Key featuresNew Zealand?s most sought-after professional communications degreeCombines theoretical and practical experience in a range of communication fieldsOn-campus media networks include: Te Waha Nui (journalism training newspaper), Pacific Media Centre, Static 88.1fm student radio, student-run PR agency Outside the Square; Journalism, Media and Democracy Research Centre and Multimodal Research CentreAUT's new WG learning precinct houses the School of Communication Studies and state-of-the-art facilities, including a screen and television studio, motion capture and chroma key studio, performance studio, radio station, sound and edit suites, digital media computer labs and a brand new media centreAdvertising Creativity, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio, Television and Digital Media students will have the opportunity to work together in the new media centre, a collaborative media studio in the new learning precinctIndustry-experienced, well-connected and passionate academic staffJournalism students make field trips to a marae, news outlets throughout the North Island, courts and local community boardsGuest lecturers include former BCS graduates such as Jacob Slack, TVNZ; Nils Pokel and Paul Robertson, Arcade, and industry professionals from DDB and MediaworksSome majors offer an opportunity to complete an industry project/work experience in Year 3Internships may be available for Journalism and Advertising Creativity studentsIndustry partners include ACP Media NZ Ltd, APN National Publishing, Asia NZ Foundation, DDB, Maori Television, Media Monitors, National Business Review, Pacific Island Media Association, Porter Novelli, PRINZ, Radio New Zealand, TVNZ, TV3Students and graduates are internationally recognised, having won Sally Logan-Milne Young Practitioner of the Year award, CAANZ AXIS awards, ORCA awards, Cannes International Advertising awards, and NZ Student Marketer of the Year award