APG5133 Principles of global communications
Faculty of Arts
APG5133 Principles of global communications is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before APG5133
Prohibitions
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After APG5133
No unit lists APG5133 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
This unit is only offered to students enrolled in Monash online courses
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The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
This unit will develop foundation knowledge and skills in the field of global communications at graduate level. It engages with a range of contemporary professional communications practice and introduces principles and theories appropriate to understanding and analysing them. Particular focus is given to understanding the critical roles played by communications fields and industries across diverse sectors including politics, government, business and everyday society. These roles are further explored in the context of the complexities posed by a world of digitalisation and globalisation.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for APG5133.
Assessment
- ExercisesExercise30%
- Annotated BibliographyWritten25%
- Case StudyWritten45%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
identify and analyse core concepts and theories underpinning contemporary communications approaches;
- 2
critically analyse and appraise the relationship between theory and practice in the field of communications;
- 3
discuss and critically analyse the role of communications in contemporary global societies and its relationship with a range of different sectors from local to global levels;
- 4
read and critically analyse scholarly publications in communications.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
See also Unit timetable information
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Mugdha Rai
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Mugdha Rai
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5133?
APG5133 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is APG5133 offered?
APG5133 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is APG5133?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does APG5133 have an exam?
No. APG5133 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.