C04108v3 Master of Arts in Communication Management

Overview

The Master of Arts in Communication Management is tailored to the needs of professional communicators involved in the broad field of communication management.

Course aims

Graduates of this course have:

• a good understanding of the nature of communication and communication management
• a sensitivity to ethical and legal issues related to communication
• a capacity to critically reflect on the role and responsibilities of communicators
• an understanding of contexts of communication, and
• the capacity to analyse, design, cost and evaluate a public relations strategy and campaign.

Career options

Career options include roles in the public relations industry or roles related to communication advising, community relations, corporate communication, integrated communication, internal communication, international communication, media liaison or public affairs.

Articulation

Additional recognition of prior learning

Students who have successfully completed the Graduate Certificate in Public Relations or the Graduate Diploma in Communication Management and who are admitted to this course are eligible for exemptions for completed subjects.

Students who successfully complete one or more of the Executive Certificates in Advertising offered by the UTS/Advertising Federation of Australia AdSchool, and who gain entry to the Master of Arts in Communication Management, are granted exemption from an elective subject worth up to 8 credit points.

Course duration and attendance

The course is offered on a one-and-a-half-year full-time, or equivalent part-time basis.

Course structure

The Master of Arts in Communication Management totals 72 credit points of study and consists of six compulsory 8-credit-point subjects, one 8-credit-point elective subject, and one of two Master's options comprising a further 16 credit points of study.

Full-time students are required to undertake 24 credit points per semester. Part-time students should undertake 16 credit points per semester.

Course completion requirements

Course program

Typical course programs are shown below for both full-time and part-time students, commencing in both Autumn and Spring semesters.

Other information

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