Description

How is Australian identity and nationality constructed through the film and television industry? Has Australian cinema asserted a specific and identifiable national industry? What are the characteristics of Australian screen culture? What are some of the national myths and archetypes that define Australia in terms of race and gender? What texts feature most prominently in the Australian screen landscape? How does the Australian film and television industry operate in relation to other national and global cinema practices? These are the major questions that will be explored as we take a fascinating journey through some iconic Australian screen productions.

Prerequisites

Nil

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students are expected to be able to:

1. Employ techniques to generate ideas, research a topic and structure
    argumentation in an academic essay format.
2. Have developed techniques of argumentation and providing supporting
    evidence and examples.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the impact that practices of representation
    on the Australian screen has on the ways we perceive ourselves individually
    and as a nation.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which industrial factors can
    influence film content.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of film elements and how they
    convey or construct meaning.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of how Australian screen practices operate in
    relation to other global screen based industries

Description

This subject provides you with an overview of the professional practice of news reporting. We will discuss the important role of news media in the democratic process and we will examine the ethical and professional standards involved in the process of news gathering and delivery. We will also consider the changes to journalism that have occurred as a result of technological developments and the introduction of new platforms and broadcast services. These developments have resulted in dramatic changes to the news media landscape and we will focus on what this means for journalism as an occupation and an act of participatory culture. This is a core unit in the Monash College Diploma of Arts, Part 1.

Prerequisites

Nil

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students are expected to be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of journalism as a profession.
2. Identify and define the purpose of different styles of journalistic writing.
3. Understand how journalists use writing and interviewing techniques for
    different media.

On completion of this unit, students will have developed essential skills, so that they can:

1. Analyse a workplace context for journalists.
2. Critically analyse spoken and written texts in a range of media genres.
3. Research, write and present news items in a range of media genres.

Description

Today, students need to acquire skills and knowledge in reflective, descriptive and academic essay writing: these skills will be transferable to writing in all subjects students undertake both in Monash College and the University. Students also need to develop skills in academic reading, drafting and writing an academic essay, paraphrasing, quoting and referencing, and editing and proofreading. You will develop research skills and appropriate techniques in the use of sources (referencing, quoting, paraphrasing, and the avoidance of plagiarism). In using a range of written and audio/visual materials, you will have opportunities to apply and demonstrate your understanding of the various skills covered in this unit. This unit will support students in building effective learning strategies using a range of thinking skills, learning approaches and assessment responses. This is a core unit in the Monash College Diploma of Arts, Part 1.

Prerequisites

Nil

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students are expected to be able to:

1. Identify relevant skills appropriate to an Arts program.
2. Learn to take a deeper approach to reading and construct meaning from
    academic texts.
3. Understand the need to think critically and assess the credibility of both
    primary and secondary sources when conducting academic research.
4. Demonstrate skills in written and oral presentation, argument and analysis.
5. Demonstrate skills in critical analysis, including the ability to synthesise
    theories and concepts from a range of sources.
6. Learn to differentiate between academic and non-academic articles and
    papers.
7. Develop skills and enhanced abilities to conduct research.
8. Use Harvard referencing and effective summarising, quoting and
    paraphrasing techniques.
9. Effectively use appropriate electronic databases & internet sources in
    research and communication.
10.Learn techniques of formatting, editing and proofreading language, spelling
     and layout.
11.Learn to develop essays in academic style.
12.Demonstrate an awareness of different communication methods.

Description

The intention of this unit is to promote students’ awareness of the importance of mathematics/statistics in everyday life and to build up confidence in making effective use of mathematical/statistical ideas, techniques and processes. This unit aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills to make effective use of methods of analysing quantitative data by the use of graphical and numerical methods, interpretation of results and making decisions in both business and everyday life.

Prerequisites

Nil

Learning Outcomes

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

1. Arrange data into pictorial and tabular formats for presentation and
    interpretation purposes.
2. Calculate, compare and interpret the three measures of central tendency -
    mean, median and mode - for both ungrouped and grouped data.
3. Calculate, compare and interpret range, interquartile range, standard
    deviation and co-efficient of variation - for both ungrouped and grouped data.
4. Understand the elementary axioms, interpretation and properties of
    probability, conditional probability and independence, apply probability tree in
    probability computation, draw Venn diagrams.
5. Draw XY-scatter plot, assess the strength of linear relationship visually,
    calculate and interpret Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.
6. Understand the meaning of the least square regression line, calculate the
    least squares regression line equation, interpret the slope and intercept, use
    the least square regression line for estimation, assess validity of estimates.
7. Understand goodness of fit, computation and interpretation of coefficient of
    determination, and draw the least squares regression line into an XY-scatter
    plot.
8. Perform other forms of nonlinear regression and transformations into linear
    form by one of the axes scales using a square or reciprocal transformation.
9. Apply basic residual analysis with residual plots such as: residuals on the
    vertical axis versus on the horizontal axis, residuals on the vertical axis
    versus on the horizontal axis, on the vertical axis versus on the horizontal
    axis.
10.Recognise the four components of time series such as trend, seasonal,
    cyclical and random by a visual inspection of time series plot. Compute and
    apply seasonal indices, perform seasonal adjustments. Apply smoothing with
    moving averages with or without centring. Modelling the linear trend with
    linear regression.

