Version

2

Division

Tropical Environments and Societies

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Special admission requirements

Nil

Additional course rules

Nil

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

In the context of a JCU graduate on successful completion of the Bachelor of New Media Arts with Honours graduates will be able to:

• Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to produce an original, technically competent, considered and communicative body of creative work or thesis that demonstrates coherent and advanced knowledge in the creative arts

• Develop, research and evaluate ideas, concepts and processes through critical, creative and reflective thinking and practice

• Research, interpret and communicate ideas proficiently and professionally in a range of communication modes as appropriate to a range of audiences

• Work independently or collaboratively in the creative and performing arts disciplines in response to project demands

• Critically reflect on the cultural significance, global traditions and theories informing creative arts practice

• Generate and critically reflect on knowledge of arts industries or contemporary arts practices, including ethical, moral and/or sustainable practices.

Townsville

Maximum time to complete

5 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

A student who has failed a single subject towards the award in their final teaching period and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. However if that subject is required for accreditation, then the criteria specified by that accreditation will apply.

Maximum allowed

12 credit points

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 10 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course.

Approved abbreviation

BNewMediaA(Hons)

Exit with lesser award

Not applicable