AMG5751 Communications industry internship
Faculty of Arts
AMG5751 Communications industry internship is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Summer B at Malaysia. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Summer B
- Malaysia
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before AMG5751
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After AMG5751
No unit lists AMG5751 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: APG5751
Overview
Students are provided with an opportunity to undertake a supervised internship in the media industry. Prior to the start of semester students are responsible for identifying and contacting a suitable industry partner and arranging the placement as well as seeking approval from the unit co-ordinator. Their research topic should be worked out in consultation with the unit coordinator and the industry partner. Students should intern with the industry partner for no less than four weeks and not more than eight weeks. Students are not permitted to undertake the project in their usual place of work.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Summer semester B | Malaysia | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
To develop awareness of the range of social and professional contexts in which communication occurs;
- 2
To develop an understanding of communication as a set of practices and to identify common features within these practices;
- 3
To introduce some of the major ways in which communication and media have been understood at a theoretical level;
- 4
To consider the relation between theory and practice in the field of communication and an appreciation of how they can productively inform each other;
- 5
To introduce communications and media studies as a basis for further graduate study and professional practice in the field.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester, including a minimum of 152-hours of internship
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Tan Meng Yoe
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Tan Meng Yoe
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for AMG5751?
AMG5751 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is AMG5751 offered?
In 2020, AMG5751 runs in Summer B at Malaysia.
How much work is AMG5751?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.