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Unit of Study COM10628 - To Be Continued: Media Project (2016)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    144 credit points in any SCU units

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Students undertake a major media project, individually or in a team, and a critical evaluation of the outcome. The production will be publishable in an actual media context, whether as a print, online, radio or audiovisual product. Students will work with an appropriate supervisor in conjunction with the Unit Assessor. Students will be required to achieve progress goals towards completion of the project by the end of session.

Unit content

Module 1 Introduction to media projects

  • Planning and project managing techniques and strategies
  • Project conception in relation to media publication Legal and ethical issues in media production
  • Client liaison and community engagement

Module 2 Presenting work-in-progress

  • Finalising and publishing work
  • Evaluation strategies

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 2 Session 2

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 project management skills in planning, research, monitoring and devising tasks towards timely completion of a project
2 operate professionally in a media environment in relation to collaborators, clients, supervisors or community partners
3 present work-in-progress reports to an audience of peers, in a professional manner and to a high standard
4 demonstrate a capacity to respond to critical feedback
5 produce a substantial media project demonstrating advanced media production skills appropriate to a publishable major product.

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

  1. demonstrate project management skills in planning, research, monitoring and devising tasks towards timely completion of a project
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. operate professionally in a media environment in relation to collaborators, clients, supervisors or community partners
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. present work-in-progress reports to an audience of peers, in a professional manner and to a high standard
    • GA4:
  4. demonstrate a capacity to respond to critical feedback
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. produce a substantial media project demonstrating advanced media production skills appropriate to a publishable major product.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.