Bachelor of Media / Social Sciences

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Media/Social Sciences is a four-year double degree that equips students with communication skills and prepares them for societal impact. It combines social science knowledge with media and communications strategies, offering career opportunities in social sciences, communications, and media production. Students benefit from industry experts, guest speakers, and practical experience to develop professional and creative skills for a successful career.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Bachelor of Media/Social Sciences program is a four-year double degree that develops meaningful communication skills and prepares you for making authentic societal impacts. Learn strategies to interest, inform, and inspire others while discovering how to bring about positive change through political influence. Social scientists inform public debate and shape the policies that affect society. They analyze and understand myriad political, international, social, environmental, and economic challenges through social research skills and real-life experience. You'll blend comprehensive social knowledge and analytical skills with specialist strategies for public relations and advertising, communications and journalism, screen production, cinema studies, or media studies. Prepare to enlighten the future through creative thinking, problem-solving, professional persuasion, and communication. You'll build industry knowledge, learning from experts in practical and theoretical classes.

Teaching:

Learn from teachers who are also world-leading researchers, breaking new ground in understanding how media work, from artificial intelligence to activism, to the politics of race and gender. Have your skills honed by experienced practitioners, many of whom still make films, grow brands, and write for leading publications. Glean deep insights from industry leaders who appear as guest speakers in the classroom.

Careers:

More than just a foot in the door or a pathway towards landing your first job, this degree will set you up with the professional and creative skills you'll need to thrive throughout your career. Turn your time with us into a future that celebrates your passion and purpose.

Careers in social sciences:

• Advocate
• Campaign manager
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade official
• International business consultant
• Local government official
• Non-government organization official
• Policy analyst
• Political adviser
• Political journalist
• Project officer
• Program manager
• Research consultant
• Research officer
• Tourism and trade adviser
• United Nations official

Careers in communications and engagement:

• Advertising strategist
• Advertising account executive
• Communications officer
• Content producer
• Community engagement adviser
• Digital communications coordinator
• Government media adviser
• Journalist or feature writer
• Internal communications specialist
• Marketing executive
• Media account executive
• Media relations adviser
• Public relations consultant
• Social media manager
• Video presenter

Careers in media production:

• Animator
• App developer
• Advertising creative
• Cinematographer
• Digital editor
• Digital producer
• Filmmaker
• Game designer
• Interactive media designer
• Screenwriter
• Sound producer
• Television producer
• Video producer
• Website content manager