Minor: Communication
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Course Details
| Course contact: | Phone: +61 7 3138 2000, Email: askqut@qut.edu.au |
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| Faculties: | University Wide Faculty of Business and Law Faculty of Science Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice Faculty of Health |
Study areas
If your course rules allow, you may be able to choose to study a minor from another area of the University. Minors are sets of related units in a particular study area.
The introductory units in each minor have no prerequisites. Later units may have earlier units as prerequisites. Depending on class timetabling it may not be possible to complete all units in a University Wide Minor. Consult with your course coordinator and relevant discipline coordinators prior to undertaking interfaculty studies.
The units you complete in a University Wide Minor will appear on your academic transcript but the successful completion of a minor will only be shown if it exists as an option in your course.
Course Structures
Unit Lists
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
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| KCBXMNR-DIGMEDA | |||
| CCB105 Equivalents: CCB200 | Digital Platforms |
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| CCB205 Equivalents: CCB302 | Digital Media Analytics |
| Prerequisites: 72cp of completed study |
| Select two units from the Digital Media Analytics minor core options list: | |||
| CCB202 Equivalents: KCB206, KCB201 | Social Media, Self and Society |
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| CJB205 | Data-Driven Storytelling and Verification |
| Prerequisites: CYB116 |
| CYB115 Equivalents: CYB105 | Understanding Audiences |
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| CYB116 | Understanding the Internet and Data |
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| BSB131 Equivalents: BSB123, BSD131 | Applied Business Analytics |
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| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
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| KCBXMNR-MEDSOC | |||
| CCB106 Equivalents: CWB112 | Popular Culture |
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| CCB206 Equivalents: CYB106 | Global Media and Culture |
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| Select two units from the Media and Society minor core options list: | |||
| CCB201 Equivalents: KCB104 | Australian Media |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 48 credit points of study |
| CCB202 Equivalents: KCB206, KCB201 | Social Media, Self and Society |
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| CYB113 | Living in a Media World |
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| CYB114 Equivalents: CYB102 | Understanding Media Industries |
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| CYB115 Equivalents: CYB105 | Understanding Audiences |
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| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
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| KCBXMNR-NEWSFAX | |||
| CJB101 Equivalents: KJB120 | Foundations of Journalism |
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| CJB105 | Shortform News Production |
| Prerequisites: CJB101 |
| Select two units from the News and Factual Media core options list: | |||
| CJB204 Equivalents: KJB239 | Social Justice and Journalism Ethics |
| Prerequisites: ((CJB101 or KJB120) and LWS011) or (CJB101 and LLB101). LWS011 or LLB101 can be enrolled in the same teaching period as CJB204. |
| CJB205 | Data-Driven Storytelling and Verification |
| Prerequisites: CYB116 |
| CYB114 Equivalents: CYB102 | Understanding Media Industries |
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| CYB116 | Understanding the Internet and Data |
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| LWS011 Equivalents: KKB175, KKB275 | Journalism Law |
| Antirequisites: LWS008 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
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| KCBXMNR-SOCMEDS | |||
| CCB105 Equivalents: CCB200 | Digital Platforms |
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| CCB304 | Social Media Strategy |
| Prerequisites: 96cp of completed study |
| Select two units from the Social Media Strategy minor core options list: | |||
| CCB202 Equivalents: KCB206, KCB201 | Social Media, Self and Society |
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| CCB205 Equivalents: CCB302 | Digital Media Analytics |
| Prerequisites: 72cp of completed study |
| CYB116 | Understanding the Internet and Data |
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| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
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| KCBXMNR-STRPROF | |||
| Select one unit from the Introduction to Strategic Communication for Professions unit option list: | |||
| CYB111 | Communication and Collaboration |
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| CYB112 Equivalents: CWB101 | Communication and Composition |
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| Select three units from the Strategic Communication for the Professions unit option list: | |||
| CWB200 Equivalents: CWB103 | Interpersonal and Intercultural Negotiation |
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| CWB201 Equivalents: KWB213, KWB106 | Corporate Writing and Editing |
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| CWB203 Equivalents: CCB203 | Strategic Speech |
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| CWB204 | Persuasive Communication |
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| CWB111 Equivalents: KWB114 | Scientific and Technical Writing |
| SA in Senior English or equivalent is assumed knowledge. |
The following study areas have been discontinued. Students who have already commenced one of these minors will be permitted to complete it.
This minor provides you with an overview of the skills and knowledge needed for professional communication practitioners.
