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Edith Cowan University (ECU)

  • 19% international / 81% domestic

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Media and Communication

  • Bachelor

This double degree enables students to succeed in today's rapidly changing society in both critical and productive fields.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
4 years full-time, 8 years part-time
Course Code
W62, 0100540
Study Mode
Online, In person

About this course

This double degree enables students to succeed in today's rapidly changing society in both critical and productive fields.

Students gain knowledge in disciplines such as Historical and Political Studies and Broadcasting and Digital Journalism, or Visual Arts and Screen Production, or Creative and Professional Writing and Public Relations. There are numerous combinations of majors the students can choose from. Engaging in both Arts and Media and Communication broadens students' understanding of themselves, their community and the larger world, as well as providing them with the theoretical and practical dimensions of communication. It is an engaging program leading to a double degree which is internationally recognised in the global marketplace.

Study locations

Mount Lawley

Online

What you will learn

  • Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and technical/practical discipline situations
  • Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise/synthesise complex disciplinary knowledge/problems
  • Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate discipline specific solutions/responses
  • Use digital technologies and discipline related literacies to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sources
  • Communicate disciplinary knowledge and ideas clearly, coherently and with independence
  • Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence
  • Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values through appropriate disciplinary methods
  • Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and scholarship and/or professional practice

Career pathways

Diplomat, Editor, Writer, Advertising Executive, Broadcaster, Journalist, Community Service Professional, Media Commentator, Communications Officer, Policy Analyst

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Communications courses at Edith Cowan University (ECU).
89.2%
Overall satisfaction
87.7%
Skill scale
92.3%
Teaching scale
36.7%
Employed full-time