Course details

Summary

Master of English and New Media Studies candidates explore the increasingly important connection between new media and spoken, written or visual communication in English. The programme culminates in a two-semester research project of an experimental, theoretical, creative or practice-based nature.

Candidates' projects might deploy online analytic tools (Twitter analytics, Google trends) to examine trends in social media, or use conventional analytic practices (corpus analysis, multimodal analysis, and critical discourse analysis) to investigate emerging forms of web communication, such as internet memes.

You could investigate the potential of online virtual worlds or explore complex issues of virtual identity, with many applications, including those for language or literacy learning and teaching.

If you're interested in translation and interpreting, you might research the effectiveness of online machine translation tools. More creative-based projects could explore the per formative potential of multi-platform transmedia narratives, geo-located augmented reality (AR) sites, games and story worlds.

The first semester consists of four papers that prepare candidates for their research project, including a paper that scopes the dynamic field of new media performance and practice, and a mandatory paper on English and new media research methods.

Career opportunities

Dependent on the specific area of interest that a candidate brings to the programme, career opportunities might involve:

Advertising, Arts and cultural industries, Content development for virtual and augmented realities, Language and literacy education, New and social media practice, New and social media research, Online journalism, Public relations, Translation and interpreting, Travel and tourism. You will also be prepared for doctoral study.

Structure and content

In the first part of the programme you complete a number of papers related to English and new media, as well as a paper on research methods to prepare you for your research thesis.

Core papers: ENMS800 English and New Media Research Methods; ENMS999 English and New Media Thesis.

Elective papers: ENMS801 New Media Performance and Practice, ENMS802 Virtual Worlds, LING812 Discourse Analysis, CTEC803 Transmedia, LING811 Language, Culture and Communication, TRIN801 Interpreting: A Critical Approach, TRIN802 Translation: A Critical Approach, LNGT900 Contemporary Approaches and Issues in Language Teaching, EDUC831 Adult Literacy: Contemporary Perspectives, EDUC833 Adult Literacy: Teaching Strategies.

Entry criteria

Applicants must have completed one of the following to a merit standard in a relevant field:

• Bachelor's degree
• Graduate diploma
• Professional qualification equivalent to a 3-year undergraduate degree
• Professional experience equivalent to an undergraduate degree or recognised professional qualification

English Language requirements:

Minimum IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 overall with all bands 6.0 or higher; TOEFL iBT score of 90; Certificate in English for Academic Study (CertEAS) with A grade; GIE with B+ grade; CAE minimum overall score of 176; PTE minimum overall score of 58.