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GD180 - Graduate Diploma in Media
Plan: GD180 - Graduate Diploma in Media
Campus: City Campus
Program delivery and structure
Approach to learning and assessmentWork integrated learningProgram structureProgram transition planApproach to learning and assessment
The program integrates a variety of contemporary learning and teaching approaches. Learning will be in face to face classes, with an option of online tutorials if demand exists, and ‘flipped’ (online) lectures. Courses use a variety of teaching approaches including seminars, studios, lectures and tutorials and use methods such as collaborative group work, negotiated learning, peer review, presentations, exercises, workshops and discussion. You can also expect to engage with case studies, problem-based learning and reflective techniques such as blogs and journals.
You will learn how to constructively critique your own work and that of others. Peer review and self assessment is integral to the learning environment and subsequently for professional practice within the creative industries.
Assessment involves ‘learning by doing’ and will include a range of activities such as media production projects, written reflection, research projects, portfolios, presentations, peer or industry review. Project proposals and presentations will be directly related to industry specific needs and may involve making contact with industry practitioners regarding contemporary issues.
The assessment you undertake will be designed so that your lecturer and/or peers can provide you with ongoing feedback on strengths and areas for improvement in your learning. This approach will enable you to improve on your performance during the program, as well as continue to refine capabilities for your future professional practice and learning after graduation.
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.
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/my-course/enrolment/apply-for-credit.
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RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with workplace experience. 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 this activity;
- complete an activity in real work context or situation that may include teamwork with other students from different disciplines; and in addition:
- underpin your learning with feedback from interactions and contexts distictive to workplace experiences.
In this program, you will be doing specific courses that focus on work integrated learning (WIL). You will be assessed on professional work in a workplace setting and receive feedback from those involved in your industry. Any or all of these aspects of a WIL experience may be in a simulated workplace learning environment.
The WIL nominated course for this program is:
- COMM2680 Collaborative Media Project (24cp)
In this course you will collaborate with peers, Industry and staff to develop and create one or more small original production project/s. You will explore professional practice, forms and processes involved in making projects for a contemporary media audience.
You may have the option to undertake an industry placement as an aspect of this course.
Placement Information
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 Experience. In the case where a placement ends early, please refer to the Work Integrated Learning Procedure.
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Program transition plan
If you are an existing student of GD180 Graduate Diploma in Media you will be provided with a study plan and a transition map of same or equivalent courses based on the two tables below. Your academic progress will be considered and reviewed with an academic adviser.
Your study plan will outline:
- Courses you have already completed in Graduate Diploma in Media (GD180)
- Courses you are currently enrolled in (results pending) in Graduate Diploma in Media (GD180)
- Courses, if any, that you will need to complete in the amended structure in order to graduate with the award of Graduate Diploma in Media (GD180).
If you are undertaking a reduced load, are on Leave of Absence, or have deferred studies you will not be disadvantaged by the change of program structure.
You will not incur any extra costs or be required to complete extra credit points as a result of this change in program structure.
MC188 Transition Map - same or equivalent courses
| Year | Old course/s no longer offered | Credit Points | New or amended course/s, course/s offered | Credit Points |
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| 1 | COMM2530 Story, Genre and Medium | 12 | No Change | 12 |
| 1 | COMM2532 Contemporary Media Work Practices | 12 | No Change | 12 |
| 1 | COMM2533 Post-Industrial Media | 12 | No Change | 12 |
| 1 |
COMM2535 Non-Fiction Project COMM2536 Fiction Project |
12 12 |
COMM2680 Collaborative Media Project | 24 |
| 1 |
COMM2534 Industrial Media COMM2531 Media Objects |
12 12 |
COMM2682 Sound and Image | 24 |
| 1 |
School Electives COMM1123 Communication Management: Theory and Practice COMM1107 Globalised Communication and Culture MKTG1190 Advertising Theory and Practice GRAP2280 Communication Design Entrepreneurship GRAP2493 Design Narratives COMM1218 Electronic Publishing COMM2205 Strategic Planning |
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
No Change COMM1107 Stakeholders Relations and Emergent Media (title change) No Change GRAP2081 Design, Commerce and Culture GRAP2601 Animated Narratives COMM2667 Corporate Writing and Editing VART3580 The Illusion of Life Any Approved Postgrad Elective |
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
Students who have failed two 12cp courses that have been mapped into a new 24cp course will be required to enrol into the new 24cp offering from Semester 1, 2015.
In the case where students have failed 12 credit point courses that were mapped in combination into larger 24 credit point courses, and those failed courses no longer exist, students will be advised to enrol into the following replacement course:
MC188 Transition Map - same or equivalent courses
| Year | Old course/s no longer offered | Credit Points | New or amended course/s, course/s offered | Credit Points |
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| 1 | COMM2534 Industrial Media | 12 | School Elective | 12 |
| 1 | COMM2531 Media Objects | 12 | School Elective | 12 |
| 1 | COMM2535 Non-Fiction Project | 12 | School Elective | 12 |
| 1 | COMM2536 Fiction Project | 12 | School Elective | 12 |
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