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3276

COMMS 212

: Narratives of Social Change
2023 Semester One (1233)
Investigates how the presentation of information shapes public attitudes and behaviours. Explores how public communication via news, social media and public awareness campaigns influence public understanding, engagement and behaviour. Key ideas explored in this course include: discourse; framing; rhetoric; and the interplay of words, images and sounds in multimodal communication.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: COMMS 102 and 45 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
3277

COMMS 213

: Communication and Persuasion
2025 Semester One (1253)
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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
3278

COMMS 213

: Communication and Persuasion
2024 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
3279

COMMS 213

: Communication and Persuasion
2023 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
3280

COMMS 213

: Communication and Persuasion
2022 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
3281

COMMS 214

: Communication and Inclusive Leadership
2025 Semester One (1253)
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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
3282

COMMS 214

: Communication and Inclusive Leadership
2024 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
3283

COMMS 214

: Communication and Inclusive Leadership
2023 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage I in BA or BC courses
3284

COMMS 300

: New Media and the Future of Communication
2021 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 203, 314
3285

COMMS 300

: New Media and the Future of Communication
2020 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 203, 314
3286

COMMS 301

: Digital Communication and Practice
2021 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
3287

COMMS 301

: Digital Communication and Practice
2020 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
3288

COMMS 302

: Visual Communication
2022 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: ARTHIST 115 and 30 points from BA courses, or 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points from BA courses
3289

COMMS 302

: Visual Communication
2021 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: ARTHIST 115 and 30 points from BA courses, or 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points from BA courses
3290

COMMS 302

: Visual Communication
2020 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: ARTHIST 115 and 30 points from BA courses, or 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points from BA courses
3291

COMMS 303

: Sports Media
2023 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 313
3292

COMMS 303

: Sports Media
2022 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 313
3293

COMMS 303

: Sports Media
2021 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 313
3294

COMMS 303

: Sports Media
2020 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 313
3295

COMMS 304

: Gender, Politics and the Media
2020 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.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208, GENDER 208, and 15 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 213, 324
3296

COMMS 306

: Special Topic: Documentary and Social Change
2021 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'.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: 15 points from COMMS 200-208 and 15 points in BA courses
3297

COMMS 307

: Communication Internship
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Provides experiential learning opportunities in media, public relations, advertising, and corporate communication industries.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Restriction: ARTSGEN 301, CAREER 300
3298

COMMS 307

: Communication Internship
2025 Semester One (1253)
Provides experiential learning opportunities in media, public relations, advertising, and corporate communication industries.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Restriction: ARTSGEN 301, CAREER 300
3299

COMMS 307

: Communication Internship
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Provides experiential learning opportunities in media, public relations, advertising, and corporate communication industries.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Restriction: ARTSGEN 301, CAREER 300
3300

COMMS 307

: Communication Internship
2024 Semester One (1243)
Provides experiential learning opportunities in media, public relations, advertising, and corporate communication industries.
Subject: Communication
Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Head or nominee
Restriction: ARTSGEN 301, CAREER 300