Media and Communication

Bachelor

Music and Performing Arts

Assumed knowledge Music 1 or demonstrated musical experience or qualification equivalent to Music 1 or AMEB (Grade 6 to 8 to pass)

When you study a Bachelor of Media and Communication, you’ll develop cutting edge skills needed to produce groundbreaking, thought-provoking and engaging work in diverse media industries. With a range of course options, you’ll learn to push your individual creative boundaries, while embracing the changing nature of today’s complex communication landscape. Choose your major or areas of study and develop work-ready skills – from critical thinking and writing, to creating and producing content for television, film, documentaries, radio, print, gaming and digital media.

What you will study

The Bachelor of Media and Communication will provide you with a broad understanding of the discipline of communication and prepare you to work creatively and analytically in the communication and media industries.

You can specialise in one or two of the following majors:

Admission requirements Audition and/or interview are required for this degree. See website for more information.

Media Production

News Media Public Relations

Additional major options are available to study alongside your Bachelor of Media and Communication major. Choose from Animation and Interaction, Creative Arts or Graphic Design and Illustration.

Practical experience

The Bachelor of Media and Communication has been designed with embedded practical learning experiences throughout the degree and incorporates work placement or projects within the industry as a significant component of your specialist major. Students are invited to take advantage of our business partnership networks with NBN Television, The Newcastle Herald, ABC 1233, the University radio station 2NURFM, and internships with Channel 7 and Foxtel.

Career opportunities

Graduates can find employment in a variety of roles across many different types of organisations.

Some example jobs include:

AR/VR Specialist

Camera Operator

Copywriter

Digital Producer Director

Editor

· Feature Writer

· Festival/Events Coordinator

Combine this degree with Bachelor of Developmental Studies

Film and Documentary Maker

Film/Television Production

Assistant

Games Designer

News and Specialist Reporters

Radio Producer

· Scriptwriter

· Web Designer

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Combined

Bachelor of Psychological Science

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A career in music and performing arts offers an exciting future within the rapidly evolving creative arts industries. Enhance your skills, discover new opportunities, and fast track your creative career through practical and creative learning. Practitioners in the creative and performing arts industry need to be highly collaborative, combining a variety of technical skills in creative thinking, design, music, performance, production and writing. At the University of Newcastle, you’ll learn from leading industry specialists and practitioners to develop your professional skills and networks as you transition into your career. Study the context of music and the creative and performing arts and their unique value to society at large. Our Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts degree prepares graduates to become performance artists, songwriters, composers, directors, producers, Scenographers theatre experience makers and teachers, enabling them to take on diverse professional roles across the creative industries.

What you will study

Your studies in our Music and Performing Arts degree will enable you to successfully navigate and build your career in the music and the performing arts industry. With flexible study options, you can tailor your degree by selecting one or two majors in Performance, Songwriting and Production, or the Performing Arts.

The most ideal combinations of majors that reflect industry creative practice for Music and Performing Arts Graduates are listed below:

Double Major Pathway B

· Performance + Songwriting and Production

· Performance + Performing Arts

· Songwriting and Production + Performing Arts

Double Major Pathway C

· Performance + Songwriting and Production

· Performance + Performing Arts

· Songwriting and Production + Performing Arts

Practical experience

When you study the Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts at the University of Newcastle, you will have the opportunity to refine your skills through regular performance opportunities via the University of Newcastle performance venues as well as other popular Newcastle venues. practical experiences will form an integral part of your studies, as such you’ll have access to industry level facilities and resources.

Career opportunities

The following list provides some examples of positions available to graduates of a Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts. Some of these jobs will depend on the amount and level of study undertaken, level of experience, the combination of other majors and electives studied, while some may require further study.

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DJ/EDM Producer

Drama Teacher

Music Publisher

Combine this degree with Bachelor of Arts

· Orchestra or Band Member

· Script Writer

See the website for more information about this degree