Bachelor of Communication (Digital Media)/Bachelor of Justice

Course Details

Combine digital media and justice studies for communication or justice roles in law enforcement, intelligence and security, or crime prevention. Digital media is rapidly changing technology, business, and legal landscapes. The Digital Media major will help you stay ahead in this dynamic environment, whether your goal is to be a digital disruptor/entrepreneur, digital content creator, or leading edge analyst in the world of big data. This course lets you combine communication studies with an emphasis on digital innovation, practical skills, and industry placements and connections. Get industry experience through internships and work placements in government departments and agencies as well as media, advertising and public relations organisations. Our students have completed placements with Network Ten, Brisbane Festival, Hyperplex Cinemas and BBS Communications Group. In your third year you'll investigate and engage with the local media sector, including contributing to the latest media platforms, and you'll build your professional networks. We are a world leader in media and communication research, through the Digital Media Research Centre. If you're a high-achieving student, you may like to consider research pathways including the option to progress to a PhD. You'll be job-ready by exploring the most recent theory and practice of social justice, and gain problem-solving, analytical and applied computer skills that are relevant to the workplace. Digital media skills are a valuable addition for roles in law enforcement, government and private sector intelligence and security agencies, crime prevention agencies, and a range of community and government organisations. Tailor your studies and choose from two majors: policy and politics, or criminology and policing. The policy and politics major offers you the opportunity to learn policy analysis and the intricacies of how government officers research, analyse, recommend and develop policies in the justice sphere. Particularly, it gives you an insight into how policy is implemented and critiqued, and evolves through government and its departments. The criminology and policing major details punishment and penal policy, crime research methods, and your choice of units in eco crime, sex crime, death investigation, crime in pop culture, drugs and intelligence, among others. The course is consistently refreshed to meet the needs of the community, government and police agencies for skilled staff. You will also benefit from academic staff who have worked in these areas and bring real-life examples and experience to your learning. At a theoretical level, you will engage with the concepts of social justice, human rights and equality to understand the way in which society defines, polices and punishes criminal behaviours.

Qualification: Bachelor Degree (Pass)

Course structure: In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 384 credit points, made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Communication (Digital Media) and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Justice. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.