in communication; listening skills; conflict resolution; and negotiation skills. Particular emphasis is given to the skills required for developing coherent and consistent communication strategies.
Prerequisite: COMMS 214 and 45 points passed at Stage II
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 320
: Communication Project2025 Semester Two (1255)
Students complete a practical or academic project, involving individual or group-based work.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II in BC courses
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 320
: Communication Project2024 Semester Two (1245)
Students complete a practical or academic project, involving individual or group-based work.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II in BC courses
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 321
: News and Journalism in the Digital Age2025 Semester One (1253)
Examines the changing nature of news and journalism in the digital age. Themes covered include: news values and news cycles; journalistic principles and practices; the interface between journalism and news sources, including public relations industries; journalism’s ‘fourth estate’ role and the evolving relationship between news and public opinion in the digital age; and the political economy of contemporary journalism.
Prerequisite: 60 points passed at Stage II
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 323
: Digital Communication and Practice2025 Semester One (1253)
Offers a practical and creative approach to digital communication with critical context. Students navigate the capacities, affordances and limitations of a variety of digital tools and formats by developing skills to create platform-specific outputs, such as GIFs, interactive bots, vlogs, data visualisations, and more.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: COMMS 301
Restriction: COMMS 301
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 700
: Digital Futures2021 Semester Two (1215)
Considers emerging communication and media technologies and potential future consequences for individuals, societies, and the world at large. Key areas of interest include robotics and AI; ubiquitous computing and the Internet of Things (IoT); 3D printing; virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies. Issues examined include automation; future of employment; surveillance; new modes of experience; transformed human relationships; and ecological consequences.
Restriction: MEDIA 717
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 705
: Communication Perspectives2025 Semester One (1253)
Critical review of key debates and perspectives in the Communication field, with a particular emphasis on social change communication. Balances broad coverage of dominant approaches in the field with the study of under-represented perspectives including through studies of Indigenous scholarship and research from the Global South.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 706
: Communication Case Studies2025 Semester Two (1255)
Explores how research in the Communication field can be applied to address complex challenges of the contemporary world and contribute to the development of solutions. Themes and topics will vary from year to year in line with changing societal issues and the research projects of contributing staff.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 707
: Research Methods and Design2025 Semester Two (1255)
Critical survey of methodological approaches in the Communication field. Students will also be guided through a process for defining their own research problem and establishing an appropriate methodological design. Prepares students to undertake a dissertation as well as covering skills transferable to professional contexts.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 709
: Special Topic: Communication and Cultural Work2025 Semester One (1253)
Combines theories of cultural and communication work with real-world case studies and lived experience. Combining theory and practice, it enables students to reflect critically on their own experiences of working in communication and cultural fields and/or their aspirations of working in these fields. It draws on research and experiences both from within Aotearoa New Zealand, and beyond.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
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COMMS 715
: Directed Study2023 Semester Two (1235)
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
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COMPLIT 206
: When East Meets West2025 Semester One (1253)
Western readers have encountered the literatures of East and South Asia, and Asian readers have encountered Western literature, in a variety of political and cultural contexts, including: colonial expansion, spiritual inquiry, modernisation, warfare, migration, and globalisation. A selection of works from East and West, which have played a key role in these encounters, especially in the modern period, will be studied.
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
Restriction: COMPLIT 302
Restriction: COMPLIT 302
Outline is not available yet
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COMPLIT 302
: When East Meets West2025 Semester One (1253)
Western readers have encountered the literatures of East and South Asia, and Asian readers have encountered Western literature, in a variety of political and cultural contexts, including: colonial expansion, spiritual inquiry, modernisation, warfare, migration, and globalisation. A selection of works from East and West, which have played a key role in these encounters, especially in the modern period, will be studied.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II
Restriction: COMPLIT 206
Restriction: COMPLIT 206
Outline is not available yet
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COMPLIT 707
: Special Topic2021 Semester One (1213)
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
3050
COMPLIT 751
: Directed Study2024 Semester Two (1245)
Supervised research essays on a topic or topics approved by the Programme Coordinator.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
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