MINU-WEBPR v.1 Web Presence Minor
Minor Overview
A Specialisation/Minor consists of a minimum of two core units and no electives that extends, broadens or complements discipline studies or is relevant to student interests. Students wanting to study a Specialisation/Minor must have the equivalent credit as elective units within their course.
This minor provides students with an opportunity to focus on the way different online presences and social media online operate in practical, social, economic and political terms, by both critically understanding and actively constructing web media.
Minor Entry and Completion Details
Students undertaking the B-ARTS Bachelor of Arts, B-COMM Bachelor of Commerce or the B-SCNCE Bachelor of Science (Science) may be eligible to study a minor (100 credits) where the course includes a minimum of 100 elective credits. Credit permitting, students can elect to study a maximum of two minors, provided minors are from a different discipline area to the course or major being studied. Refer to the ‘Rules for Minors’, located under ‘Minors’ in the ‘Definitions’ tab of this Handbook.
Students wanting to study a ‘minor’ within their Bachelor Degree must have the equivalent credit as elective units within their course and meet the Minor rules and associated policy and procedures (refer to the ‘Rules for Minors”, located under ‘Minors” in the ‘Definitions’ tab of this Handbook.) Students wanting to study a minor should contact the Student Services Office to request an amendment to their study plan. It is important that this request is made no later than the final semester of the student’s course and within the University enrolment deadline. A minor cannot be added to a study plan or awarded retrospectively after the student has completed the requirements for the course.
Credit for Recognised Learning
Applications for credit towards a course are assessed on an individual basis. Credit reduces the amount of learning required to complete the course and may be granted for formal education qualifications, non-formal learning from non-award programs of study and informal learning through work experiences. Further information can be found at http://futurestudents.curtin.edu.au/non-school-leavers/rpl.cfm
Major/Minor/Stream Organisation
Minor Learning Outcomes
A graduate of this course can:
1. understand and apply key concepts of internet communication and apply transdisciplinary 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 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NETS1001 | v.1 | Web Communications | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| NETS2000 | v.1 | Web Media | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| NETS2001 | v.2 | Writing on the Web | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| NETS3000 | v.2 | Power, Politics and the Internet | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 100.0 | |||||
Further Information
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