BP222 - Bachelor of Communication (Professional Communication)

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RMIT program code: BP222
Plan name: Bachelor of Communication (Professional Communication)
Plan code: BP222ACC
Campus: City Campus
Credit points per semester:
Full time: 48
Part time: 24
CRICOS code: 048722C

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2024 Enrolment Program Structure

To graduate you must complete the following courses: All courses listed may not be available each semester.

   Year One of Program
 
AND   Year Two of Program
 
AND   Year Three of Program
 
AND   (Minor: Approaches to Popular Culture
 
OR   Minor: Asian Media and Culture
 
OR   Minor: Cinema Studies
 
OR   Minor: Literary Studies
 
OR   Minor: Contemporary Politics and Communication
 )
AND   School Options
 

 

To graduate, you must complete a total of 288 credit points in order to complete the program according to the outline below:

- Core courses

- Professional Discipline courses (you may focus these into one area of specialisation)

- Minor courses (students completing 36 credit points AND the capstone course from the same minor stream will be eligible to have the minor recognised on their transcript).  See more information here.

- School Options (listed at the end of the program structure below). See more information here.

- University Student Electives as available (see what's on offer here)

 

Note: All courses listed may not be available each semester

 

 

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Year One of Program

Year 1 students commencing in Semester 2 (July) must take core courses in the following sequence:

 

Semester 2 2024

COMM1161 and COMM2674 and COMM2148 and MKTG1208  

 

Flexible Semester 2024 (January 2024)

COMM2837 (Note you will be able to enrol in this course when 2024 enrolment opens in October 2023)

 

 

Complete the following Five (5) Core Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Making Media 12 COMM2674 City Campus 3070 (B221)
General News Reporting 12 COMM2148 City Campus 3115 (B220) 3077 (B220)
Introduction to Advertising 12 MKTG1208 City Campus 3185 (B354) 3132 (B354)
AND

Select and Complete Two (2) Courses from:

University Elective
 
AND

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Year Two of Program

Year 2 students must select ONE of following discipline specialisation streams to carry through both semesters of Year 2.

  • MEDIA
  • JOURNALISM
  • PUBLIC RELATIONS
  • ADVERTISING

 

Special enrolment instructions for Public Relations specialisation for second year:

Semester 1:

COMM2143 Communication Strategy and Planning (class number 3152)

MKTG1460 PR Research Methods (class number 3157)

Semester 2:

COMM2688 Issues Risk and Crises Communication - (class number 3099) 

MKTG1456 Applied PR Research- (class number 3101)

 

Complete the following Two (2) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Professional Writing 12 COMM2147 City Campus 3151 (B222)
Interdisciplinary Communication Project 12 COMM2324 City Campus 3096 (B222)
AND
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Complete the following Two (2) Media Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Media 3 24 Yes COMM2626 City Campus 3136 (B221)
Media 4 24 Yes COMM2627 City Campus 3068 (B221)
OR

Complete the following Three (3) Journalism Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Journalism Reporting and Writing 12 Yes COMM2835 City Campus 3129 (B220) 3088 (B220)
Journalism Law and Ethics 12 Yes COMM2836 City Campus 3130 (B220) 3090 (B220)
Journalism Technologies 24 Yes COMM2653 City Campus 3086 (B220)
OR

Complete the following Four (4) Public Relations Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Public Relations Research Methods 12 Yes MKTG1460 City Campus 3157 (B223) 3144 (B223)
Communication Strategy and Planning 12 Yes COMM2143 City Campus 3152 (B223) 3143 (B223)
Applied Public Relations Research: Insights to Action 12 Yes MKTG1456 City Campus 3156 (B223) 3101 (B223)
Issues, Risk and Crisis Communication 12 Yes COMM2688 City Campus 3099 (B223)
OR

Complete the following Three (3) Advertising Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Client Management 12 COMM2333 City Campus 3172 (B354)
Creative Advertising 12 GRAP2311 City Campus 3148 (B219) 3094 (B219)
Advertising Industry Practice 24 Yes COMM2662 City Campus 3093 (B219)
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AND

Complete Two (2) Courses from the Minor Streams. The list of Minor Streams can be found after the Year Three course list.