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
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| KKBXMNR-COMNPRF | |||
| SELECT | 48cp from the Communication for the Professions Unit Options List | ||
| CWB111 Equivalents: KWB114 | Scientific and Technical Writing |
| SA in Senior English or equivalent is assumed knowledge. |
| CWB200 Equivalents: CWB103 | Interpersonal and Intercultural Negotiation |
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| CWB201 Equivalents: KWB213, KWB106 | Corporate Writing and Editing |
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| CWB203 Equivalents: CCB203 | Strategic Speech |
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| CWB204 | Persuasive Communication |
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| CYB112 Equivalents: CWB101 | Communication and Composition |
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| CYB115 Equivalents: CYB105 | Understanding Audiences |
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| *Note: CWB102 is permitted to count towards this minor if completed in 2024 or earlier. | |||
| *Note: CCB203, CCB204, CWB301 and CYB101 are permitted to count towards this minor if completed in 2023 or earlier. | |||
This minor aims to prepare you with practical skills and technical competence in the area of creative writing across a number of forms and genres.
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
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| KKBXMNR-CRWRTG | |||
| SELECT | 48cp from the Creative Writing Unit Options List | ||
| CCB106 Equivalents: CWB112 | Popular Culture |
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| KWB104 | Writing Fiction |
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| KWB113 Equivalents: KWB101 | Introduction to Creative Writing |
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| KWB116 Equivalents: KWB107 | Writing Creative Non-Fiction |
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| KWB211 | Creative Writing: Style and Technique |
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| KWB212 | Poetry and Poetics |
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| KWB214 Equivalents: KWB313 | The Artful Life: From Memoir to Fiction |
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| *Note: CWB112 is permitted to count towards this minor if completed in 2023 or earlier. | |||
This minor develops your foundational knowledge and skills necessary to do critical research (industry or academic) on digital media platforms and audiences.
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
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| KKBXMNR-DIGIAUD | |||
| SELECT | 48cp from the Digital Media and Audience Research Unit Options List | ||
| BSB131 Equivalents: BSB123, BSD131 | Applied Business Analytics |
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| CCB105 Equivalents: CCB200 | Digital Platforms |
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| CCB202 Equivalents: KCB206, KCB201 | Social Media, Self and Society |
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| CCB205 Equivalents: CCB302 | Digital Media Analytics |
| Prerequisites: 72cp of completed study |
| CYB115 Equivalents: CYB105 | Understanding Audiences |
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| *Note: CCB200, CCB301, CCB302, CYB105 are permitted to count towards this minor if completed in 2023 or earlier. | |||
This minor provides you with the opportunity to acquire basic practical skills in digital media management, including content creation and design.
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
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| KKBXMNR-DIGIMAN | |||
| SELECT | 48cp from the Digital Media Management Unit Options List | ||
| CCB105 Equivalents: CCB200 | Digital Platforms |
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| CCB202 Equivalents: KCB206, KCB201 | Social Media, Self and Society |
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| CYB116 | Understanding the Internet and Data |
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| DVB101 Equivalents: DXB102, KIB101 | Visual Communication Design |
| It is assumed that you are computer literate - which means you know how to use a typical computer (Mac and/or Windows), and can use standard desktop applications such as a word processor, email and web browser |
| DVB102 | Image Design and Production |
| Basic visual communication skills, basic Photoshop and Illustrator skills are assumed knowledge |
| DXB111 Equivalents: DXB203, KIB103 | Introduction to Web Design |
| It is assumed that you are computer literate - which means you know how to use a typical computer (Mac and/or Windows), you can use standard desktop applications such as a word processor and web browser and you can install and update software |
| *Note: CCB102, CCB200, CYB104 are permitted to count towards this minor if completed in 2023 or earlier. | |||
This minor will introduce you to a range of key journalistic principles, approaches and writing styles.
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
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| KKBXMNR-JOURN | |||
| SELECT | 48cp from the Journalism Unit Options List | ||
| CJB101 Equivalents: KJB120 | Foundations of Journalism |
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| CJB105 | Shortform News Production |
| Prerequisites: CJB101 |
| CJB205 | Data-Driven Storytelling and Verification |
| Prerequisites: CYB116 |
| CYB114 Equivalents: CYB102 | Understanding Media Industries |
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| CYB115 Equivalents: CYB105 | Understanding Audiences |
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| LWS011 Equivalents: KKB175, KKB275 | Journalism Law |
| Antirequisites: LWS008 |
| *Note: CJB201 and CJB202 are permitted to count towards this minor if completed in 2024 or earlier. | |||
| *Note: CJB102 and CJB103 are permitted to count towards this minor if completed in 2023 or earlier. | |||