Master of Commerce and Master of Media and Communications

Program Overview

This dual Master's program combines business knowledge with media and communications skills, providing students with a practical and flexible education. Students can specialize in various business areas or focus on digital production, distribution, and audience engagement in media and communications. The program offers opportunities for internships, portfolio development, and double degrees, enhancing employability and career advancement.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Master of Commerce and Master of Media and Communications is a practical and flexible program designed to meet employer needs and extend business knowledge, making graduates highly employable in a wide range of careers. Students can choose to complete one specialization from broad areas of business and commerce, including accounting, business management and organizations, finance, or marketing, to develop depth in their chosen discipline. The Master of Media and Communications provides skills to respond to challenges associated with the changing mediascape in ethical and socially engaged ways. It focuses on digital production, distribution, and audience communication and engagement strategies, as well as online journalism and media practices.

Careers:

With a rapidly evolving job market, the program helps students upskill or reskill to take the next career step in their current industry or move to one that matches their changing interests.

Other:

• Students can develop new areas of expertise in commerce by building on knowledge and skills acquired through professional experience or undergraduate studies.
• Students can combine learning with practical and professional experience by undertaking a supervised workplace internship in commerce under the guidance of a workplace mentor.
• Students can access a state-of-the-art high-tech digital newsroom to develop a deep understanding of convergent media and learn how to apply it in a digital networked environment.
• Students can develop their own portfolio of practical work to show employers, including articles, multimedia reports, podcasts, social media campaigns, videos, and websites.
• Students can double their knowledge in two complementary or different areas with a double degree.
• Students can improve employability prospects with a double degree.
• Students can fast-track their learning by up to two years with a double degree.