Conjoint: BA/BFA(Hons) major in Communication

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BA/BFA(Hons) - Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Conjoint

Complete 120 points comprising:

30 points from Stage I Elective Courses, and
30 points from Stage II Elective Courses, and
30 points from Stage III Elective Courses, and
30 points from Additional Elective Courses

Selected courses must include at least 45 points at level 300.

Stage I Elective Courses

Complete exactly 30 points from the following:

COMMS 100 - Communication, Technology and Culture (15 points)

COMMS 101 - Understanding Communication in Māori and Pacific Worlds (15 points)

COMMS 102 - Communication and Social Change (15 points)

COMMS 103 - Digital Communication and Practice (15 points)

COMMS 104 - Advertising and Society (15 points)

COMMS 105 - Introduction to Communication and Leadership (15 points)

Stage II Elective Courses

Complete exactly 30 points from the following:

COMMS 200 - Writing in the Workplace (15 points)

COMMS 201 - Journalism Studies (15 points)

COMMS 202 - Audiences and Users (15 points)

COMMS 203 - Television Journalism (15 points)

COMMS 205 - Writing: Concept and Craft (15 points)

COMMS 206 - Special Topic: Persuasion and Power (15 points)

COMMS 207 - Communication Research Methods (15 points)

COMMS 208 - Digital Communication Ethics (15 points)

COMMS 209 - Special Topic: Workplace Communication Project (15 points)

COMMS 210 - Practicing Communication in Māori and Pacific Worlds (15 points)

COMMS 212 - Narratives of Social Change (15 points)

COMMS 213 - Communication and Persuasion (15 points)

COMMS 214 - Communication and Inclusive Leadership (15 points)

MEDIA 214 - Social Media (15 points)

Stage III Elective Courses

Complete exactly 30 points from the following:

COMMS 303 - Sports Media (15 points)

COMMS 304 - Gender, Politics and the Media (15 points)

COMMS 306 - Special Topic (15 points)

COMMS 307 - Communication Internship (15 points)

COMMS 308 - Special Topic: Crafting your Comms Career (15 points)

COMMS 310 - Special Topic (15 points)

COMMS 311 - Problems and Issues in Contemporary Communication (15 points)

COMMS 312 - Documentary and Social Change (15 points)

COMMS 313 - Principles and Practices of Social Communication (15 points)

COMMS 314 - Risk, Crisis and Disaster Communication (15 points)

COMMS 315 - Environmental Communication (15 points)

COMMS 316 - Decolonising Technology and Data (15 points)

COMMS 317 - Design for Equity, Accessibility and Justice (15 points)

COMMS 318 - Technology Futures (15 points)

COMMS 319 - Communication Strategies in the Workplace (15 points)

COMMS 320 - Communication Project (15 points)

COMMS 321 - News and Journalism in the Digital Age (15 points)

MEDIA 314 - Social Media (15 points)

Additional Elective Courses

Complete exactly 30 points from the following:

BUSINESS 151 - Communication in a Multicultural Society (15 points)

COMMS 100 - Communication, Technology and Culture (15 points)

COMMS 101 - Understanding Communication in Māori and Pacific Worlds (15 points)

COMMS 102 - Communication and Social Change (15 points)

COMMS 103 - Digital Communication and Practice (15 points)

COMMS 104 - Advertising and Society (15 points)

COMMS 105 - Introduction to Communication and Leadership (15 points)

DRAMA 100 - Presentation and Performance Skills: Taking the Stage (15 points)

ENGLISH 121 - Reading/Writing/Text (15 points)

MAORI 130 - Te Ao Māori: The Māori World (15 points)

MKTG 151 - Essential Marketing (15 points)

PACIFIC 105 - The Contemporary Pacific (15 points)

SCIGEN 101 - Communicating in a Knowledge Society (15 points)

BUSINESS 291 - Communication Processes (15 points)

COMMS 200 - Writing in the Workplace (15 points)

COMMS 201 - Journalism Studies (15 points)

COMMS 202 - Audiences and Users (15 points)

COMMS 203 - Television Journalism (15 points)

COMMS 205 - Writing: Concept and Craft (15 points)

COMMS 206 - Special Topic: Persuasion and Power (15 points)

COMMS 207 - Communication Research Methods (15 points)

COMMS 208 - Digital Communication Ethics (15 points)

COMMS 210 - Practicing Communication in Māori and Pacific Worlds (15 points)

COMMS 212 - Narratives of Social Change (15 points)

COMMS 213 - Communication and Persuasion (15 points)

COMMS 214 - Communication and Inclusive Leadership (15 points)

MAORI 271 - Māori and the Media / Te Ao Pāho (15 points)

MEDIA 212 - Video Games: Theory and Culture (15 points)

MEDIA 214 - Social Media (15 points)

MEDIA 222 - Comics and Graphic Storytelling (15 points)

POLITICS 233 - Politics, Media and Public Sphere (15 points)

SCIGEN 201 - Innovating in a Knowledge Society (15 points)

COMMS 303 - Sports Media (15 points)

COMMS 304 - Gender, Politics and the Media (15 points)

COMMS 306 - Special Topic (15 points)

COMMS 307 - Communication Internship (15 points)

COMMS 308 - Special Topic: Crafting your Comms Career (15 points)

COMMS 311 - Problems and Issues in Contemporary Communication (15 points)

COMMS 312 - Documentary and Social Change (15 points)

COMMS 314 - Risk, Crisis and Disaster Communication (15 points)

COMMS 315 - Environmental Communication (15 points)

COMMS 318 - Technology Futures (15 points)

COMMS 321 - News and Journalism in the Digital Age (15 points)

MEDIA 314 - Social Media (15 points)

MEDIA 327 - Comics and Graphic Storytelling (15 points)

MEDIA 328 - Video Games: Theory and Culture (15 points)

MKTG 306 - Advertising and Branding (15 points)

POLITICS 345 - Political Marketing (15 points)

SCIGEN 301 - Engaging in a Knowledge Society (15 points)

SOCIOL 318 - Sociology of the Media (15 points)