Facilitator: Public communication is a range of fields.
Obvious areas are advertising, public relations; but also political communication, organisational
communication, areas like health communication and preparing students for careers working
in those fields.
We offer both undergraduate degrees so students can do a Bachelor of Arts in Communication
with a major in one of those specialist areas.
They can also do postgraduate studies for a graduate diploma or a Masters in Communication
Management.
Female: I really enjoy studying information and media.
You get assignments back are about how is information managed in this environment and
you can apply that to any environment you want.
Female: I definitely love the practical, hands on aspect of my course the most.
The opportunities that I've been given as a student in journalism to meet fascinating
people and cover really interesting events has been something that I've really enjoyed.
It's done everything from interviewing locals on the streets of Parramatta about their usage
of plastic water bottles to covering really exciting events like the National Basketball
League launch which was a lot of fun.
Male: There are a number of things that really mark UTS out as the university to take writing.
One is all the teachers are - or academics here - are professional practitioners.
The other thing is that because of that they have a lot of strong industry links.
We teach all the writing skills necessary for whatever medium that writers choose to
write in.
Female: Cultural Studies teaches skills in research and analysis that enables practitioners
to explore real world issues, ideas and problems, but it also takes people to the underlying
causes of those issues, ideas and problems.
So it gives practitioners a way of thinking differently about those problems and coming
up with new and innovative solutions Male: I chose UTS because I love the idea
of the marriage with balance between a traditional Arts degree and just a practical film making
component as well.
I think that UTS is great at trying out new things and experimenting and I think that
it really instils that into its students.
Female: Social inquiry is about how society works; it's about how to diagnose social problems
and understand social change.
So we really ask the big questions.
If you're interested in things like for example what causes terrorism or how do we deal with
climate change or how government policy gets made you'll love social inquiry.
Female: This course really has no equivalent in Australia, let alone in UTS.
So I was really interested in how this course actually uses new technologies within music
and within sound design.
I found it more relevant to now and where music is heading so that's why I thought this
would be the best course for me.