GET CAREER READY
The future of work is changing. And you need to keep up. It’ s vital you learn how to thrive in a competitive and tech-heavy professional landscape. At Monash, 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.
BE IN DEMAND
Arts graduates have the expertise employers want:
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Leadership
• Creative problem-solving and critical thinking
• Intercultural competence and global experience
• Cognitive agility
• People skills.
If you’ re looking to get job-ready as you hone the creative and critical skills needed for a meaningful career, you belong at Monash Arts and Social Sciences.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Develop hands-on experience and industry connections as you earn credit towards your degree with a workplace learning internship. Internships can cover a multitude of work placements. If you’ re majoring in communication, you could be working in a media or events organisation, and with a global studies major, you could intern at an international NGO. You’ ll develop your understanding of academically-obtained knowledge and skills in the workplace environment, facilitated by academic and work supervisors.
WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING
Employers are looking for graduates with industry experience, which is why our Work Integrated Learning program is so valuable for you. These credit-bearing units teach you how to apply what you’ ve learned to real-world situations and to experience the work environments and tasks you’ re likely to encounter when you enter the workforce.
Task Force: Responding to global challenges
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
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.
Documentary filmmaking and society
Apply theory to practice by producing a documentary film. Get practical experience in every stage of filmmaking, and through industry-relevant assessments designed to build in-demand skills for 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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