305993 (v.1) Internet Studies 695 - Advanced Internet Case Studies


Area: Department of Media and Information
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
 
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Seminar: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 300579 (v.3) Internet Studies 502 - Advanced Skills in Internet Use or any previous version
 
Syllabus: Two distinct independent case studies of Internet development and application, chosen from a list of broad topics provided by Internet studies staff including, but not limited to - ownership, control and significance of infrastructure, economic fundamentals, virtual social groupings, bodies and identities in cyberspace, new meanings of time and space on line. Each case study is supervised by a member of staff.
 
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Field of Education: 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 07 - Foreign Languages, Visual and Performing Arts
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Fully Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y   Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External