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If you are excited by the latest updates in digital media and passionate about communication, consider a career in social media. Social media proficiency is a desirable skill in modern business and your studies will prepare you with the digital skills necessary for a flexible career in business or communications.

This dynamic major will equip you with a variety of multi-disciplinary talents, bringing together core elements from marketing, advertising and journalism.

You will be mentored by award-winning academics with a focus on hands-on professional experience and learn how to create and manage content across multiple platforms, including how to overcome ethical and legal complications.

Take advantage of the opportunity to work with real-world clients and graduate with a portfolio of professional work to present to prospective employers.

Major (8)

For a major in Social Media students must successfully complete 8 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
BUS105 Discrete Mathematics
CMN120 Applied Mathematics
CMN204 Reading in Advanced Mathematics
CMN208 Applied Systems Modelling
CMN226 What Makes Australia? History of Australian Popular Culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
CMN276 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
CMN308 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
CMN309 The uses and abuses of history

Minor (4)

For a minor in Social Media students must successfully complete 4 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
BUS105 Explorations in Environmental History
CMN204 Nationalism and Identity in the 20th Century: Themes and Tensions
CMN276 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History
CMN308 Research Project in History