 
AND

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Year Three of Program

Year 3 students continue with the SAME discipline specialisation streams commenced in Year 2. 

Complete the following Two (2) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Professional Communication Studio 24 COMM2675 City Campus 3097 (B222)
Media and Communication Internship 12 Yes COMM2639 City Campus 3173 (B354) 3114 (B354)
AND
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Complete One (1) of the following 24 Credit Points Options from the same discipline undertaken in Year 2: Complete the following One (1) Media course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Media 5 24 Yes COMM2628 City Campus 3137 (B221)
OR

Complete the following One (1) Journalism Course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Reporting with Sound and Image 24 Yes COMM2656 City Campus 3126 (B220)
OR

Complete the following One (1) Public Relations Course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Influence and Impact in Public Relations 24 Yes COMM2687 City Campus 3154 (B223)
OR

Complete the following Two (2) Advertising Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Copywriting 12 Yes GRAP2319 City Campus 3150 (B219)
Art Direction 12 Yes GRAP2315 City Campus 3149 (B219)
}
AND

Complete Two (2) Courses from the Minor Streams. If you are completing a single Minor Stream, you must select the capstone course from the same Minor Stream taken in Years Two. The list of Minor Streams can be found after the Year Three course list.

AND

Select and Complete One (1) Course in the School Options list that you have not taken or passed already. Please refer to the list of School Option courses at the end of this program structure document:

 
AND
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Minor: Approaches to Popular Culture

Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Pop Culture in Everyday Life 12 COMM2633 City Campus 3109 (B047)
TV and Screen Cultures 12 COMM1073 City Campus 3051 (B047)
Music in Popular Culture 12 COMM1081 City Campus 3100 (B047) 3052 (B047)
Speculative Futures 12 COMM2874 City Campus 3054 (B047)
AND

Complete the following One (1) Course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Popular Culture Now 12 Yes COMM2631 City Campus 3102 (B047)
 
OR

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Minor: Asian Media and Culture

Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Contemporary Asian Modernities 12 COMM2878 City Campus 3175 (B354)
Asian Media and Communication 12 COMM2871 City Campus 3115 (B354)
Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts 12 COMM2873 City Campus 3174 (B354)
Exploring Asian Popular Culture 12 COMM2345 City Campus 3113 (B354)
AND

Complete the following One (1) Course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Sex, Politics & Social Change in Asia 12 Yes COMM2253 City Campus 3171 (B354)
 
OR

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Minor: Cinema Studies

Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Introduction to Cinema Studies 12 COMM1031 City Campus 3132 (B221) 3066 (B221)
Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age 12 COMM2880 City Campus 3074 (B221)
Cinema and Nation 12 COMM2876 City Campus 3073 (B221)
Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences 12 COMM2875 City Campus 3138 (B221)
AND

Complete the following One (1) Course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Uses of Film Theory 12 Yes COMM1036 City Campus 3133 (B221)
 
OR

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Minor: Literary Studies

Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Literature and Decolonisation 12 LANG1375 City Campus 3193 (B257)
Reading Space and Place 12 COMM2635 City Campus 3135 (B257)
Literary Environments 12 LANG1374 City Campus 3192 (B257)
Narrating the Self 12 COMM2638 City Campus 3136 (B257)
AND

Complete the following One (1) Course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Literature's Ethics 12 Yes COMM2630 City Campus 3187 (B257)
 
OR

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Minor: Contemporary Politics and Communication

Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Rhetorics & Politics of the Contemporary World 12 COMM2402 City Campus 3117 (B220)
Politics and Communication 12 COMM2409 City Campus 3079 (B220)
Changing Economies and Communication 12 COMM2408 City Campus 3123 (B220)
Screening Politics and Technologies 12 COMM2636 City Campus 3081 (B220)
AND

