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AMG5037Digital technology, policy and governance

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will examine the impacts of new and future media technologies. You will engage with important contemporary debates about the role of specific technologies in civil society. Using global case studies, you will engage with...

Semester 1Malaysia

APG5458Digital technology, policy and governance

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

This unit examines regulatory forces that shape the development and evolution of digital media. Looking in detail at major policy issues arising from digital media industries, the unit engages with important contemporary debates about...

Semester 1Caulfield

ATS4521Disciplinary debates and theories: Advanced academic practice

UnitLevel 4|12 credit points|Arts

The unit is an advanced reading course that grounds you in contemporary disciplinary debates in the social sciences and humanities. You will evaluate the epistemological and empirical bases for a range of key theories and situate them in...

Semester 2Clayton

APG5704Discourse analysis: Texts and talk

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

Every day, we engage with a wide range of different text types and speaking contexts, from casual conversations with friends to news reports, medical appointments and academic writing. In this unit, we look in detail at the typical...

Semester 2Clayton

AMU2690Discovering the Asia-Pacific study trips

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

The unit provides learning opportunities for you to become experientially and intellectually literate with the varied contemporary social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental realities of various countries in the Asia-Pacific...

ATS3789Documentary

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit you will explore in detail the production practices, resources, technologies and genres of documentary making for both broadcast and online modes. You will learn key performance practices of voice presentation and interviews,...

Semester 2Caulfield

AMU3601Documentary filmmaking and society

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit you will put the theories learned across the Arts and Social Sciences into practice through the creation of a documentary film that examines various aspects of society. You will bring cross-disciplinary knowledge to bear in...

Semester 2Malaysia

ATS3540Documentary Screens: Self, revolution and the everyday

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

Documentary and Realism in Film and Television examines approaches to documentary film and television through addressing questions of realism, reality, truth, indexicality and the boundary between fiction and non-fiction. The theoretical...

Semester 1CaulfieldClayton

APG5050Doing media and communications research

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

The unit introduces you to principles of problem-solving in communication and media research. It considers a range of research methods - including textual analysis, content analysis, interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, audience research...

Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield

ATS1396Drug cultures

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

Using anthropological and ethnographic studies, this unit focuses on the social and cultural contexts of legal and illegal drug use. In doing so it highlights the unique approaches and contribution of anthropology as a discipline to...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS3922Eco-Visions: Climate change in European thought, literature and visual culture

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

European-language ideas and thinkers have played a vital role in shaping our understanding of the origins, motivations, and solutions to climate change. In this unit you will explore how these traditions have exposed dominant ideologies,...

APG5194Effective crisis communications

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

Crisis communications is an increasingly important and specialised area of expertise in contemporary organisations. In an increasingly global and interconnected world, there are a growing number of crises that can challenge organisations,...

Monash Online

APG5381Effective crisis communications

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

Crisis communications is an increasingly important and specialised area of expertise in contemporary organisations. In an increasingly global and interconnected world, there are a growing number of crises that can challenge organisations,...

Semester 2Caulfield

APG5138Effective crisis communications

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

Crisis communications and issues management are an increasingly important and specialised area of expertise in contemporary organisations. In an increasingly global and interconnected world, there are a growing number of crises and issues...

ATS3890Egypt's golden age

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This unit presents an archaeological study of New Kingdom Egypt when the country was one of the dominant powers in the Mediterranean. At the height of the Late Bronze Age, the kings of Egypt were leaders in the intensive elite trading...

ATS2947Election, parties and voters

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will explore the ways in which elections, parties and voters intersect to impact the operation of political systems. You will begin this unit by examining the emergence of modern elections, the functions that they...

Semester 1Clayton

AMG5009Emerging media industries in Asia

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Arts

In this unit, students draw on their exposure from the MCMS, where they learn about different facets of the media and creative industries, supported by industry exposure in this capstone unit. They draw on their own locations and use this...

Semester 1Malaysia

ATS3949Emerging medias lab

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

The Emerging medias lab is a multi-disciplinary learning environment where students from the different specialisations in the Bachelor of Media Communication come together to investigate new media technologies, production skills and...

Semester 1Caulfield

ATS1255Encountering cultures: Introduction to anthropology 1

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

Anthropologists seek understanding of how differences shape the world. They look beyond everyday explanations for realities of life and culture, and use their perceptions to create better futures for humans and their collectives. You will...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS2827Encountering Empire

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

Empires were the standard form of global geo-political organisation up until the mid-twentieth century. In this unit you will explore how and why the tentative early encounters between medieval or early modern travellers and traders...