Bachelor of Journalism - Bachelor of Creative Arts

Overview

Bachelor of Journalism - Bachelor of Creative Arts double degrees will allow students to sharpen the career focus of their studies in Creative Writing, Graphic Design, Media Arts, Visual Arts, Performance or Sound. The addition of undergraduate journalism degrees will facilitate connections with the media industry, both through the journalism internships each student must undertake at 300-level and through the Journalism Advisory Group composed of academic journalists and industry professionals. The strong career focus of the degrees will embed the Faculty's Teaching and Learning objective: 'To promote student publishing and career opportunities at undergraduate É level' and create a cohort of students from which the Faculty could draw postgraduate journalism students.

Course Requirements

See requirements for separate degrees. Students are required to:

− complete at least 108 credit points from the Course Structure of the Bachelor of Journalism, including all compulsory subjects, three journalism electives and subjects required for one Specialist Stream;

− complete a major study from the Bachelor of Creative Arts comprising 108 credit points of compulsory subjects as listed in the Course Structures of the Bachelor of Creative Arts;

− complete not more than 90 credit points at 100-level.

Other Information

For further information see Policy Guidelines for Double Degrees at: www.uow.edu.au/handbook/courserules/double_degree.html