BP220 - Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)

Plan: BP220 - Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)
Campus: City Campus

Program delivery and structure

Approach to learning and assessment
Work integrated learning
Program structure
Program transition plan

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Approach to learning and assessment

The Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) program uses a variety of teaching and learning approaches, including lectures, tutorials, seminars and hands-on experience in the gathering, production and delivery of print, radio, television and online news. Elements of this program may be delivered face-to-face, online or a mix of both.

Studio-based learning is a distinguishing feature of the program. In studios, learning emerges through making - an investigative and creative process driven by research, exploration and experimentation, and critique and reflection.

Courses deal with the theories, ethics and regulations that underpin journalism, using real-world examples of issues facing modern multimedia news organisations and individual journalists to help you put theoretical concepts into context.

Through core journalism courses, you will have the opportunity to integrate fact checking and verification skills into your journalism practice through engagement with RMIT ABC Fact Check. You will also participate in live-to-air radio news on community radio station 3RRR, live-to-air television news and current affairs on Channel 31, and contribute to the publication of the program’s news outlet  City Journal Online. The invaluable skills learned through the production components of the program will be enhanced through a work placement with a media outlet in your final year.

The program strongly supports Work Integrated Learning and we offer an extensive work placement scheme. These work placements take place in Melbourne, regional Victoria, interstate and overseas and include all major media outlets.

A range of assessment methods will measure success against stated student learning outcomes; these include written work in the variety of styles used by print and broadcast journalists; comparative and analytical essay and report writing; in-class tests and personal presentations; and production pieces for print, radio, television and online media.

Assessments are designed to provide you with feedback throughout the semester to help you understand how your learning is progressing and clear criteria for satisfactory performance will be provided.

Many courses have set text books and additional readings will be made available to students in either hard-copy or online. All courses provide course materials online via the University’s online learning system. 

You will be given the opportunity to provide feedback on each of your courses to enable the continued development of learning and teaching content and materials.

RMIT Advice

If you have a disability, long-term illness and/or mental health condition or are the primary carer of individuals with a disability it is possible to have adjustments arranged and negotiated to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods.You can contact the Program Manager or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) 

If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (for example, through prior studies or work experience), you can apply for credit once you have enrolled in this program. There is information on the RMIT University website about how to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/enrolment/apply-for-credit

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Work integrated learning

RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice. As a student enrolled in this RMIT University program you will:

• undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice;
• interact with industry and community when undertaking these activities;
• complete these activities in real work contexts or situations;
  and in addition:
• these interactions and the work contexts provide distinctive sources of feedback to you to assist your learning.

Any or all of these aspects of a WIL experience may be simulated in a workplace environment.

The WIL nominated course for the program is:

COMM2658Journalism: Professional Placement (24cp)

Your placement* in a professional media organisation in Australia or overseas will give you the opportunity to experience how journalism is practiced. Your placement will give you the opportunity to put into practice the skills and knowledge you have developed across your program.

Industry Placement Requirements

*An agreement including schedule and relevant insurance documentation is required to be completed before commencing each placement (local and international). International placements must be registered and processed through RMIT Global Mobility.

For international placements: You may require immunizations and/or current visa depending on the  location of your placement. 

In the case where a placement ends early, please refer to the WIL Procedure.

