OVERVIEW
Express yourself with communication skills
The Diploma of Media and Communication offers a range of choices in communications and journalism subjects. Areas of study include broadcast media, journalism, screen and sound studies, strategic communication, writing and further studies across a range of humanities disciplines.
Start to learn the processes and skills required for interviewing while being introduced to strategic communication and the mediums of screen and sound. You'll study subjects and skills that are relevant to all areas of specialisation offered at La Trobe University.
Diploma of Media and Communications students now receive full credit of 8 subjects (120 points) into 2nd year of the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Media and Communication. Satisfactory completion of any Year 12 English is a prerequisite for this Diploma.
Throughout your Diploma of Media and Communication, you’ll study eight core units before graduation.
- Writing for MediA
- MJRN1TIN The Interview
- MENG1001 Adaptations: From Novel To Netflix
- MJRN1TEJ The Emerging Journalist
- MCRA1PWR Professional Writing
- BMKT1MSD Fundamentals of Marketing
- MMAC1MME Making Media
Employment and career options after completing your Bachelor’s degree:
- Advertising and Sales promotion
- Government policy research
- Journalism
- Marketing
- Broadcast and online content production
- Media production
- Public relations
- Publishing and editing
- Television and radio production
