Master of Communication Studies - AUT University

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The Master of Communication Studies is a postgraduate degree offering a blend of contextual and creative options.

In the first year 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 and communication studies. Further choices include other contextually oriented papers and a range of creatively focussed papers.

For the research year, students work with the Programme Leader and a supervisory team to design and develop a thesis. The thesis can be produced in a traditional academic form but students are encouraged to develop research which includes a creative component (such as a screenplay, in-depth journalism, digital media artefact, radio programme, or public relations campaign). Theses that include a creative component will also include an exegesis which places the creative work in its critical/theoretical, historical and personal context.

Programme Code: AK3482
Level: 9
Points: 240
Duration: Two years full time / Maximum five 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

• One of the following criteria: successful completion of a bachelors degree with a minimum B average in the final year; a professional qualification in a relevant discipline recognised by the university as being equivalent to at least a three-year undergraduate degree; or evidence of professional experience deemed by the programme board of studies to be equivalent to an undergraduate degree or recognised professional qualification.

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. 

THE KEY SKILLS YOU WILL ACQUIRE

Postgraduate research and practical skills.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

In the media and communication fields, public policy and in secondary and tertiary communication teaching.

FURTHER STUDIES

Doctor of Philosophy

PAPERS

YEAR ONE

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)

YEAR TWO

149130 Thesis 120