Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies - AUT University

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The PGDipCS is a postgraduate diploma offering a blend of contextual and creative options.

Students choose papers to suit their individual interests, including a core research methods paper and at least one paper that contextualises current developments in media & communication studies. Further choices include other contextually oriented papers and a range of creatively focussed papers.

Students are not required to complete a dissertation but can develop an in-depth project, which can take a traditional academic form or can include a creative component (such as a screenplay, in-depth journalism, digital media artefact, radio programme, or public relations campaign).

The PGDipCS can lead into further study; successful students can apply to enter the second year of the MCS or the MCW.

Programme Code: AK1299
Level: 9
Points: 120
Duration: One year full time / Maximum two years part time
Venue: City Campus
Starting date: 3 March 2008
Application deadline: 16 November 2007

AUT encourages early application.
Late applications will be accepted if the programme is not full.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

The normal educational requirement for admission is:

• Completion of a relevant bachelor’s degree with a B pass average or better in papers at Level 7 or equivalent.
• Applicants who do not meet the normal educational requirement for admission are required to submit evidence of the ability to study in communication studies at Level 8.
• Applicants may be required to attend a selection interview.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

Applicants for whom English or Māori is not their first language are required to provide proof of an acceptable pass/grade gained in an accepted English language test. 

FURTHER STUDIES

Doctor of Philosophy

PAPERS

Semester One: Select 60 points in total

Including 15 points from
149107 Media Communication Research Methods (15)
149136 Mediated Discourse Analysis (15)

And at least 15 points from
149111 Media, Culture & Society (15)
149112 New Media & Society (15)
149114 Time, Space & Globalisation (15)

And no more than 30 points from
149117 Animation (15)
149118 Asia-Pacific Journalism (15)
149135 Documentary (15)
149120 Interactive Media (15)
149121 Investigative & Agenda-Setting Journalism (15)
149122 Organisational Communication (15)
149123 Post-Production (15)
149124 Public Relations (15)
149125 Radio (15)
149126 Screenwriting (15)
149128 The Creative Industries, Culture & the Marketplace (15)

Semester Two: Select 60 points in total

149108 A Political Economy Approach to the Media (15)
149140 Advanced Post Production and Animation (30)
149138 Celebrity Culture & the social organisation of fame (15)
149106 Co-operative Education (30)
149110 Media Communication Reading Paper (15)
149137 Multimodal Interaction Analysis (15)
149109 Project (30)