Digital media is a ubiquitous force transforming how we work, interrelate and communicate. Once a technology located within the area of work, digital media is moving into all areas of everyday life, and practitioners are required to develop new applications such as in the areas of entertainment, health and education. Concurrently, technology is now at a point where those with higher education level digital media can co-opt technology to create projects.
For a major study students must complete 96 credit points consisting of:
A full course is made up of several smaller topics or subjects. These are referred to as 'units'.
Most courses have compulsory 'core' units, as well as optional units.
'Credit points' are the value that each unit contributes towards your course.
Most units at VU are worth 12 credit points. You will need to complete the required course credit points to graduate.
Students are required to complete only one pair of capstone units in their degree ACX3005 Graduating Project 1 and ACX3006 Graduating Project 2. Students should replace the capstone units in the second major with 24 credit points of elective units taken from any major or minor offered in ABAB (must be at year 2 or 3 level in a major or minor not already taken).
This unit set is studied as part of the following course(s):