Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music - Journalism

Polish your talent for music theory and practice while exploring the arts humanities and social sciences.You will receive a rigorous, high-quality tertiary music education, specialising in performance, composition or creative music technology. In Arts you can draw flexibly from a rich repertoire of 40 majors and minors. You may like to concentrate on the history, culture or language of the music you're playing, or add to your career flexibility with music through theatre, performance, film or journalism. Arts is built around deeply enriching experiences, and via your elective units, offers you four Signature elements through which to develop your unique graduate profile: Global immersion, Intercultural expertise, Professional experience or Innovation capability. This course leads to two separate degrees: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music. You will gain all the benefits of each degree course (see Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Music) and be fully equipped to pursue a career in either field separately or to combine the two in your chosen work. As a graduate with a degree in Arts and another in Music you could pursue a career in the arts sector, performance, music instruction or composing, or in interdisciplinary roles, such as production, arts management, policy or coaching.

Journalism is the activity and product of gathering, verifying, crafting and presenting news and information to help citizens make the best possible decisions about their lives, communities, societies and governments. The elements that distinguish journalism from other forms of communication make it essential to democratic societies. These include journalistic independence, a discipline of verification, an obligation to the truth and a loyalty to the public – characteristics that separate journalism from an expanding flow of data, as the digital age rewrites the role of the news media in society. This makes journalism one of the most dynamic programs to study at university. In this major, you will have the opportunity to gain professional, practical skills across the full range of digital, print and broadcast media platforms and production technologies. You will learn the building blocks of news while developing a critical understanding of the history, power and shifting context of journalism and addressing the vital issues of the news media today. This unique combination of the practice and study of journalism will equip you to produce high-quality reporting that empowers the informed. In addition, our extensive internships program and publishing opportunities provide you with the industry experience needed to open the door to this exciting profession.

At the time of enrolment in a course at Monash University, you must be at least 17 years of age.
All Monash undergraduate courses require you to have successfully completed a minimum of an Australian Year 12 qualification (or equivalent) and achieve the required academic entry score. Most Monash faculties generally use your most recent studies for admission however other guidelines may apply where your prior qualification may be considered.
GCE A Level - 9
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 28
Advanced Placement -7
IELTS - 6.5 (Reading - 6.0, Listening - 6.0, Writing - 6.0, Speaking- 6.0)
Paper-based TOEFL – 550 (Test of written English - 4.5)
TOEFL iBT -79 (Reading- 13, Listening- 12, Writing: 21, Speaking- 18)