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Program Structure

To graduate you must complete the following: Please note all courses listed may not be available each semester
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Year One of Program
Complete the following Five (5) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Understanding Journalism 24 COMM2657 City Campus Journalism Reporting and Writing 12 COMM2835 City Campus Journalism Law and Ethics 12 COMM2836 City Campus Photojournalism 12 COMM2640 City Campus Fact Checking and Verification 12 COMM2803 City Campus
AND
Complete Two (2) Courses from the Minors Streams. The list of Minors Streams can be found after the Year Three course list:
AND
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Year Two of Program
Complete the following Three (3) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Reporting with Sound and Image 24 COMM2656 City Campus Journalism Technologies 24 COMM2653 City Campus Features and Storytelling 12 COMM2641 City Campus
AND
Complete One (1) Course from the Minors Streams. If you are completing a single Minor, this course must be from the same Minor Stream taken in Year One. The list of Minors Streams can be found after Year Three course list:
AND
Select and Complete Two (2) Courses from 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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Year Three of Program
Complete the following Three (3) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Newsroom Practice 24 COMM2804 City Campus Journalism: Professional Placement 24 COMM2658 City Campus Journalism Capstone 12 COMM2805 City Campus
AND
Complete One (1) Course from the Minors Streams. If you are undertaking a single Minor Stream, you must select the capstone course from the same Minor Stream taken in Years One & Two:
AND
Select and Complete Two (2) Courses from:
University Elective
AND
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Minor: Approaches to Popular Culture
Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Pop Culture in Everyday Life 12 COMM2633 City Campus TV and Screen Cultures 12 COMM1073 City Campus Music in Popular Culture 12 COMM1081 City Campus Speculative Futures 12 COMM2874 City Campus
AND
Complete the following One (1) Course:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Popular Culture Now 12 COMM2631 City Campus
OR
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Minor: Asian Media and Culture
Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Contemporary Asian Modernities 12 COMM2878 City Campus Asian Media and Communication 12 COMM2871 City Campus Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts 12 COMM2873 City Campus Exploring Asian Popular Culture 12 COMM2345 City Campus
AND
Complete the following One (1) Course:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Sex, Politics & Social Change in Asia 12 COMM2253 City Campus
OR
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Minor: Cinema Studies
Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Introduction to Cinema Studies 12 COMM1031 City Campus Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age 12 COMM2880 City Campus Cinema and Nation 12 COMM2876 City Campus Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences 12 COMM2875 City Campus
AND
Complete the following One (1) Course:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Uses of Film Theory 12 COMM1036 City Campus
OR
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Minor: Literary Studies
Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Literature and Decolonisation 12 LANG1375 City Campus Reading Space and Place 12 COMM2635 City Campus Literary Environments 12 LANG1374 City Campus Narrating the Self 12 COMM2638 City Campus
AND
Complete the following One (1) Course:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Literature's Ethics 12 COMM2630 City Campus
OR
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Minor: Contemporary Politics and Communication
Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Rhetorics & Politics of the Contemporary World 12 COMM2402 City Campus Politics and Communication 12 COMM2409 City Campus Changing Economies and Communication 12 COMM2408 City Campus Screening Politics and Technologies 12 COMM2636 City Campus
AND
Complete the following One (1) Course:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Work, Politics and Technology 12 COMM2407 City Campus
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School Options
School Options:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Advertising Media 12 GRAP2369 City Campus Asian Media and Communication 12 COMM2871 City Campus Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts 12 COMM2873 City Campus Exploring Asian Popular Culture 12 COMM2345 City Campus Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences 12 COMM2875 City Campus Creating a Communication Business 12 COMM2337 City Campus Changing Economies and Communication 12 COMM2408 City Campus Cinema and Nation 12 COMM2876 City Campus Client Management 12 COMM2333 City Campus Communicating Brand Narrative 12 COMM2684 City Campus Communicating the Environment 12 COMM2877 City Campus Contemporary Australian Writing 12 COMM2392 City Campus Contemporary Asian Modernities 12 COMM2878 City Campus Creative Advertising 12 GRAP2311 City Campus DJs, Digital Rhythms and Dance Cultures 12 PERF2061 City Campus Fact Checking and Verification 12 COMM2803 City Campus Feminist and Queer Perspectives 12 COMM2879 City Campus Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age 12 COMM2880 City Campus Film Genre 12 COMM2881 City Campus Foundations of Public Relations 12 COMM1161 City Campus General News Reporting 12 COMM2148 City Campus Interdisciplinary Communication Project 12 COMM2324 City Campus Introduction to Advertising 12 MKTG1208 City Campus Introduction to Cinema Studies 12 COMM1031 City Campus Literary Environments 12 LANG1374 City Campus Literature and Decolonisation 12 LANG1375 City Campus Live Media 12 COMM2220 City Campus Media and Communication Internship 12 COMM2639 City Campus Music in Popular Culture 12 COMM1081 City Campus Narrating the Self 12 COMM2638 City Campus Networked Media 12 COMM2219 City Campus People and Data 12 COMM2868 City Campus Persuasive Communication 12 COMM2112 City Campus Photojournalism 12 COMM2640 City Campus Playful Media and Everyday Creativities 12 COMM2869 City Campus Podcasting 12 COMM2870 City Campus Politics and Communication 12 COMM2409 City Campus Pop Culture in Everyday Life 12 COMM2633 City Campus Professional Writing 12 COMM2147 City Campus Reading Space and Place 12 COMM2635 City Campus Rhetorics & Politics of the Contemporary World 12 COMM2402 City Campus Screening Politics and Technologies 12 COMM2636 City Campus Social Media Communication 12 COMM2872 City Campus Speculative Futures 12 COMM2874 City Campus Understanding Sports Media 12 COMM2325 City Campus Storytelling 12 GRAP2317 City Campus The Spectacle of Music Video: From MTV to YouTube 12 PERF2062 City Campus TV and Screen Cultures 12 COMM1073 City Campus Wicked problems: innovative solutions 12 SOCU2276 City Campus
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Program transition plan

Transition advice for students:

MINORS 

In 2022, the School of Media and Communication will convert the contextual stream courses in the undergraduate programs into Minors.  You must either complete 48 credit points in the same Minor including the Minor capstone course or undertake Four (4) courses (48cp) from across the Minors (no Capstone).

