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The future of work is human.
By studying arts and social sciences, you’ ll gain a thorough grounding in the key skills sought by employers, including agility, lateral thinking and improvisation; skills that surpass automation and are relevant to all careers.
Written and verbal communication
You’ ll develop strong skills in communication that enable you to express your ideas clearly, form an opinion, communicate persuasively and think logically.
Problem-solving and critical thinking
You’ ll learn how to evaluate complex information, analyse the causes of a problem and suggest alternative solutions.
Research and interdisciplinary thinking
You’ ll become a productive researcher, synthesising information from different resources in order to answer complicated questions. You’ ll graduate with the ability to analyse problems from several different perspectives and arrive at a solution through recognising how each of the alternative approaches influences the others.
Leadership
Decision-making, time management and goal-setting are qualities you’ ll develop during your course.
Interpersonal skills
You’ ll be able to work effectively in a team, negotiate outcomes, build rapport and make decisions.
Career options
Our graduates go into many career paths. Some are media and communication professionals who are serving multinational corporations, some are traversing the globe to thrive in varied careers, and some are influencing change in public policy, diplomacy and humanitarianism.
WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING
Employers are looking for graduates with industry experience, which is why our Work Integrated Learning( WIL) program is so valuable for you.
During your studies, you’ ll complete at least one credit-bearing WIL unit. These units teach you how to apply what you’ ve learned to real-world, practical situations and to experience the kind of work environments and tasks you’ re likely to encounter when you enter the workforce.
Task Force: Responding to global challenges
You’ ll work under guidance in multi-disciplinary project teams, or task forces, to produce policy recommendations or other relevant output to address issues and problems of contemporary relevance.
A world in crisis: Multilevel responses to global emergencies
You’ ll put your research, negotiation and problem-solving skills to the test in a fast-paced international crisis simulation. Use your team’ s knowledge of global politics and the media to manage the crisis and achieve your objectives.
Workplace learning internship
Integrate academic knowledge with practice and gain first-hand experience of working in the industry. Through experiential learning, you’ ll develop your understanding of academically-obtained knowledge and skills in the workplace environment facilitated by academic and work supervisors. To that end, our former students have interned with a wide variety of companies and organisations, both in Malaysia and abroad.
Documentary filmmaking and society
This unit puts the theories learned across the Arts and Social Sciences into practice through the creation of a documentary film that examines various aspects of society. You’ ll learn how to make your own films through all the stages of production, undertaking industry relevant assessments designed to develop different skills in demand in the digital workplace.
Social media is so heavily ingrained in our lives and they have even become tools to help businesses flourish. I’ m interested in learning how the online realm works, which is why I chose to study digital media and communication.
I interned as a social media strategist for a women-led beauty company, and I gained a variety of skills as I was also helping out in other departments, including marketing, product development and sales. I’ m grateful that Monash has made this internship unit compulsory as it is very important to prepare ourselves for the work field in the future.”
SIA BING HUI
Bachelor of Digital Media and Communication
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