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COMMS 213
: Communication and Persuasion2024 Semester Two (1245)
Explores theories and practices of persuasive communication. Students will develop competencies through practical exercises and case study investigations. The course will also emphasise the ethics of persuasive communication, exploring themes such as the difference between persuasion and manipulation, and the relationship between persuasion and power.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
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COMMS 213
: Communication and Persuasion2023 Semester Two (1235)
Explores theories and practices of persuasive communication. Students will develop competencies through practical exercises and case study investigations. The course will also emphasise the ethics of persuasive communication, exploring themes such as the difference between persuasion and manipulation, and the relationship between persuasion and power.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
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COMMS 213
: Communication and Persuasion2022 Semester Two (1225)
Explores theories and practices of persuasive communication. Students will develop competencies through practical exercises and case study investigations. The course will also emphasise the ethics of persuasive communication, exploring themes such as the difference between persuasion and manipulation, and the relationship between persuasion and power.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
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COMMS 214
: Communication and Inclusive Leadership2024 Semester One (1243)
Explores principles and practices of inclusive leadership and communication in the context of diverse organisations. The course investigates key causes and consequences of inequalities and barriers to inclusion within organisations, including overt and covert biases and forms of discrimination based on gender, ethnicity and disabilities. It also explores leadership strategies and best practices for building and sustaining inclusive organisations.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
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COMMS 214
: Communication and Inclusive Leadership2023 Semester One (1233)
Explores principles and practices of inclusive leadership and communication in the context of diverse organisations. The course investigates key causes and consequences of inequalities and barriers to inclusion within organisations, including overt and covert biases and forms of discrimination based on gender, ethnicity and disabilities. It also explores leadership strategies and best practices for building and sustaining inclusive organisations.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
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COMMS 300
: New Media and the Future of Communication2021 Semester One (1213)
Explores theories and practices of communication in the digital age. The course analyses contemporary debates and controversies about the impact of new digital media platforms on the nature and ethics of communication. Examines the implications for the future in terms of opportunities and risks for individuals, communities and institutions in an environment of rapidly advancing communication technologies.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 203, 314
Restriction: FTVMS 203, 314
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COMMS 300
: New Media and the Future of Communication2020 Semester Two (1205)
Explores theories and practices of communication in the digital age. The course analyses contemporary debates and controversies about the impact of new digital media platforms on the nature and ethics of communication. Examines the implications for the future in terms of opportunities and risks for individuals, communities and institutions in an environment of rapidly advancing communication technologies.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 203, 314
Restriction: FTVMS 203, 314
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COMMS 301
: Digital Communication and Practice2021 Semester Two (1215)
Offers a practical and creative approach to digital communication within the critical context of platform studies. Students will navigate the capacities, affordances and limitations of a variety of digital platforms by developing the skills to create platform-specific outputs, such as podcasts, gifs, vlogs, mobile films and digital storytelling shorts.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
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COMMS 301
: Digital Communication and Practice2020 Semester Two (1205)
Offers a practical and creative approach to digital communication within the critical context of platform studies. Students will navigate the capacities, affordances and limitations of a variety of digital platforms by developing the skills to create platform-specific outputs, such as podcasts, gifs, vlogs, mobile films and digital storytelling shorts.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
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COMMS 302
: Visual Communication2022 Semester One (1223)
Provides students the tools for communicating with various kinds of visual images and objects. These may include brands, logos, graphics, photographs, advertisements, promos, paintings, cartoons, maps, architecture and architectural diagrams. Students will interrogate their culturally specific visual competencies and refine their skills in visual literacy while addressing issues of textuality, identity, ethnicity, nation, class, gender, and communicative inter-relationships more generally.
Prerequisite: ARTHIST 115 and 30 points from BA courses, or 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points from BA courses
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COMMS 302
: Visual Communication2021 Semester One (1213)
Provides students the tools for communicating with various kinds of visual images and objects. These may include brands, logos, graphics, photographs, advertisements, promos, paintings, cartoons, maps, architecture and architectural diagrams. Students will interrogate their culturally specific visual competencies and refine their skills in visual literacy while addressing issues of textuality, identity, ethnicity, nation, class, gender, and communicative inter-relationships more generally.
Prerequisite: ARTHIST 115 and 30 points from BA courses, or 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points from BA courses
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COMMS 302
: Visual Communication2020 Semester One (1203)
Provides students the tools for communicating with various kinds of visual images and objects. These may include brands, logos, graphics, photographs, advertisements, promos, paintings, cartoons, maps, architecture and architectural diagrams. Students will interrogate their culturally specific visual competencies and refine their skills in visual literacy while addressing issues of textuality, identity, ethnicity, nation, class, gender, and communicative inter-relationships more generally.
Prerequisite: ARTHIST 115 and 30 points from BA courses, or 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points from BA courses
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COMMS 303
: Sports Media2023 Semester One (1233)
Examines the relationship between sport and the media. Topics include sports journalism; industry practice; the mediated game event; online communities of fandom; commentary; issues of race and gender; and sports law. Students may have the opportunity to experience televised studio production at the University’s television studio.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 313
Restriction: FTVMS 313
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COMMS 303
: Sports Media2022 Semester One (1223)
Examines the relationship between sport and the media. Topics include sports journalism; industry practice; the mediated game event; online communities of fandom; commentary; issues of race and gender; and sports law. Students have the opportunity to experience outside broadcast of televised sport and use the university television studio to engage with key media sport professionals.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 313
Restriction: FTVMS 313
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COMMS 303
: Sports Media2021 Semester One (1213)
Examines the relationship between sport and the media. Topics include sports journalism; industry practice; the mediated game event; online communities of fandom; commentary; issues of race and gender; and sports law. Students have the opportunity to experience outside broadcast of televised sport and use the university television studio to engage with key media sport professionals.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 313
Restriction: FTVMS 313
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COMMS 303
: Sports Media2020 Semester One (1203)
Examines the relationship between sport and the media. Topics include sports journalism; industry practice; the mediated game event; online communities of fandom; commentary; issues of race and gender; and sports law. Students have the opportunity to experience outside broadcast of televised sport and use the university television studio to engage with key media sport professionals.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 313
Restriction: FTVMS 313
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COMMS 304
: Gender, Politics and the Media2020 Semester One (1203)
Addresses the theory, practice and representation of politics in the media from a gendered perspective. Analyses the relationship between the media and women and men in the public sphere.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208, GENDER 208, and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 213, 324
Restriction: FTVMS 213, 324
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COMMS 306
: Special Topic: Documentary and Social Change2021 Semester Two (1215)
Documentary film has a close alignment with social change, reflecting or even producing political transformation. Explores strands of documentary associated with political movements from anti-fascism to LGBTI issues, examining how the history of screen technology and differing documentary modes engage with audiences. Students will produce a ‘mini-documentary'.
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
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COMMS 307
: Communication Internship2024 Semester Two (1245)
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
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COMMS 307
: Communication Internship2024 Semester One (1243)
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
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COMMS 307
: Communication Internship2023 Semester Two (1235)
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
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COMMS 307
: Communication Internship2023 Semester One (1233)
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
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COMMS 307
: Communication Internship2022 Semester Two (1225)
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
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COMMS 307
: Communication Internship2022 Semester One (1223)
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
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COMMS 307
: Communication Internship2021 Semester Two (1215)
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
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