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Study postgraduate online with Curtin University through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Graduate Certificates prepare students to develop advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and further learning corresponding to AQF level 8 qualifications.This is a course for students who are new to their chosen major area of study. It is designed as an introduction to the practical, creative, and critical skills of a chosen discipline. Students will learn and practice fundamental skills as well as develop critical, analytical, and creative capacities for conceiving project ideas for future professional or community engagements.Students select a stream from the following areas of study:Creative Writing StreamThe Creative Writing stream is designed for those seeking to develop an introductory understanding of creative writing.Digital Communications StreamThe Digital Communications Stream provides you with an opportunity to learn some of the key aspects of the human dimensions of the Internet: how people network, collaborate, and share information through digital and social media and design. Depending on choice of subjects, you will develop skills in one or more of: creating, maintaining and managing online communications for personal and commercial interactions, as well as gaining knowledge of the social and cultural contexts within which those interactions occur. The approach is interdisciplinary: you develop skills in websites, public communication, social network management, collaboration via virtual organisations, and web media production. At the same time, you will understand the political, economic and social changes associated with the Internet. By taking this course, you will add to your existing qualification a basic level knowledge and skills needed for you to become an astute, engaged professional communicator via the Internet.Fine Art StreamThe Fine Art stream is designed for those seeking to develop an introductory understanding of Fine Art.Professional Writing and Publishing StreamThe Professional Writing and Publishing stream is designed for those seeking to develop an introductory understanding of Professional Writing and Publishing.

Prepare for creative industries and roles. You’ll choose from topics including creative writing and fine art. Get to know professional publishing. Consider creating online. Add new specialised skills to your resume and watch your career bloom.

Graduate Certificate in Arts

This is a course for students who are new to their chosen major area of study. It is designed to allow students to develop and apply advanced skills and understandings of contemporary practices in their field while developing and extending their critical, analytical, and creative knowledges and experiences through interdisciplinary engagement with allied fields of media, creative arts, and social inquiry. Students will develop specialist practical and professional skills orientated towards professional or creative engagement in fields of their chosen major. They will also gain analytical, collaborative, and problem-solving skills through the critically informed practice of designing, planning, and producing a major project in the form of a creative production, portfolio work, report, or thesis. The course also provides opportunities for students to take internships in their respective fields and to demonstrate qualification for possible entry into Curtin University’s PhD program.﻿This Digital Communications Major provides you with an opportunity to learn in detail about the human dimensions of the Internet: how people network, collaborate, and share information through digital and social media. You will develop advanced skills in creating, maintaining and managing online communications for personal and commercial interactions, as well as gaining knowledge of the social and cultural contexts within which those interactions occur. The approach is interdisciplinary: you develop skills in websites, public communication, social network management, collaboration via virtual organisations, and web media production. At the same time you will understand the political, economic and social changes associated with the Internet. By taking this course, you will develop the skills needed for you to become an astute, engaged professional communicator via the Internet. You will master writing skills and extend your creative and critical capacities by undertaking a project in your second year of study. You will also have an option to practice these skills and develop a portfolio through internship with a professional organisation. Students with outstanding results will have an option to further strengthen their critical capacity in preparation for possible PhD study.

Deep dive into social media and online communities. You’ll unpack how people and organisations communicate online. Build a portfolio and work on a research project. Deploy technologies and techniques for digital communication. Become a comms professional.

Master of Arts (Digital Communications)

This is a course for students who are new to their chosen major area of study. It is designed to help students develop advanced skills and understandings of contemporary practices in their field, while deepening their critical, analytical, and creative knowledges and experiences through interdisciplinary engagement with allied fields of media, creative arts and social inquiry. Students will develop specialist practical and professional skills in their chosen major, as well as the ability to conceive, research and plan a major creative or professional project suited to their interests and ambitions.﻿The Digital Communications Major provides you with an opportunity to learn in detail about the human dimensions of the Internet: how people network, collaborate, and share information through digital and social media. You will develop advanced skills in creating, maintaining and managing online communications for personal and commercial interactions, social network management, collaboration online, and web media production. At the same time, you will gain understanding of the political, economic and social changes associated with the Internet and social media platforms. By taking this course, you will add to your existing qualification the knowledge and skills needed for you to become an astute, engaged professional communicator via digital and social media. You will also gain generic skills that are valuable in a range of situations, including leadership, problem-solving and working collaboratively in a team.

Build your communication skills with an emphasis on digital and social media. You’ll explore social networks, websites, and organisational collaboration. Create, maintain and manage online content. Become an expert comms professional.

Graduate Diploma in Arts (Digital Communications)

Web Communications

Academic and Professional Communications

Communication and Media

Introduction to Communication and Journalism

Making Meaning

Communication, Culture and Indigenous Perspectives in Business

Professional and Technical Communication

Coming Into Community

Communication and Culture

Crisis and Disaster Communication

This subject critically examines the way in which culture, context and language come together to produce different varieties of language and diverse pragmatic styles. It aims to develop transcultural competence for those working in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts.
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the <a href="https://www.curtin.edu.au/students/essentials/rights/academic-integrity/aip/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Analyse how culture and context come together to produce different types of language and styles. Learn to see similarities and differences and appreciate the impact of styles of language on communication, identity, power and social status.

Transcultural Communication

This subject was previously known as Digital and Social Media Development Futures.This is the capstone subject within the Digital and Social Media course and involves working to produce innovative online media content that both explores and embodies the qualities of discoverable, spreadable, streaming, converging and participatory media. You will primarily be engaged in pitching, planning and executing a small team project as well as building a professional industry standard online portfolio, including critical reflections on the challenges and opportunities of collaboratively producing digital and social media with each other and with potential others. You will also be required to critically situate and contextualise your learning in terms of the broader concepts and issues developed across all of your Digital and Social Media subjects, in particular, Web Media.Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Work as part of a small team to deliver innovative web media content that encourages user participation. Strengthen your understanding of audiences and how they engage online. Predict future advances in the field of internet communications.

Graduate Digital Creation Capstone

This subject was previously known as Internet Collaboration and Innovation.Internet-based collaboration and innovation is the focus of this subject, recognising that networked computing has had a significant impact on both the public and private sectors. Increasingly, the Internet is reshaping the way we relate to, and collaborate with, others. This can happen in formal organised settings such as the workplace, and also increasingly in less formal settings, from collective movements to crowds of strangers. In this subject you will learn how and why the Internet can be used to promote collaboration, how these processes are driven and how they can be used and optimised in a given setting. As a result you will become more effective in participating in and managing collaborative processes involving the Internet.Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Explore how technological change and social adoption go hand-in-hand. Find pathways to increased virtual collaboration between organisations. Bridge your online connectivity by studying opportunities for innovation in the private and public sectors.

Graduate Technology, Innovation and Societies

This subject was previously known as Web Communications.The Internet has dramatically changed the way people and organisations communicate, whether for better or worse. For many, online communication through digital and social media is now one of their most significant forms of interaction with others. Digital and social media also underpin collaboration between people, either in formal groups or loose networks. Understanding how the Internet affords us new and different ways of communicating is, therefore, essential. This subject will enable you to become an effective and sophisticated user of digital and social media, able to deploy techniques, technologies and underlying concepts for online communication, collaboration and media creation.Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Identify the various technical strands that make up the foundation of the world wide web. Dig into wikis, blogs and social networks. Take a look into the future of online communication tools. Find new and different ways of communicating online.

Graduate Web Communications

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