Bachelor of Communication Studies (Radio and Audio Media Major)

• Advertising and Brand Creativity
• Digital Communication
• Journalism
• Public Relations
• Screen Production

Get to know the business of radio, and run an FM and online radio station with other students. You create the format, manage the playlists, sell advertising, write features and commercials, promote the station and its clients, and learn how to work as a team in a fast paced and creative media enterprise.

You can go on air from our state-of-the-art radio studios and:

• SOUNZ online Kiwi music station
• Static 88.1 FM AUT student radio

This year you take eight core courses that give you an overview of the media world and communication theories:

• COMM505 Text, Image and Sound
• COMM512 Communication Ethics
• COMM513 Media Technology and Society
• COMM514 Intercultural Communication
• COMM515 Media, Politics and Citizenship
• COMM516 Media Production Foundations
• COMM517 Media Production Studio
• DIGD507 Mahitahi | Collaborative Practices

You take four courses related to radio and audio media, getting to know the business of radio, studio practices, radio programming strategies and the different roles involved in putting a radio show together. You learn more about podcasting and the role of the internet in radio productions.

• RADC601 Radio Production: Context and Creativity
• RADC602 Radio Production: Programming and Performance
• RADC603 Web Media for Radio
• RADC604 Sound Production: Podcasting

You also take courses from your second major, your minor(s) or elective courses.

You learn more about the role of the music industry in radio operations, and interact with key people from Radio New Zealand, MediaWorks, NZME and The Radio Bureau.

• COMM705 The Music Industries
• RADC701 Radio Project
• RADC703 Advanced Radio Practice
• RADC706 Radio Studio

You also continue to take courses from your second major, your minor(s) or elective courses.