313198 v.2 Internet Communications Double Degree Major
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 opportunities.
Major/Stream Organisation
Major/Stream Learning Outcomes
A graduate of this course can:
1. understand and apply key concepts of Internet Studies 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 Semester 1 | |||||
| 311922 | v.2 | Academic and Professional Communications 100 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 301516 | v.5 | Web Communications 101 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 1 Semester 2 | |||||
| 301052 | v.4 | Internet and Everyday Life 102 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311923 | v.1 | Making Meanings 103 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| OR | |||||
| 311924 | v.1 | Narrating Selves 101 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 2 Semester 1 | |||||
| 301517 | v.4 | Internet Communities and Social Networks 204 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 25.0 | |||||
| Year 2 Semester 2 | |||||
| 301515 | v.4 | Web Publishing 206 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 306026 | v.2 | Internet Commerce and Consumers 205 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 3 Semester 1 | |||||
| 301063 | v.5 | Web Media 207 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 306012 | v.2 | Web Presence 309 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 25.0 | ||||
| 75.0 | |||||
| Year 3 Semester 2 | |||||
| 301054 | v.5 | Internet Politics and Power 303 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 25.0 | ||||
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 4 Semester 1 | |||||
| 308965 | v.2 | Internet Collaboration and Organisation 308 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 25.0 | ||||
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 4 Semester 2 | |||||
| 312215 | v.1 | Web Production 300 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 25.0 | ||||
| 50.0 | |||||
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