Description

The aim of this course is for students to learn how information and communication media have developed over time. This unit analyses the key components of mass communication studies theory, and examines how information and communications media have developed over time. The unit explores barriers to communication, as well as the ways in which different communication media and messages have impacted on different social and cultural groups. Through the completion of prescribed readings, class discussion, oral presentations and written essays, students will acquire the knowledge, concepts, and analytical skills which will prepare them for further study in the area of Media, Communication Studies and Journalism in Part Two of the Diploma of Arts.

Prerequisites

Nil

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students are expected to be able to:

1. Understand how mass communication has developed throughout history and
    the important events each form of mass media has shaped
2. Write a blog about the weekly topics based on the recommended readings
    and including audio/visual examples
3. Keep a Radio Diary to integrate into the Minor Essay
4. Develop research skills in relation to accessing Media and Communications
    Data bases at the Monash Matheson Library, in order to reference text-books
    and online sources.
5. Have developed professional practice in the skills of referencing, quoting,
    paraphrasing, and the avoidance of plagiarism.
6. Have developed skills in drafting, redrafting, editing and proofreading.

Description

This unit aims to assist you in developing strategies for effectively communicating and negotiating with individuals from other cultures. Businesses today operate in a culturally diverse environment. This unit has been designed to develop your understanding of culture and its impact on business. We will examine the impact of culture on values, norms, attitudes and behaviours, including patterns of communication. In this unit, you will learn effective ways to research cultures and communication styles in order to prepare for intercultural encounters as a student and in work. This unit will provide an opportunity to apply understanding of cultural and ethical issues to realistic business situations. This is a core unit in the Monash College Diploma of Business, Part 1.

Prerequisites

Nil

Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate understanding of culture, communication and the issues
    involved in intercultural communication.
2. Apply intercultural communication skills and understanding of cultural issues
    involved in dealing with individuals from diverse cultures.
3. Define, describe and analyse the cultural values, norms, attitudes and
    behaviours that influence and impact on you and business in a globalised
    world.
4. Explore your cultural identity and your view of the multicultural world.
5. Understand the important relationship between language and culture.
6. Improve your own level of cultural intelligence.
7. Understand negotiation and explain the impact of culture on negotiation
8. Conduct independent research related to intercultural theories and
    intercultural business.
9. Understand the need to think critically and assess the credibility of sources
    when conducting academic and business research.
10.Learn in collaboration with others, by sharing ideas and tasks.
11.Demonstrate ability to plan, prepare and present ideas in a manner
     appropriate to the academic and business worlds.

Description

This course provides students with an overview of the scope, nature, and methods of psychology. The concepts of personality, learning, biological psychology, forensic psychology, memory, psychology and scientific thinking, and research methods are introduced. Students will also learn the correct procedures for citing references and developing a reference list in accordance with the criteria outlined by the American Psychological Association. Throughout this unit, students will gain an appreciation of psychology as a multifaceted discipline encompassing both scientific research and evidence based practice. Students will discover how the principles of psychology enhance our understanding of human behaviour and that these principles can be applied to many areas of study including; counselling psychology, business, biological sciences, human relations, politics, marketing and many more.

Prerequisites

Nil

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students are expected to be able to:

1. Understand the basic tenets of the foundations of psychology as a discipline.
2. Identify the main paradigms that underpin our understanding of behaviour
    and mental processes.
3. Access and evaluate scholarly materials; including texts & journals related to
    psychology.
4. Explain how psychology uses the scientific method to acquire knowledge in
    order to understand human behaviour.
5. Demonstrate critical analysis procedures & acquire basic knowledge of writing
    psychology – based research papers.
6. Demonstrate how course concepts apply to daily living.

Description

To make sense of what is happening in the world around us, you need to appreciate the complexity of how the world works and the way that everything around the world is connected to everything else. To achieve this, you will examine the relationships between historic and contemporary political, cultural and social forces, as well as the relationships between the major world religions and their influence on the modern world. This unit also examines the roles the mass media and the Internet play in shaping the modern world and in disseminating modern ideas around the world. This unit will engage you in thinking about the myriad of problems confronting the modern world and how we can make sense of these problems in terms of the conflicts between ideas. Through the study of this unit, you will develop effective critical thinking skills in the way you think about how the modern world ‘works’ and about your own place, as individuals, in the modern world.

Prerequisites

Nil

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students are expected to be able to:

1. Define and discuss the key ideas and historical events that have shaped the
    modern world.
2. Critically analyse the conflicts between the ideas defined above.
3. Demonstrate through oral and written presentations, as well as classroom
    interaction, a heightened awareness of how these different ideas have led to
    the development of different cultures around the world.
4. Discuss the ethical issues involved in dealing with people from other cultures.
5. Demonstrate how contemporary events and issues in the modern world can
    be explained through the ideas examined in this unit.