If you are an existing student, the courses you have completed as contextual courses will be credited to the Minors requirement. 

By completing four courses (48 credit points) including the Minor capstone* in a single Minor, that Minor will be recognised on your transcript.

*Minor Capstone courses have pre-requisites. 

To be eligible to undertake a third-year Minor capstone course you must have completed:

• 36 credit points from the same Minor OR 
• 36 credit points from the mapped Contextual Stream OR
• a combination of 36 credit points from the same Minor and the mapped Contextual Stream 

School of Media and Communication Minors Transition Map - same or equivalent courses   

CONTEXTUAL STREAM: Approaches to Popular Culture	MINOR: Approaches to Popular Culture  offered from Semester 1 2022
COMM2633 Popular Culture in Everyday Life COMM1073 Television Cultures  COMM2632 Popular Cinema  COMM1081 Music in Popular Culture COMM2636 Screen Politics & Economies COMM2345 Exploring Asian Pop. Culture	COMM2633 Popular Culture in Everyday Life  COMM1073 TV and Screen Cultures  COMM1081 Music in Popular Culture  COMM2874 Speculative Futures
Contextual Capstone	Minor Capstone
COMM2631 New Perspectives in Contemporary Pop Culture*	COMM2631 Popular Culture Now*

 

CONTEXTUAL STREAM: Asian Media and Culture	MINOR: Asian Media and Culture  offered from Semester 1 2022
COMM2138 Modern Asia COMM1086 Mass Media in Asia COMM2336 New Media, New Asia COMM2345 Exploring Asian Popular Culture COMM1035 Asian Cinemas	COMM2878 Contemporary Asian Modernities COMM2871 Asian Media and Communication COMM2873 Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts  COMM2345 Exploring Asian Popular Culture
Contextual Capstone	Minor Capstone
COMM2253 Sex, Politics & Social Changes in Asia*	COMM2253 Sex, Politics & Social Change in Asia*

 

CONTEXTUAL STREAM: Cinema Studies	MINOR: Cinema Studies  offered from Semester 1 2022
COMM1031 Introduction to Cinema Studies COMM2632 Popular Cinema COMM1034 True Lies: Doco Studies COMM2637 Textual Crossings COMM1033 Australian Cinema COMM1035 Asian Cinemas	COMM1031 Introduction to Cinema Studies COMM2880 Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age COMM2876 Cinema and Nation COMM2875 Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences
Contextual Capstone	Minor Capstone
COMM1036 Histories of Film Theory*	COMM1036 Uses of Film Theory*

 

CONTEXTUAL STREAM: Literary Studies	MINOR: Literary Studies  offered from Semester 1 2022
COMM2637 Textual Crossings COMM2635 Reading Space and Place LANG1006 Literary Realism to Postmodernism COMM2638 Narrating the Self COMM2634 Reading Sex and Race	LANG1375 Literature & Decolonisation COMM2635 Redaing Space and Place LANG1374 Literary Environments COMM2638 Narrating the Self
Contextual Capstone	Minor Capstone
COMM2630 Literature's Ethics*	COMM2630 Literature's Ethics*

 

CONTEXTUAL STREAM: Politics, Economies & Communication	MINOR: Contemporary Politics and Communication  offered from Semester 1 2022
COMM2402 Rhetorics & Politics of the Contemporary World COMM2409 Politics Communicated COMM2408 Economies Communicated COMM2636 Screening Politics & Economies SOCU2112 Global Political Economy	COMM2402 Rhetorics & Politics of the Contemporary World COMM2409 Politics & Communication COMM2408 Changing Economies & Communication                                      OMM2636 Screening Politics & Technologies
Contextual Capstone	Minor Capstone
COMM2407 Social Applications of Communication: A Political Economy of the Workplace*	COMM2407 Work, Politics & Technology*

SCHOOL OPTIONS 

The school options courses have been updated for 2022.

It is strongly recommended that if you have successfully completed any of the courses listed below, do not select the replacement 2022 course due to crossover in content and approach. 

Pre 2022	offered from Semester 1 2022
COMM2138 Modern Asia (12cp)	COMM2878 Contemporary Asian Modernities (12cp)
COMM1086 Mass Media in Asia (12cp)	COMM2871 Asian Media and Communication (12cp)
COMM2637 Textual Crossings: Literary Adaptation (12cp)	LANG1374 Literary Environments (12cp)
LANG1006 Literary Realism to Post-Modernism (12cp)	LANG1375 Literature and Decolonisation (12cp)
COMM2634 Reading Sex and Race (12cp)	COMM2879 Feminist and Queer Perspectives (12cp)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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