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Unit of Study COM00461 - Making Radio: Production Essentials (2018)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    72 credit points in any SCU units

  • Enrolment information

    Note: Students must have access to radio production tools and software and broadband internet throughout the session for study, assessment and communication purposes.

Unit description

Introduces students to radio production skills including interviewing, editing, program and podcast production, announcing and radio studio operation through practical exercises and assessment tasks. Theory and practice support the acquisition of effective radio communication skills, industry awareness, and awareness of sonic elements in media. 

Unit content

  • History of radio as a broadcast medium
  • The radio industry - sectors, codes of practice, formats and audiences
  • The radio studio
  • Voice production and presentation
  • Recording and editing
  • Interviewing
  • Radio writing and cue sheets
  • Production planning and execution
  • Teamwork in media production
  • Media ethics and law
  • Podcasts and radio on the internet

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1,  1 Session 1,  1
Online Session 1,  1 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate an understanding of Australian radio sectors and their audiences, practices and programming
2 demonstrate competency in operating digital audio production equipment including microphones, digital recording devices and digital editing software
3 apply knowledge and understanding about radio communications, program development and sound design to creatively and competently produce radio program content
4 demonstrate professionalism in critically and constructively appraising self and peers
5 apply professional standards for collaborating in a team on a radio production.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate an understanding of Australian radio sectors and their audiences, practices and programming
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  2. demonstrate competency in operating digital audio production equipment including microphones, digital recording devices and digital editing software
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  3. apply knowledge and understanding about radio communications, program development and sound design to creatively and competently produce radio program content
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA6:
  4. demonstrate professionalism in critically and constructively appraising self and peers
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  5. apply professional standards for collaborating in a team on a radio production.
    • GA1:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.