Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Computing

This double degree course caters for the demand within the information technology industry for people with both professional computing and professional communication skills. There is also a demand for graduates with computing expertise in a range of areas that require professional communication skills, including journalism and media-related occupations, including multimedia development.

Course Structure

Students in the double degree course complete three unit sequences in system development, communication and in arts. The program is four years duration if taken full-time and eight years duration if taken part-time or by off-campus distributed learning.

This degree is designed to satisfy the community and professional needs for graduates who have not only undertaken a major in communications theory in combination with studies in humanities, but who will have detailed knowledge of an area of computer based information systems and software systems.

For the Bachelor of Arts (Communication)/Bachelor of Computing, students complete three sequences of units to gain at least 192 points but no more than 206 points;

an eighth unit (58 points) Communication sequence a six unit (40 points) Arts sequence a sixteen unit (96 points) Systems Development sequence

Communication Sequence

First Level (each unit is six credit points)

• GSC1901 Introduction to Communication Studies
  
• GSC1402 Media Studies
  
• GSC2407/3407 Authorship and Writing
• GSC2410 Public Relations theories and processes
  
• GSC2411 Media, Culture, Power: theories of mass communications
  
• GSC3423 Citizens, media, audiences
  
• GSC3409 Media text: practices and audiences
  
• GSC3413 Communications industries and policies
  
  

Arts Minor Sequence

The Art minor can be chosen from history-politics, Indonesian, sociology, writing, gender studies, journalism, Australian indiginous, phychology or community studies. Details on each discipline are provided under the entry for the School of Humanities, Communications and Scoial Sciences.

Multimedia Technology Sequence

The Bachelor of Computing with a major in Multimedia Technology requires students to complete units with a total credit value of 144 points, comprised with 96 points of compulsory units and 48 points of elective units. All units have a credit value of 6 points except, GCO3700, which is worth 12 points.

First Level

• GCO1810 Programming Fundamentals
• GCO1811 Object-oriented Programming
• GCO1813 Information Systems 1
• GCO1815 Computer Technology
• GCO1821 Introduction to Multimedia Technology
• MAT1077 Discrete Mathematics

Second Level

• GCO2812 Computer Organisation
• GCO2813 Information Systems 2
• GCO2815 Database Management Systems
• GCO2816 Object-oriented Analysis and Design
• GCO2822 Multimedia Signals and Systems
• GCO2823 Multimedia Development

Third Level

• GCO3826 Advanced Multimedia Technology
• GCO3700 Multimedia Computing Project (12 pts)

Plus two elective units to be chosen from:

• GCO3601 Infrastructure and electronic commerce
• GCO3803 Inventory Management Systems
• GCO3806 General Operations Management
• GCO3811 Software Engineering
• GCO3812 Data Communications and Networks 1
• GCO3822 Multimedia Concepts and Applications
• GCO3823 Client-server and www Database Applications
• GCO3824 Data Comunications and Networks 2
• GCO3828 Applications of Data Mining

System Development Sequence

The Bachelor of Computing with a major in System Development requires students to complete units with a total credit value of 144 points, comprised of 96 points of compuslory units and 48 points of elective units. All units have a credit value of 6 points except, GCO3800, which is worth 12 points.

First Level

• GCO1810 Programming Fundamentals
• GCO1811 Computer Programming 1
• GCO1813 Information Systems 1
• GCO1815 Computer Technology
• MAT1077 Discrete Mathematics

Second Level

• GCO2811 Commercial Programming
• GCO2812 Computer Organisation
• GCO2813 Information Systems 2
• GCO2815 Database Management Systems
• GCO2816 Object Oriented Analysis & Design
• GCO2817 Data Structures and Algorthms

Third Level

• GCO3811 Software Engineering
• GCO3819 Computing Project (Students may opt to take the 12 point unit GCO3800 in place of GCO3819)

plus two elective units to be chosen from:

• GCO3812 Data Communications & Networks 1
• GCO3813 UNIX Systems Programming
• GCO3814 Human Computer Interaction
• GCO3816 Information Systems Management
• GCO3817 Computer Graphics
• GCO3822 Multimedia Concepts and Applications
• GCO3823 Client-server and www database applications
• GCO3824 Data Communications and Networks 1
• GCO3828 Application of Data Mining

Business Systems Sequence

The Bachelor of Computing with a major of Business Systems requires students to complete units with a total credit value of 144 points, comprised of 96 points of compulsory units and 48 points of elective units. All unit have a credit value of 6 points, except GCO3900, which is worth 12 points.

First Level

• AFG1003 Buisness Information
• GCO1810 Programming Fundamentals
• GCO1813 Information Systems 1
• GCO1815 Computer Technology
• MAT1077 Discrete Mathematics

Second Level

• GCO2802 Computer Models for Business Decisions
• GCO2803 Internet Commerce
• GCO2812 Computer Organisation
• GCO2813 Information Systems 2
• GCO2815 Database Management Systems
• GCO2816 Object-oriented Analysis and Design

Third Level

• GCO3807 Project Management
• GCO3816 Information Systems Management
• GCO3900 Business Systems Project (12 pts)

Plus two electives units to be chosen from:

• GCO3601 Infrastructure and Electronic Commerce
• GCO3806 General Operations Management
• GCO3812 Data Communications and Networks 1
• GCO3811 Software Engineering
• GCO3822 Multimedia Concepts and Applications
• GCO3823 Client-server and www Database Applications
• GCO3824 Data Communications and Networks 2
• GCO3828 Applications of Data Mining

Admission Requirements

Normal Monash entry requirements of VCE or equivalent apply with a grade average of at least C in English, and at least a D in an area of Mathematics at year 12 level. Applications are welcomed from those applying under the Alternative Category Entry who have completed or intend to complete a Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT). International students are accepted on a full-fee paying basis, at an annual rate of $16,280 per year for a full-time load (subject to determination by the Vice-Chancellor).

Special Requirements

Work Load

All applicants should be willing to undertake a normal initial workload of at least 24 points a year by off-campus distributed learning. Off-campus students should note that this may have implications regarding eligibility for AUSTUDY or similar schemes. In later years of the course the normal workload will be 32 points per year, but there is scope to vary this under some circumstances.

Further Enquiries

Details relating to course structure, course regulations, and individual units are available in the Monash University Undergraduate Handbook.

For enquiries concerning enrolment, credits or exemptions for prior studies, and course structure please contact:

School of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences
Monash University
Gippsland Campus
Churchill, Victoria, Australia, 3842

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