School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry
The Media and Cinema Studies Program
The recently merged Media and Cinema Studies program provides undergraduate and postgraduate students with a diverse range of degree options. Students have access to a wide range of subject choices across the various specialist disciplines within the program. Our curriculum combines a strong focus on theory with vocationally oriented skills. As the largest program in the School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry, all of our academic staff members, with backgrounds in the arts, media and education, are committed to providing students with a comprehensive understanding of research, analysis, and workplace practices.
Undergraduate students can choose from:
Students have the option of a fourth year Honours degree.
Postgraduate students can choose from:
International Students
International students interested in studying at La Trobe University should contact La Trobe International.
Media Studies
The Media Studies component of the program offers three undergraduate Bachelor degrees (Media Studies, Journalism, Arts with a Media Studies major), a fourth Honours year, and a number of postgraduate diplomas and degrees. Our curriculum approaches the study of media through a range of theoretical perspectives and the exploration of contemporary production practices.
We believe media professionals should be able to think critically and have a sound understanding of the organizations in which they work. Our undergraduate degrees adopt an approach to learning that combines research and analysis with practical communication skills. All Bachelor degrees are designed to equip graduates with a sound understanding of media theory as it applies to texts, audiences and industries, as well as a clear grasp of media research methodologies and their applications. More specifically, our Bachelor of Media Studies graduates are trained to exercise a range of professional skills associated with at least one of three production streams: journalism; television/video; radio/audio. Bachelor of Journalism graduates will be able to draw on a range of professional skills associated with multiplatform journalism. Our past students are employed locally and overseas in a variety of media industries, schools, government agencies and universities.
Teaching
La Trobe University pioneered Media Studies in Australia and various members of our past and present staff played a key role in the development of Media Studies curricula in Victorian schools. This underlines our reputation for innovative, high quality student focused teaching. The program also has a Curriculum Advisory Panel of industry professionals in order to maintain the contemporary relevance of our journalism syllabus.
Teaching staff have been recruited from professional media and academic backgrounds to ensure that the program offers students a comprehensive balance of theory and practice. We are currently involved in local and international research projects in the fields of : media policy, textual analysis, documentary production, audience research, fiction script writing, journalism, and screen writing production.
Community engagement
Staff appear regularly on radio and television, write for local and international publications, and participate in public events celebrating our national intellectual and community life.
Media Studies runs a successful public lecture series each year. In 2009 Mark Scott, Managing Director of the ABC, discussed ‘The changing media workplace’. Past presenters include: Gay Alcorn (Editor, The Sunday Age), Graeme Samuel (Chair of The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission), Professor Graeme Turner, Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at The University of Queensland, and Martin Woollacott, veteran foreign correspondent for London’s The Guardian.
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