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The program is designed to accommodate the different educational backgrounds of students from a variety of professions and industries. The Bachelor of Arts in Applied Studies is ideal for those who want to build upon their technical and occupational skills by customizing their degrees to directly align with their career paths. Its cross-disciplinary curriculum explores multicultural perspectives, sociological change, technological advances and leadership theories to prepare them to compete in today’s workforce.

Students will construct meaningful plans for selecting courses with the help of their academic advisors. At the end of their studies they will complete a capstone course that synthesizes learning outcomes through the development of a personal portfolio. Brandman also offers an emphasis for the B.A. Applied Studies in Supply Chain Systems.

Program Learning Outcomes
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Diversity: Demonstrate an understanding of diverse cultures as it applies to your discipline.

Ethics: Apply ethical principles to the practice of your discipline.

Communication: Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively.

Experiences: Analyze the relationship between prior experiences and future professional goals.

Entry Requirements

Students must have completed 12 or more transferable baccalaureate level credits or the equivalent for admission to Brandman University.

Prospective students must submit the following:

1. Completed application package. Applications are available online.

2. Official transcripts from ALL colleges and universities attended. Only credits from regionally accredited institutions may be accepted in transfer. Failure to report any previous academic work at another college or university may be considered a violation of academic integrity.

3. For those applying under an active military agreement with Brandman University, admissibility and minimum transfer credit awarded will be determined based on the Community College of the Air Force, SMART, AARTS or JST transcripts. If additional coursework from other institutions is submitted prior to admission this coursework will also be included in determining admissibility and transferability for course credit.

Other Fees

Please refer this link for additional fees relevant to the course http://www.brandman.edu/files/attachments/Brandman-Tuition-Fees-2014-2015.pdf

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This major explores a range of contemporary issues affecting Australian Indigenous peoples' life experiences and aspirations. It provides students with opportunities to engage with both the resilient nature of Australian Indigenous cultures as well as contemporary forms of Indigenous cultural expression, including song, dance, story, art, film and theatre. A range of interdisciplinary conceptual tools is utilised, including critical race theory and emerging Indigenous critical theory, to further the project of decolonising knowledges on and about Indigenous peoples. In so doing, the major also encourages students to examine the issues of personal and national identity, and the relationship between these, themselves and Aboriginality.

Take advantage of our course's special features

This AIS major offers you unique experiences such as being able to:

Participate in a Nyungar cultural immersion course, which includes daytrips to sites of significance around Perth and a four-day down-south field trip (fees apply).
Participate in a work integrated learning opportunity, where you complete an internship with an Indigenous organisation.
Boost your employment prospects

Why not combine your AIS major with a major in Community Development, Law, Psychology, Politics and International Studies, Communication and Media Studies, Sociology, or History?

Some of our recent graduates have jobs in areas as diverse as Indigenous education, community advocacy and health administration.

Entry Requirements

Secondary school results
English competency

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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The internet is a socially productive, culturally rich and successful information and communications environment.

In the Internet Communications major you can examine the human dimension of the internet: how people network, collaborate and share information through internet communications, media and design.

It is designed to prepare you for a career in areas such as media and communications, marketing, content management, internet policy, social media management and website design and development.

What the course involves
In this major, you can develop advanced skills in creating, maintaining and managing online communications and gain an understanding of their social and cultural contexts.

You can learn the significance of social media, analyse political and social uses of the internet and develop skills in:

web media
publishing and presence
online public communication
virtual community management.

Your study will combine real practice, creativity and technology skills and you will have the opportunity to participate in project work.

If you are studying on campus, you will have access to excellent facilites and innovative media and computer labs.

Internet Communications is offered as part of the Bachelor of Arts. You may create a degree that suits your individual needs by enhancing your studies with a secondary major in:

Digital Design
Professional Writing and Publishing
Business Information Systems.

When coupled with Business Information Systems you can complete this major as part of our Bachelor of Arts or our Bachelor of Commerce. Your choice will determine your core units.

You can also study Internet Communications as part of a Science and Arts double degree.

Entry Requirements

Applicants are required to submit a portfolio. Refer to humanities.curtin.edu.au/portfolio for details.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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Much of our knowledge of the wider world and ourselves is derived from the various 'screens' popular culture and the mass media use to entertain, inform, and instruct. The social, economic, and cultural importance of the mass media for communication in modern life requires critical analysis and understanding.

In a world where it is difficult to escape the impact of the media, Media Studies provides analysis and understanding of the production, consumption, and content of the media industries. The approach is interdisciplinary, drawing on linguistics, textual analysis, cultural studies, aesthetics, politics, ideologies of gender, race, social class, and national identity, and the media industry's codes, conventions, and production techniques.

The course includes a practical component as a useful learning supplement.

Entry Requirements

To enrol in the Bachelor of Arts programme you must qualify for undergraduate admission, either through Bursaries and Scholarship Examinations, NCEA Level 3, New Zealand University Entrance, Admission with Equivalent Status, Discretionary Entrance or Adult Admission. Please visit http://enrol.massey.ac.nz for details.

Other Fees

Enrolment Fee - $51.40 (NZD)

Student Services Levy - $237.50 (NZD)

Massey Foundation Fee -$22.40 (NZD)

Distance Learning overseas venue fee - $214.20 (NZD)

Textbooks

Incidental Unit Fees

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CSU's Organisational Communication program is designed to equip communication professionals for leadership in a range of industries.

Accredited by the Public Relations Institute of Australia, the program provides a world-class learning experience for communication professionals to develop their communication management and strategic skills. All subjects are offered by distance education, and include at least one assignment that students can focus on their own work or organisation, helping them to become more confident and productive employees from the outset.

Students learn about contemporary practice and theory, and apply their learning through case studies, problem-solving and strategy development.

In year one students learn about individual and leader communication styles, public relations and communication theory, employee communication and change management, strategy planning, research and communication audits.

Year two subjects focus on knowledge and skills in corporate responsibility, stakeholder engagement, crisis and issues management, corporate culture and integrated communication.

In the final session students undertake independent research and apply their learning to a corporate communication issue and case of their choice.

Students in the program come from a range of sectors, but most work in or consult to large organisations. The variety of student backgrounds ensures lively, informative discussions and debates at residential schools and online.

Overseas applicants are encouraged. Provision can be made for overseas students to complete the course without attending residential schools.

Entry Requirements

An undergraduate degree and at least two years work experience in a communication related field
or
Completed the Graduate Certificate and/or Graduate Diploma in Organisational Communication.

Students who have employment experience but not a degree should apply in the first instance to undertake the Graduate Certificate in Organisation Communication. You can apply for higher awards (Master and Graduate Diploma) on successful completion of the first two subjects.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees ($100/course)

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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