Macquarie has always considered our students to be co-creators in their learning. One of the most exciting developments in our new curriculum is around your ability to study two degrees at once.

In this double degree, you will be able to combine:

• Master of Commerce: A practical and flexible course, which is designed to meet employer needs, to help you extend your business knowledge making you highly employable in a wide range of careers. Want to develop depth in a certain business discipline? You can choose one or two specialisations under this degree.
• Master of Media and Communication: Through engagement with innovative approaches and thinking, this course will empower you to comprehend and evaluate contemporary regional and global developments, and will equip you for an international career in diplomacy, journalism, the NGO sector, international business or academia.

Specialisations:

• Accounting
• Business Management and Organisations
• Finance
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Global Communications
• Social Media and Journalism

Key Features

• Double degrees fast-track your study – you usually complete double degrees one or even two years faster than you would undertaking both degrees on their own. This not only saves you time but money as well.
• You’ll develop the technological skills required for professional engagement in the global media and communications industries, and gain cross-media and intercultural storytelling abilities.
• You'll have the opportunity to undertake a supervised workplace internship under the guidance of a workplace mentor.
• Working in collaboration with industry partners on real-world questions, you’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to be an effective media entrepreneur.
• You’ll have access to professional-quality studios for screen production, music recording and radio production; industry-standard digital workstations; a specially equipped theatre for screenings; and digital production tools.

For Master of Media and Communication

• For Master of Commerce

• AQF level 8 bachelor honours or graduate diploma qualification in a related field or recognised equivalent, or
• Meet two of the following three criteria:
  • AQF level 7 bachelor's qualification in a related field or recognised equivalent
  • Minimum of two years relevant approved work experience, professional certification or other recognised prior learning
  • AQF level 7 bachelor's qualification or recognised equivalent with a WAM of 65

• Where specified for entry to this course, the following are considered related disciplines of prior study, relevant areas of work experience, professional certification, or other recognised prior learning:

• Retated disciplines for prior qualifications: Business, Communication and Media Studies, Management, Marketing.
• Relevant prior work experience, professional certification, or other recognised learning: no
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• AQF level 7 bachelor's qualification in a related field or recognised equivalent, and a minimum of two years relevant approved work experience, professional certification or other recognised prior learning, or
• AQF level 7 bachelor's qualification or recognised equivalent with a WAM of 65, and a minimum of two years relevant approved work experience, professional certification or other recognised prior learning
• AQF level 7 bachelor's qualification in a related field or recognised equivalent and a WAM of 65, or