Graduate Diploma of Digital Media
2019 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2019 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Diploma of Digital Media |
| Course Map | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2019. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2019. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser. |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Cloud Campus | Yes |
| Duration | 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Deakin course code | A634 |
| Approval status | This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8. |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Fees and charges
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Other learning experiences
- Research and research-related study
Course overview
Deakin's Graduate Diploma of Digital Media critically engages with a world in which the diverse array of media and cultural industries are increasingly impacted by digital and online developments. Developed in consultation with industry, the course is designed to ensure future media professionals are engaged in practical ways with various forms of digital media platforms; not only critically understanding, but also curating their own content and developing a substantial ePortfolio relevant to organisational contexts. The course enables you to explore, analyse, create and share online content and learn how to creatively select and assemble media elements to create personal or brand identities, stories, and narratives.
Following successful completion of the Graduate Diploma of Digital Media, you may choose to apply for credit to continue your studies in Deakin's Master of Communication.
Career opportunities
The Graduate Diploma of Digital Media is designed to produce graduates who are effective and multi-literate communicators. Graduates will be transmedia participants who work with and across multiple platforms as self-reflexive and flexible creators. They will meet the growing need for independent and collaborative researchers, who are innovative problem solvers and ethical global citizens. The course recognises that media professionals of the future will require versatile skill sets that enable them to adapt to ever-changing industry environments and, in doing so, be active participants and content curators online.
Jobs of the future in the communications and media industries will be obtained by those practitioners who have a strong online identity/presence and diverse portfolio. The Graduate Diploma of Digital Media seeks to create savvy media professionals who actively, productively and ethically engage with communities through online and traditional means.
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Participation requirements
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. Click here for more information.
Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other check.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
| Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities | Demonstrate an advanced theoretical and applied understanding of contemporary digital and online media environments, particularly in relation to processes and practices in media and cultural industry contexts. |
| Communication | Demonstrate advanced and effective communication skills to communicate ideas, arguments and analyses in written, digital and oral formats that meet academic and media practitioner standards for a diverse range of audiences. |
| Digital literacy | Demonstrate an ability to utilise a range of digital media to communicate a variety of messages online to a professional standard. |
| Critical thinking | Demonstrate advanced cognitive skills in engaging with contemporary media debates, issues, and industry contexts in relation to their social, cultural, economic, legal, and ethical aspects. |
| Problem solving | Demonstrate an advanced understanding of industry-based problems and an ability to solve these through a strategic application of digital and online media platforms. |
| Self-management | Demonstrate autonomy, accountability, and initiative in responding effectively and creatively to new situations in professional contexts. |
| Teamwork | Demonstrate initiative and accountability in working collaboratively with peers in online environments to solve problems by completing media projects. |
| Global citizenship | Demonstrate and apply an advanced understanding of legal and ethical issues in relation to online media in a globalised media context, taking into account issues relating to intellectual property, social justice, diversities, and environmental impact. |
| Approved by Faculty Board November 2017 | |
Course rules
To qualify for the award of Graduate Diploma of Digital Media, students must successfully complete 6 credit points from the units listed below and 2 credit points of electives.
Electives may be chosen from the remaining units below 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.
Students must also complete
| AAI018 | Academic Integrity |
Course structure
Units
| ACG706 | Designing for Web Environments |
| ALC701 | Social Media Principles and Practices |
| ALC702 | Making Online Communities |
| ALC703 | Digital Curation |
| ALC708 | Blogging and Online Communication Techniques |
| ALR703 | Digital Marketing |
| ACA715 | Creative Enterprise Project |
| ACC700 | Communication and Creative Arts Internship |
Work experience
Elective units may provide the opportunity for Work Integrated Learning experiences.
Other course information
Course duration - additional information
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.
Other learning experiences
Unit Learning outcomes are regularly evaluated by Unit Chairs and panels. Assessments are designed and timed to ensure that students are clearly assessed on recent and topical content in ways that reflect real-world scenarios for professional and creative writers. Assessments also prepare students for later assessments.
Research and research-related study
Research skills and knowledge are detailed in the Graduate Certificate of Communication and further opportunities are available as students progress through the course into the Diploma of Communication and Masters of Communication.