Graduate Diploma of Digital Media
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2026 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Diploma of Digital Media |
| Deakin course code | A634 |
| Course Credit Points | 8 |
| Course version | 1 |
| Faculty | |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2016 onwards |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Final Intake | The final intake to this course was in 2025. Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course and enrolment information. Further course structure information can be found in the handbook archive. |
| Duration | 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8 |
Course sub-headings
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Apply advanced theoretical knowledge of contemporary digital and online media environments in order to evaluate processes and practices in media and cultural industry contexts. |
| Communication | Communicate ideas, arguments, and analyses in written, digital, and oral formats that meet academic and media practitioner standards for a diverse range of digital media audiences. |
| Digital literacy | Utilise a range of digital media to communicate a variety of messages online to a professional standard. |
| Critical thinking | Apply advanced cognitive skills when engaging with contemporary media debates, issues, and industry contexts in relation to their social, cultural, economic, legal, and ethical aspects. |
| Problem solving | Respond in a skilled and knowledgeable way to industry-based problems and solve these through a strategic application of digital and online media tools, platforms, and practices. |
| Self-management | Employ autonomy, accountability and initiative when responding effectively and creatively to new situations in professional digital media contexts. |
| Teamwork | Collaborate effectively with peers in online environments, working together to solve complex problems by completing media projects. |
| Global citizenship | Apply an advanced knowledge of legal and ethical issues in relation to online media in a globalised media context, taking into account intellectual property, social justice, diversities, and environmental impact. |
Approved at Faculty Board November 2022
Course structure
Core units
Compulsory 0-credit point module
To be completed in the first trimester of study:
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin |
Units
At least six credit points from the list below:
| ACG706 | Design for the Digital World |
| ALC702 | Making Sense of Communities Online |
| ALC708 | Social Media Content Creation |
| ALR703 | Digital Brand Storytelling |
| ACC700 | Communication and Creative Arts Internship |
ALC701 Collaborative Digital Media Making [No longer available for enrolment]
ALC703 Digital Curation in the Age of AI [No longer available for enrolment]
ACA715 Creating Your Arts Business [No longer available for enrolment]
Elective units
Electives may be chosen from the remaining units above or from any other postgraduate course in the School of Communication and Creative Arts; students who intend to move from the diploma into the Master of Communication are strongly advised to take ACX701 Communication Concepts for their two elective credit points.
Fees and charges
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, your study load and/or unit discipline.
Your tuition fees will increase annually at the start of each calendar year. All fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and do not include additional costs such as textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment, mandatory checks, travel, consumables and other costs.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.