100-level

COMS101
Media and Society
15 points
Semester One 2025
Semester One 2025 (Distance)

COMS105
Public Communication
15 points
Semester Two 2025

DIGI101
Working in a Digital World
15 points
Semester One 2025

200-level

COMS201
Media Audiences
15 points
Semester Two 2025
Semester Two 2025 (Distance)

COMS204
Advertising and Cultural Consumption
15 points
Semester One 2025
Semester One 2025 (Distance)

COMS205
Media and Politics
15 points
Semester One 2025
Semester One 2025 (Distance)

COMS207
Social Media
15 points
Semester Two 2025

COMS215
Introduction to Social Analysis
15 points
Semester One 2025

COMS225
Politics and New Media
15 points
Summer Jan 2025
Summer Jan 2025 (Distance)

COMS228
Data Visualisation
15 points
Summer Nov 2024

COMS231
Digital Media Production
15 points
Semester One 2025

COMS232
Risk and Crisis Communication
15 points
Semester Two 2025
Semester Two 2025 (Distance)

COMS233
Media Law for Journalists
15 points
Semester Two 2025

CULT201
Media Audiences
15 points
Semester Two 2025

DIGI207
Social Media
15 points
Semester Two 2025

POLS215
Introduction to Social Analysis
15 points
Semester One 2025

POLS228
Data Visualisation
15 points
Summer Nov 2024

POLS232
Media and Politics
15 points
Semester One 2025
Semester One 2025 (Distance)

300-level

COMS305
Media and Social Change
30 points
Semester One 2025

COMS306
Media and Communication in International Context
30 points
Semester Two 2025
Semester Two 2025 (Distance)

COMS308
Individual Course of Study: Politics and New Media
30 points
General non-calendar-based 2025

COMS320
Strategic Campaign Development
30 points
Semester One 2025

COMS330
Communication in Context
30 points
Semester One 2025

COMS331
Researching and Reporting News
30 points
Semester One 2025

COMS332
News Production
30 points
Semester Two 2025

COMS333
Podcasting Project
30 points
Semester Two 2025

Postgraduate

COMS408
Communication Ethics
30 points
Semester One 2025

COMS420
Public Diplomacy
30 points
Semester Two 2025

COMS421
Strategic Communication Theory and Application
30 points
Semester One 2025

COMS425
Campaign Planning with Social Data Analysis
30 points
Semester Two 2025

COMS480
Research Topic
30 points
Semester One 2025
Semester Two 2025

COMS650
MA Dissertation
60 points
Approved Start 2025
Semester One 2025
Semester Two 2025

COMS690
MA Thesis
120 points
Approved Start 2025

COMS692
Dissertation in Professional Communication
60 points
Approved Start 2025
Semester One 2025

COMS790
Media and Communication PhD
120 points
Approved Start 2025
Approved Start 2025 (Distance)

Not Offered Courses in 2025

300-level

COMS304
Journalists at Work
30 points
Not offered 2025, offered in 2019
For further information see COMS304 course details

COMS307
Broadcasting Aotearoa New Zealand: Online and On Air
30 points
Not offered 2025, offered in 2018 , 2019
For further information see COMS307 course details

POLS332
Media and Conflict
30 points
Not offered 2025
For further information see POLS332 course details

Postgraduate

COMS401
Media Research
30 points
Not offered 2025, offered in 2019
For further information see COMS401 course details

COMS407
Communicating Through Independent Media
30 points
Not offered 2025, offered in 2018 , 2019
For further information see COMS407 course details

COMS450
Media Research Methods
30 points
Not offered 2025, offered in 2019
For further information see COMS450 course details

PHIL469
Special Topic
15 points
Not offered 2025
For further information see PHIL469 course details