In a highly-competitive employment landscape, to stand out from other applicants is a big advantage, and an honours degree is a point of difference that can capture the attention of employers. An honours year at the end of your three-year Bachelor of Media and Communications degree is a 'capstone' to your formal education, and an opportunity to drill deep into your specialist areas, to extend your intellectual range, and sharpen your research capabilities.

Honours will allow you to develop advanced communication techniques and deep subject knowledge, to hone your analytical abilities, and gain high-level personal and professional skills. These are valuable attributes that will provide a solid foundation for postgraduate study, give you a competitive edge in the job market, or help future proof your career in a rapidly changing world.

Why study the Bachelor of Media and Communications with Honours with UNE?

Honours is designed for graduates who have excelled in their undergraduate studies to improve career prospects, or to proceed to higher-degree studies.

When you undertake the Bachelor of Media and Communications with Honours you will gain up-to-date knowledge of the rapidly changing field of media and communications. You will explore areas such as film and television, screen adaptations, media convergence, changing print genres, digital communications and writing practices, to name a few. You will also have the opportunity to hone your research, communication and writing skills by producing a dissertation of original ideas, integrated and positioned within the current body of knowledge of your chosen discipline.

On graduation, you will have the skills to independently research, write about and discuss critical issues — invaluable skills for a successful career, and essential to lifelong learning. Your honours year also provides ideal preparation for higher-degree research if you choose to study further.

What makes our course different?

UNE's Bachelor of Media and Communication with Honours prepares you for positions in a range of media careers. You will have the opportunity to:

• Learn from supervisors and tutors who have years of industry and/or research experience in the field.
• Undertake an industry placement as part of your degree.
• Choose to study either on campus or completely online, at home in your own time.
• Choose from three different teaching periods to start your degree — in March, June or September.

UNE is Australia's oldest regional university and a pioneer in the delivery of distance education. We are proud that students consistently award us the maximum 5-star ratings for Overall Experience and Student Support, so no matter whether you choose to study online or on campus, you are in very good hands.

This unit includes a range of pedagogic approaches central to the disciplines of Media and Communication Studies.

HASS400H (Media and Communications) focuses on the techniques, principles and practices of Communication Studies, including Media Studies, Writing and related fields as well as approaches used in the thesis which are determined by the student in consultation with her or his supervisor.

1. To qualify for the award a candidate must pass a single unit to the value of 48 credit points comprising an advanced course work component and a dissertation component in the relevant subject.

2. Each Bachelor of Media and Communications (Honours) candidate will be required to consult with their supervisor(s). The nature and extent of such consultation will be determined by the supervisor(s) and Head of School after consultation with the candidate prior to commencement of each year of candidature and may require face-to-face consultation.

3. A candidate may not enrol concurrently for other units at this University or at another institution, except that, upon the recommendation of the Head of School, the course coordinator may grant permission to do so.

• Core Units

See UNE Handbook for more details. The Handbook contains detailed course information designed for enrolled students, including course plans, exit awards, intensive schools, and work placement requirements.

Graduate with knowledge of how the media works and has evolved. You'll have diverse communication and analytical skills to prepare you to adapt to a rapidly changing jobs landscape.

Career options for graduates include:

• journalism
• radio and television
• public relations, marketing and advertising
• social media
• corporate writing
• public sector research and administration
• communications strategy.

You have completed one of the following UNE qualifications, or an equivalent relevant qualification (AQF Level 7 or overseas equivalent): Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Media and Communicatio

An IELTS (Academic) overall score of at least 6.0 with no sub-band less than 5.5; or equivalent TOEFL score of at least 213 in the computer-based test; or at least 79 in the internet-based test with no less than 22 in the written component; or a PTE Academic minimum overall score of 57 with no skill less than 50.