Internet Studies
Postgraduate coursework program
If you have already completed a bachelor's degree in another discipline, and want to add Internet knowledge to that degree, then you should consider joining our postgraduate coursework program. This innovative suite of courses is highly flexible, taught part-time or full-time, online or on campus, and designed to enable you to create the right package of learning outcomes to advance your career or knowledge.
Internet Studies first offered its postgraduate courses in 1999 and has since graduated more than 80 students from across the world. The program continues to provide students with the opportunity to update their skills and knowledge to meet the challenges and opportunities of the age of the Internet.
The course has been adjusted for 2010 to match the newly revised undergraduate units in Internet Communications. As a result, we can now offer a more flexible program. We have the following units available. Students doing a certificate choose 4; if doing a diploma choose 8. Masters students complete 8 plusan additional 4 units of project work.
- Web Communications 501
- Web Publishing 506
- Web Media 507 (not available untuil 2011)
- Web Presence 509 (not available untuil 2011)
- Web Production 500 (not available untuil 2011)
- Internet and Everyday Life 502
- Internet Communities and Social Networks 504
- Internet Commerce and Consumers 505
- Internet Collaboration and Organisation 508
- Internet Politics and Power 503
- Internet Studies 551 - Internet Design intro (2010)
- Internet Studies 555 - Internet Design advanced (2010)
More details on each unit at http://handbook.curtin.edu.au (search, or look at units by title letter)
These units are similar to the ones taken by undergraduate students in a bachelor's degree. However you will be expected to perform at a higher standard and, in the Masters degree, complete a major research project equivalent in length to an honour's dissertation. All of these qualifications interlock so you can start at the certificate level, and move on seamlessly to higher qualifications; or, if your plans change, you can stop part-way through and take out an intermediate award at a lower level.
Please note that the course structure and offerings are flexible, enabling you to request variations in emphasis that suit your needs. Note too that students who have already completed substantial prior learning in the field of Internet Studies may be required to undertake additional advanced research study and may be better suited to a research degree at honours or Masters level.
Graduate Certificate in Internet Studies*
Graduate Diploma in Internet Studies*
Master of Internet Studies*
*Please note: these links provide general information: your study plan will be arranged as shown above. Any questions should be directed to the Course Coordinator.
