This innovative major combines Cultural Studies and International Communication to give you diverse perspectives on culture and its expression through the media. You will follow a pathway through the major that embeds a rigorous critical approach to the power relations that manifest in contemporary society. You will debate our relationships with, and the influence of, media. Units cover cultural, social, political and ethical issues including case studies of domestic and international importance. You will evaluate media and cultural texts in a variety of contexts from the everyday to the world-changing. You will: gain an understanding of how we make and communicate cultural meaning investigate the social and political dimensions of culture and the media in Australia and globally.

For students from overseas, Macquarie uses an international selection rank to determine the minimum eligibility requirement for each undergraduate course. This rank has been converted into equivalent scores for various recognised international high school qualifications and university entrance examinations, including global qualifications like the International Baccalaureate (IB) and GCE A-Levels. All applicants for undergraduate coursework studies at Macquarie University are required to provide evidence of proficiency in English.