Today’s communication professional needs to have the skills and knowledge to operate in this new and disruptive digital media environment. This course will provide you with the critical thinking skills needed to design and implement solutions to the key communication challenges that confront today's society.

This course is a 1-year full-time (or part-time equivalent) program that takes your career to the next level by providing you with skills and knowledge across areas such as social media storytelling, analytics and data visualisation.

This program is designed to provide a broad overview of the digital communication field and foundational skills, which will be developed in further depth through the Masters of Digital Communication.

In this course you will learn how to communicate effectively with diverse audiences and stakeholders in a media environment that is undergoing a profound process of disruptive transformation. You will develop skills in social media, industry disruption, data analytics, artificial intelligence, automation and visualisation to enable you to pursue opportunities in the digital communication field.

Flexible delivery

The course is offered with delivery modes designed to fit with your busy lifestyle with units delivered through an intensive delivery mode, offering the balance of short, sharp delivery while allowing flexibility to balance work, family, study and personal needs. This approach, including pre-work, interactive workshops and webinars, and further self-guided learning, allows you to learn at your own pace.

Graduates from our courses have successful careers in government, industry and the community sector. The Graduate Diploma in Digital Communication opens up exciting and creative media and communication roles in a range of industry sectors with globally transferable skills enabling employment anywhere across the globe.

Course articulation

You will have the option of continuing your studies with a Master of Digital Communication.

Possible careers

• Digital Journalist
• Digital Performance Analyst
• Social Media Entrepreneur
• Social Media Manager