Bachelor of Communication (Honours)

Summary

Students who perform well during the Bachelor of Communication degree may undertake a further year of full-time (or equivalent part-time) study to obtain an Honours degree. The Honours degree allows students to further develop their specific areas of interest in Communication Studies.

Career opportunities

As rapid change in communication and media-related industries makes employment prospects unpredictable, the advantage given to job applicants who hold an Honours degree is invaluable.

Their skills and knowledge will be applicable to broadcasting, corporate communications, marketing and public relations, journalism and education.

They may seek work as researchers, writers and producers of video and radio programs, as journalists and photo-journalists, and as magazine and advertising copy writers.

Graduates have also been successful in securing employment in media liaison or public relations units of large corporate organisations.

Entry requirements

Applicants must have successfully completed a Bachelor of Communication or an equivalent degree at another insitution with a minimum GPA of 5.0 (credit grade average) calculated either

• across that entire degree program, or
• across a major in the proposed discipline of study, if that degree program included such a major.

No more than two years must have elapsed since completion of the undergraduate degree. 

How to apply

Applicants must fill in an application for direct entry, and this must be accompanied by a letter of request for admission addressed to both the Head of the relevant School and the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Science and Information Technology. 

Both the completed application form and the letter of request must first be submitted to the Shortland Hub for processing.

Students will not be allowed to commence study until permission has been granted by both the Head of School and the Pro Vice-Chancellor.

Description

IMPORTANT! You must read the Undergraduate Degree Rules. Click here to view.

The program aims to produce graduates who will have a well-developed capacity to think critically and creatively about society and culture and their relationships with research into professional communication practices; and a well-developed capacity to creatively and critically produce and research professional communication.

Credit Transfer Agreements

No credit is available into Honours Programs.

Program Structure

The Honours program is normally undertaken over one year of full-time study or 2 years part-time. Students are required to complete the 80 units of courses listed below.

Further Information

For further information on this program, please contact the Program Officers for the Faculty of Science and Information Technology at:

Shortland HUB
Telephone: + 61 2 4921 5000
Fax: + 61 2 4921 6914
Email: EnquiryCentre@newcastle.edu.au
Website: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/students/hubs/

Approved Courses

Schedule

The relevant program schedule is available within the Degree Rules and Schedules section of the Policy Library.