We live in a rapidly changing world, and none more so than the world of media and communications. The rise of digital media, social media and streaming services has seen the landscape change like no other, but the fundamentals of effective communication and storytelling remain constant. At the heart of effective communication is both the ability to tell an engaging story and to ensure it reaches and resonates with its target audience. UNE's Bachelor of Media and Communications will equip you with the necessary tools to achieve both objectives, and help you forge a career in the media and communications industry, no matter how the landscape changes in the future.

Why study the Bachelor of Media and Communications with UNE?

This degree will help prepare you for a career in a range of industries, including digital media, advertising, news, the television industry, national and international film, documentaries, rhetoric and public affairs, and publishing and editing.

There are two areas of specialisation to choose from in the Bachelor of Media and Communications: Media and Culture; or Writing and Publishing. Our course offers options to examine:

• film studies, from Australian cinema to Hollywood
• television studies
• the creative industries
• news media
• digital and social media
• screen adaptations
• creative and professional writing
• publishing and editing.

What makes our course different?

In addition to your choice of specialisation, UNE’s Bachelor of Media and Communication prepares you for positions in a range of media careers. You’ll get to:

• Learn from lecturers and tutors who have years of industry and/or research experience in the field.
• Gain real-world industry experience via our Work Integrated Learning Program, an opportunity to develop skills and apply your academic knowledge in a relevant professional setting and have it count towards your degree while improving your employability.
• Choose to study on campus or completely online, at home in your own time.

UNE is Australia’s oldest regional university and a pioneer in the delivery of distance education. Year after year, students award us 5-star ratings for Overall Experience and Student Support in The Good Universities Guide, so no matter whether you choose to study online or on campus, you are in very good hands.

To qualify for the award a candidate must pass units to the value of 144 credit points with not more than 60 credit points at 100-level and at least 36 credit points at 300-level, with a maximum of 12 credit points at 400-level.

• Core Units
• Prescribed Units:
• Majors
• Elective 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 greater knowledge about the media, how it works and how it has evolved. You’ll have gained diverse communication and analytical skills and be equipped to adapt to any rapidly changing workplace.

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
• marketing messaging.

For direct admission into undergraduate courses offered by UNE you must have completed an educational qualification considered to be at least equivalent to completion of Year 12 in Australia.

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;