Program Overview

If you’re a great communicator and creative thinker who loves a good deadline, this is the double degree for you! UC’s Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Communications and Media combines a flexible, professionally-oriented arts degree with the hands-on knowledge and experience required of journalists and other media communications professionals around the world.

Our wide range of arts subjects, expert teachers (with links to government and industry) and international study options will help you build the knowledge and skills to become a globally engaged editor, media programmer, content writer, marketing manager or media analyst.

You’ll graduate with invaluable lifelong networks and a critical understanding of good narrative and what makes compelling content across a range of platforms – and the ability to think outside the square to deliver novel solutions to local and international problems.

Taught in small, more personalised classes, the course offers an individually tailored learning environment that ensures each student receives the highest level of support and encouragement throughout their UC study journey.

Combine a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Communications and Media at UC and you will:

• Get to choose from a range of creative Arts subjects designed around your interests
• Acquire the ability to problem solve, analyse and evaluate information in a systematic, creative and insightful way
• Specialise in one of four professional communications areas: journalism, marketing communication, corporate and public communication and sports media
• Apply professional judgement and knowledge in adapting marketing communication theories, principles and methodologies across diverse social, cultural and organisational contexts
• Explore narratives that inform, persuade and generate change.

Specialist Major: Global Studies

The Global Studies major prepares students to be active global citizens who can find creative ways of addressing the challenges faced by the international community, now and in the future; who understand the complex, interconnected, and culturally diverse nature of the contemporary world; who think critically about issues within their global context; and who possess the flexibility, analytical skills, and global mindset to adapt effectively to rapidly changing work environments.

Students will learn to make use of interdisciplinary perspectives to;

• Understand cultural diversity, and socio-cultural change in local communities and transnational contexts
• Critically analyse global institutions, social movements, frameworks, and processes in their historical context
• Engage in critical reflection and problem solving in relation to major global challenges such as environmental degradation, resource scarcity, climate change, and social justice

The major will prepare students for a wide range of careers in a globalised world helping them to develop the intercultural competencies, critical thinking skills, and interdisciplinary understanding of the global context that are valued by a large range of employers across government, business, and the NGO sector.