Media and Communication
Mātai Pāpāho
Qualifications
- Certificate in Arts
- Diploma in Arts
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Communication
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours
- Bachelor of Health Sciences
- Bachelor of Product Design
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Social and Environmental Sustainability
- Bachelor of Sport
- Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership
Overview
Communication shapes the world we live in – whether by media professionals, large organisations, or individuals.
By studying Media and Communication, you will learn how to analyse and produce communications and media, and how other people understand it within their own social worlds.
- Explore how media builds community, reinforces norms or drives social change, and how consumption of media affects culture, politics, and behaviour.
- Individual and group projects on multiple platforms – digital, television, podcasts, and more.
- Create relationships with professional media guest speakers from industry and benefit from presentations and seminars from guest lecturers from around the world.
Media and Communication major
For the major in the Bachelor of Arts, complete the following courses:
100-level
200-level
- Three 200-level COMS courses
300-level
Media and Communication minor
For the minor in the Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health Sciences, Product Design, Science, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Sport, or Youth and Community Leadership, complete the following courses:
- 75 points in 100 to 300-level COMS courses, with at least 45 points above 100-level
Media and Communication prepares you for a career in a communication industry or any profession that values communication with people and clients, from the news media to marketing to government.
Career pathways could include:
- communications and public relations
- social media and digital marketing
- web and app design
- journalism.
Find out more about what you can do with a degree in Media and Communication.
Contact us
Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of Language, Social and Political Sciences
Phone +64 3 369 0742
Email StudyMediaAndCommunications@canterbury.ac.nz
Location
Level 6, Elsie Locke Building – see campus maps
Postal address
Te Kaupeka Toi Tangata | Faculty of Arts
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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