Specialisation

Major - Digital Cultures

Western Sydney University Major Code: M1109.1


Related Courses

1838.1 Bachelor of Creative Industries
1838.2 Bachelor of Creative Industries
1840.1 Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Creative Industries
1840.2 Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Creative Industries
1841.1 Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Creative Industries
1841.2 Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Creative Industries
1842.1 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative Industries
1842.2 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative Industries
6009.2 Diploma in Communication/Bachelor of Creative Industries

Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses: YES, but restrictions apply.


The Digital Cultures Major offers students the opportunity to learn about how cutting edge technology and digital practices are changing society. By analysing new media, visual arts, and digital design and the effects that the use of these new technologies have on culture and society, students will gain the necessary skills to position themselves for careers in a wide variety of contexts that require understanding of technology or digital media and its impact. Complementing these analytical skills, students will also gain practical skills in the creation of digital media and design.


Major Structure

Students must successfully complete 80 credit point as follows.

Note: Students in the Bachelor of Creative Industries complete the structure under the heading Bachelor of Creative Industries below.

Students must complete the following compulsory units:

102410 Digital Cultures
102425 Digital Humanities and Research Methods (UG)

Students must also complete six units from the following pools, with a minimum of two units at Level 3 and no more than three units at Level 1.

Level 1 Pool

102421 Data, Mediation, Power
102263 Image Design
101926 Media Cultures and Industries
101921 Visual Storytelling
101922 Web and Time-based Design
101920 Writing Ecologies

Level 2 Pool

101928 Media Law and Ethics
102266 Researching the Visual

Level 3 Pool

102269 Data Visualisation
102267 Interactive Design: Apps
101931 Media Memory
101010 What is the Human?

Bachelor of Creative Industries students

Creative Industries students must first complete one of the following two units as their Introduction to Major unit prior to enrolling in this major.

102263 Image Design
101922 Web and Time-based Design

Students must complete 80 credit points from the following level 2/3 units

102269 Data Visualisation
102410 Digital Cultures
102425 Digital Humanities and Research Methods (UG)
102267 Interactive Design: Apps
101931 Media Memory
102266 Researching the Visual
101010 What is the Human?

Choose one of (whichever was not completed as the Introduction to Major unit)

102263 Image Design
101922 Web and Time-based Design


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