MDDU-NETSE v.1 Internet Communications Double Degree Major (BSc/BA)
Major/Stream Overview
This major/stream is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major/stream, please refer to the course for more information.
This double degree major facilitates the development of skills and knowledge relating to virtual communities, web design, Internet policy and cyberculture. It covers technical and social understanding of the Internet revolution and practical production and application of ideas to real opportunites.
Major/Minor/Stream Organisation
Major/Stream Learning Outcomes
A graduate of this course can:
1. understand and apply key concepts of Internet Studies and apply trans-disciplinary thinking to the application and creation of ideas concerning networked technologies of information and communication
2. think critically, creatively and reflectively so as to imagine, design, use and critique networked technologies of information and communication
3. conduct appropriate scholarly and professional research to find, access, organise, evaluate and and synthesise information through a variety of media and apply that information to the construction of knowledge
4. communicate and facilitate communication through a variety of media, for different purposes, and for different audiences
5. use the Internet and related networked technologies of information and communication with an understanding of the complex interaction of political, cultural, and economic forces that constitutes technology as social
6. further develop skills and knowledge through self-directed learning
7. understand the complex interplay of local, national and global factors that influence and are expressed through the Internet and networked technologies of information and communication
8. recognise and value cultural difference and understand its significance in relation to network technologies and their use in society for communication and information
9. act ethically and responsibly to use, sustain and expand the social, business and cultural networks that exist via the Internet, when working independently and in teams
Course Structure | Hrs/Wk | Credit | |||
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Year 1 Semester 1 | |||||
NETS1001 | v.1 | Web Communications | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
COMS1010 | v.1 | Academic and Professional Communications | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
50.0 | |||||
Year 1 Semester 2 | |||||
NETS1000 | v.2 | Digital Culture and Everyday Life | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
CWRI1003 | v.1 | Narrating Selves | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
OR | |||||
COMS1005 | v.1 | Making Meanings | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
50.0 | |||||
Year 2 Semester 1 | |||||
NETS2002 | v.2 | Social Media, Communities and Networks | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
25.0 | |||||
Year 2 Semester 2 | |||||
NETS2001 | v.2 | Writing on the Web | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
25.0 | |||||
Year 3 Semester 1 | |||||
NETS2000 | v.1 | Web Media | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
NETS3010 | v.2 | Online Games, Play and Gamification | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
50.0 | |||||
Year 3 Semester 2 | |||||
NETS2003 | v.2 | The Digital Economy | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
NETS3000 | v.2 | Power, Politics and the Internet | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
50.0 | |||||
Year 4 Semester 1 | |||||
NETS3003 | v.2 | Internet Collaboration and Innovation | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 25.0 | ||||
50.0 | |||||
Year 4 Semester 2 | |||||
NETS3004 | v.2 | Web Development Project | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 25.0 | ||||
50.0 |
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