Bachelor of Arts (Digital Technology and Culture)
4 Years full time
5 Years full time (Honours)
This information is for continuing students only as this degree is no longer offered.
The Bachelor of Arts (Digital Technology and Culture) is an interdisciplinary degree focussed on the dramatic changes in work, everyday life and culture associated with information and communication technologies. The degree, offered from 2007, combines hands-on applications of digital media with critical examinations of their wider social and cultural significance. It applies humanities approaches to emerging issues such as social software, interactive art, blogging, wikis and web development.
BA (DTC) Degree components
- Core Digital Cultures units
- A major from the Faculty of Arts
- A major in Information Systems
- Fourth year Digital Cultures project
- Electives (or a second major) in the Faculties of Arts, Science or Economics and Business
- A total of 192 credit points is required to complete the BA (DTC) including a maximum of 72 junior credit points and a minimum of 120 senior or intermediate credit points
- The exact combination of junior, intermediate and senior credit points can vary depending upon the student's particular program but the maximum and minimum requirements must be met within the overall total e.g. the most common combination is for a student to undertake 48 junior and 144 intermediate and senior credit points.
Career opportunities
Many employers in both arts and ICT industries seek graduates with a sophisticated understanding of digital technologies, and the contexts in which they are applied. The BA (DTC) uniquely combines academic excellence and vocational training in ICT.
Graduates of this degree have the analytic and professional skills, interdisciplinary knowledge and practical experience to embark upon careers such as content production and systems development in digital media, communications and cultural industries, public sector organisations and marketing.
Professional roles for graduates include information architect, project manager, content author and editor, researcher, consultant, and producer for web, mobile, or multimedia content.
Units for students in the BA (Digital Technology and Culture)
The BA(DTC) offers strong connections to industry practice in the final year projects and internships.
These fourth year capstone units comprise a full year to research, develop and document a major project in digital cultures. Students work in teams with a supervisor to develop a prototype system responding to the needs of an authentic client. The project is the foundation of a professional portolio.
Students in the internship program spend 20 days gaining relevant workplace experience, and prepare a report or project reflecting on it.
Information Systems Major
BA (DTC) students learn current IT skills by taking a major in Information Systems in the School of Information Technologies. The Information Systems Program makes technology work for people through the creation of computer systems which satisfy individual and organisational needs. Students investigate issues such as strategic planning, systems analysis, system development, system implementation, operations management, end-user needs and education.
Arts Majors
BA (DTC) students choose a relevant major from the following areas of study: Aboriginal Studies, Ancient History, Anthropology, Arabic Language and Culture, Arab World Islam and the Middle East, Archaeology (Classical, Near Eastern, Prehistoric and Historical), Art History and Theory, Asian Studies, Australian Literature, Australian Studies, Biblical Studies, Chinese Studies, Classical Civilisation, English, European Studies, Film Studies, French Studies, Gender Studies, Germanic Studies, Greek (Ancient and Modern), Greek and Roman Literature, Hebrew (Classical and Modern), Heritage Studies, Hindi-Urdu, History, Indonesian and Malay Studies, International and Comparative Literary Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Jewish Civilisation Thought and Culture, Korean Studies, Latin, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Music, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Sanskrit, Social Policy, Sociology, Spanish, Studies in Religion, Thai, and Yiddish.