Complete the following One (1) Course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Work, Politics and Technology 12 Yes COMM2407 City Campus 3120 (B220)
)
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School Options

Note: All courses listed may not be available each semester

 

School Options:

Course Title

Credit Points

Prereqs/ Coreqs

Course Code

Campus

Semester 1 Class

Semester 2 Class
Advertising Media 12 GRAP2369 City Campus 3095 (B219)
Asian Media and Communication 12 COMM2871 City Campus 3115 (B354)
Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts 12 COMM2873 City Campus 3174 (B354)
Exploring Asian Popular Culture 12 COMM2345 City Campus 3113 (B354)
Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences 12 COMM2875 City Campus 3138 (B221)
Changing Economies and Communication 12 COMM2408 City Campus 3123 (B220)
Cinema and Nation 12 COMM2876 City Campus 3073 (B221)
Client Management 12 COMM2333 City Campus 3172 (B354)
Communicating Brand Narrative 12 COMM2684 City Campus 3153 (B223)
Contemporary Australian Writing 12 COMM2392 City Campus 3186 (B257)
Contemporary Asian Modernities 12 COMM2878 City Campus 3175 (B354)
Creative Advertising 12 GRAP2311 City Campus 3148 (B219) 3094 (B219)
DJs, Digital Rhythms and Dance Cultures 12 PERF2061 City Campus 3110 (B047) 3057 (B047)
Fact Checking and Verification 12 COMM2803 City Campus 3083 (B220)
Feminist and Queer Perspectives 12 COMM2879 City Campus 3141 (B257)
Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age 12 COMM2880 City Campus 3074 (B221)
Film Genre 12 COMM2881 City Campus 3075 (B221)
General News Reporting 12 COMM2148 City Campus 3115 (B220) 3077 (B220)
Interdisciplinary Communication Project 12 COMM2324 City Campus 3096 (B222)
Introduction to Advertising 12 MKTG1208 City Campus 3185 (B354) 3132 (B354)
Introduction to Cinema Studies 12 COMM1031 City Campus 3132 (B221) 3066 (B221)
Literary Environments 12 LANG1374 City Campus 3192 (B257)
Literature and Decolonisation 12 LANG1375 City Campus 3193 (B257)
Live Media 12 COMM2220 City Campus 3134 (B221)
Media and Communication Internship 12 Yes COMM2639 City Campus 3173 (B354) 3114 (B354)
Music in Popular Culture 12 COMM1081 City Campus 3100 (B047) 3052 (B047)
Narrating the Self 12 COMM2638 City Campus 3136 (B257)
People and Data 12 COMM2868 City Campus 3147 (B219)
Photojournalism 12 COMM2640 City Campus 3124 (B220) 3084 (B220)
Podcasting 12 COMM2870 City Campus 3131 (B220) 3089 (B220)
Politics and Communication 12 COMM2409 City Campus 3079 (B220)
Pop Culture in Everyday Life 12 COMM2633 City Campus 3109 (B047)
Professional Writing 12 COMM2147 City Campus 3151 (B222)
Reading Space and Place 12 COMM2635 City Campus 3135 (B257)
Rhetorics & Politics of the Contemporary World 12 COMM2402 City Campus 3117 (B220)
Screening Politics and Technologies 12 COMM2636 City Campus 3081 (B220)
Social Media Communication 12 COMM2872 City Campus 3133 (B354)
Speculative Futures 12 COMM2874 City Campus 3054 (B047)
Understanding Sports Media 12 COMM2325 City Campus 3078 (B220)
Storytelling 12 GRAP2317 City Campus 3142 (B257)
The Spectacle of Music Video: From MTV to YouTube 12 PERF2062 City Campus 3061 (B047)
TV and Screen Cultures 12 COMM1073 City Campus 3051 (B047)
 

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