Course Title: Interdisciplinary Communication Project
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Interdisciplinary Communication Project
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
COMM2324 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
345H Media and Communication |
Face-to-Face |
UGRDFlex23 (B222) |
Course Coordinator: Dr Maria Stratford
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 5203
Course Coordinator Email: maria.stratford@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Building 9, Level 5
Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
In this course, we investigate the interdisciplinary climate of media and communication industries. A strong focus on the processes of team and project work allows you to identify and develop the skills that high functioning media and communication professionals rely on to move from project-to-project in an increasingly atomised industry. In small and interdisciplinary teams, you will be working towards a project brief provided from either a range of different studio clients or you develop your own project and explore how the disciplinary understandings developed in your studies so far can work together with principles and approaches from other areas to address communication problems. The project work invites you to test and experience the challenges, possibilities and potential of interdisciplinary project work.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
For students enrolled in the Bachelor of Communication - Professional Communication (BP222), you will develop the following program learning outcomes:
- apply initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in your practice or future studies
- plan produce and evaluate innovative content, optimising uses of technology that meets the needs of stakeholders in an international environment
- work with others in a range of roles and contexts, demonstrating cultural, environmental social awareness and ethical and reflective practice
If you are enrolling in this course as an elective, it will complement the learning outcomes you are developing in your program.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Compare and contrast different professional perspectives and approaches across the communication disciplines.
- Identify and apply principles and strategies for working in interdisciplinary teams.
- Apply knowledge and skills in communication, collaboration and project management within an interdisciplinary team.
- Critically reflect on your role in projects, the collaborative process of working in interdisciplinary teams and areas for improvement for your future professional practice.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be involved in a range of learning activities centred around the development and completion of collaborative projects. The learning activities include:
lectures, seminars, presentations, guest speakers, workshops, problem solving sessions, individual and group based reflection, receiving and providing feedback.
It is expected that you will regularly attend classes and collaborative group meetings where you will report and reflect upon individual and group progress on a regular basis, provide and receive constructive evaluation and criticism and engage in discussion of interdisciplinary issues
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
In this course you will be working on a range of projects and accessing resources specific to project work in your discipline. You will also investigate other disciplines and may need to access academic and industry resources relevant to those disciplines for example AV equipment and facilities, general and specialised computer labs.
The University Library has extensive resources for Media students. The Library has produced a subject guide that includes quality online and print resources for your studies http://rmit.libguides.com/media
The Library provides guides on academic referencing: http://www.rmit.edu.au/library/referencing and subject specialist help via your Liaison Librarian.
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. Assessment in this course will be based on an evaluation of the project outcomes as well as individual reflections on the process of its development. Assessments will cover the P.I.E.S framework for project development: Plan, Implement, Evaluate, Showcase.
- Plan the project in a team.
- Implement the project according to a deadline.
- Evaluate the project outcome and reflect on the process.
- Showcase the project to share with peers and/or client.
Assessment Tasks: Melbourne & Singapore
Assessment Task 1: About You, 20%, CLOs 1 & 4
Assessment Task 2: Project Research and Development, 20%, CLOs 1, 2 & 3
Assessment Task 3: Project Completion, 30%, CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
Assessment Task 4: Reflection, 30%, CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
Assessment Tasks: Vietnam
Assessment Task 1: Profile, 20%, CLOs 1 & 4
Assessment Task 2: Project Kickstart and Concept Proposal, 20%, CLOs 1, 2 & 3
Assessment Task 3: Project Pitching and Report, 30%, CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
Assessment Task 4: Digital Portfolio, 30%, CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online: Assessment