Internet Studies

Undergraduate courses and units

Our primary undergraduate offering is the BA (Internet Communications) which students complete by enrolling in the Internet Communications major of the BA Humanities at Curtin University. Students can do this major alone, or as a double major with some other offerings (such as Digital Design and Professional Writing). You can study this degree internally or externally.

The BA (Internet Communications) can also be done through Open Universities Australia: you study externally, and with access to a range of units from other universities through the OUA system. There are four study periods a year, rather than the traditional two semesters at Curtin. The degree is awarded by Curtin University.

We also offer the Web Media stream in the BA (Mass Communication) which is a shorter version of the major (6 units instead of 10-12), designed to be taken along with one or two other streams in areas such as marketing, public relations, screen production, design or journalism. The BA (Mass Communication) option is only available to students studying at Curtin campus, or one of its off-shore partner institutions (such as Charles Telfair Institute in Mauritius).

Most of our units are also readily available to any student, whatever their degree or course, to take as electives, that complement their major study. Taking our units as electives mean you can choose the right amount of Internet Communications for your needs to complement the rest of your degree.

Courses

Please explore these links for more information on all your options.

Curtin’s BA (Humanities) – Internet Communications major

Open Universities Australia – BA (Internet Communications)

Curtin’s BA (Mass Communication) – Web Media stream

Units

In first year, you need to do:

• Web Communications 101
  
  
• Internet and Everyday Life 102

In second year, you will do:

• Internet Communities and Social Networks 204
  
  
• Internet Commerce and Consumers 205
  
  
• Web Publishing 206
  
  
• Web Media 207

In third year, you will do:

• Internet Collaboration and Organisation 308
  
  
• Internet Politics and Power 303
  
  
• Web Presence 309
  
  
• Web Production 300
  

Students are also able to complete this elective double-credit unit:

• Internet Students Project 390
  
  

See also Fact Files on Internet Studies courses

Contact Internet Studies: internetstudies@curtin.edu.au