Creative Industries
Undergraduate
UNE-COMM103 2025Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 15 June 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Price from
- $2,351
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Creative Industries
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of a range of contexts, processes and cultural products in the creative industries;
- apply key disciplinary concepts and methods for studying a range of creative industries from a communication perspective;
- gather and evaluate information from a variety of sources; and
- organise ideas and communicate findings with clarity and coherence.
- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
Integral to communication today are what are known as the creative industries. In this subject the creative industries are explored as an area of employment associated with certain work and career patterns. They are also seen to intersect with many other contexts where communication, research and creativity are valued.
When studying this subject you will explore the nature, processes and products of these industries, with case studies ranging from film, television and new screens to writing and publishing.
You will undertake practical activities which study the processes through which cultural products are made and circulated in the digital communications environment.
The subject aims to equip you with knowledge and skills relevant to the creative industries and transferable to the diverse work and community contexts of the future.
Assessment 1: Essay. 1200 words. Relates to Learning Outcome 1-4;
Assessment 2: Online quiz. 400 words (equivalent). Relates to Learning Outcomes 1,2;
Assessment 3: Online quiz. 600 words (equivalent). Relates to Learning Outcomes 1,2;
Assessment 4: Project. 1800 words (equivalent). Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-4.- Project (45%)
- Essay (30%)
- Online Quiz 1 (10%)
- Online Quiz 2 (15%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- UNE-ART-DIP-2025 - Diploma in Arts
Additional requirements
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
- Other requirements -
Textbook requirements:
Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.
Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.
Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Undergraduate
UNE-ART-DIP