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Student Handbook : Honours : Program Group : CF71

CF71 - Associate Degree of Multimedia Studies

6 compulsory courses
Course Code Course Name
MMST11001 Introduction to Multimedia
MMST11002 Web Design and Development
MMST11003 Design Perspectives
COIS11011 Foundations of Business Computing
CULT11002 Cultural Industries
COMM11005 Introduction to Communication and Culture
3 compulsory courses
3 compulsory courses (18 units of credit) at Advanced Level, which are
Course Code Course Name
MMST12004 Multimedia Design
MMST12005 New Media Histories and Practices
MMST12017 Interactive Animation
3 multimedia electives
3 multimedia electives (18 units of credit), which are
Course Code Course Name
MMST12009 Dynamic Web Interfaces
MMST12018 Illustration and Visualisation
MMST12015 Digital Movie-Making
MMST12016 Digital Audio
CULT12004 Cultural and Media Identity
COMM12022 Technology, Communication and Culture
COMM12023 Screen Studies
COMM12030 Desktop Publishing
COMM12116 Contemporary Photomedia
COIS12036 Human-Computer Interaction
COIT11133 Programming A
COIT11134 Programming B
COIT11166 Systems Analysis and Design
COIT12137 Java for Object-Oriented Programmers
COIT12140 Object-Oriented Programming
COIT12141 Computer Graphics
COIT12167 Database Use and Design
COIT12170 Data Communications
COIT13132 Professional Issues
COIT13143 Database Application Development
COIT13147 Networks
COIT13211 Security and the Internet
ENCO11005 Computer Hardware Fundamentals
LITR19047 Science Fiction and Film
  • 4 general electives (24 units of credit), which may be selected from any degree offered by the University.

Multimedia electives allow students to specialise in a particular area. General electives allow students to add greater depth to their area of specialisation or to create a second area of specialisation. No more than twelve Level 1 courses may be credited towards the degree.

Students may not take the following courses as general electives because of content overlap with compulsory courses and multimedia electives.
Course Code Course Name
COIS11014 Engineering Computing
COIS11015 Introductory Computing Applications
COIS11077 Introduction to Computing

Students who enrol in the program with an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score below 6.0 (minimum of 5.5) may study no more than 3 courses per term. These students must complete COMM11008 Communication and Critical Thinking as one of their general electives, and they must undertake a special non-award English/Learning Skills Support Program throughout the first three terms of their study.

Students who are unable to complete the Associate Degree of Multimedia Studies may apply to exit from the program with a Diploma of Multimedia Studies (48 units of credit). In such cases, students must satisfy the requirements of the exit award and apply in writing to the Dean of the Faculty of Informatics & Communication. For further information, refer to the Handbook entry for the Diploma of Multimedia Studies.

Year 1 - T1

Recommended study schedule

The recommended study schedule for all students except those with an IELTS score below 6.0 is presented below. Please note that full-time students usually enrol in four courses per term and part-time students usually enrol in two courses per term.

Course Code Course Name
MMST11001 Introduction to Multimedia
COIS11011 Foundations of Business Computing
CULT11002 Cultural Industries
  • General elective
Year 1 - T2
Course Code Course Name
MMST11002 Web Design and Development
MMST11003 Design Perspectives
COMM11005 Introduction to Communication and Culture
  • General elective
Year 2 - T1
Course Code Course Name
MMST12004 Multimedia Design
MMST12017 Interactive Animation
  • Multimedia elective
  • General elective
Year 2 - T2
Course Code Course Name
MMST12005 New Media Histories and Practices
  • Multimedia elective
  • Multimedia elective
  • General elective
Year 1 - T1

Recommended study schedule for students with an IELTS score below 6.0.

The recommended study schedule for students with an IELTS score below 6.0 is presented below. These students may study no more than three courses per term.

Course Code Course Name
MMST11001 Introduction to Multimedia
CULT11002 Cultural Industries
COMM11008 Communication and Critical Thinking
Year 1 - T2
Course Code Course Name
MMST11002 Web Design and Development
MMST11003 Design Perspectives
COMM11005 Introduction to Communication and Culture
Year 2 - T1
Course Code Course Name
COIS11011 Foundations of Business Computing
  • General elective
Year 2 - T2
  • Multimedia elective
  • Multimedia elective
  • General elective
Year 3 - T1
  • Multimedia elective
Year 3 - T2
Course Code Course Name
MMST12005 New Media Histories and Practices
  • Multimedia elective

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