The Bachelor of Media Arts requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
This course aims to:
At the completion of this course students are expected to:
To qualify for the Bachelor of Media Arts, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
No more than 45 units of Year 1 level topics and no less than 27 units of Year 3 level topics may be included in the 108 units for the degree.
Students who want to continue on to Honours must contact the Course Coordinator for program advice on appropriate topic choices.
Not all topics necessarily are available in a given year.
27 units comprising:
COMS1001 Academic and Professional Communication (4.5 units)
SCME1000 Film Form & Analysis (4.5 units)
SCME1001 Media and Society (4.5 units)
SCME1002 Convergence Cultures (4.5 units)
SCME1003 Essential Multimedia (4.5 units)
SCME1060 Screen Production Techniques A (4.5 units)
Complete 9 units of topics from one of the listed Streams
13.5 units comprising:
SCME2003 Truth and Lies: Documentary Media (4.5 units)
SCME2060 Screen Production Techniques B (4.5 units)
SCME2061 Screen and Media Production - Research and Writing (4.5 units)
Plus 13.5 units from:
SCME2000 The Hollywood Industry (4.5 units)
SCME2001 Television Studies (4.5 units)
SCME2004 Introduction to Digital Graphic Design (4.5 units)
SCME2071 Introduction to Screenwriting (4.5 units)
SCME2100 Media Policy (4.5 units)
SCME2101 Australian/Indigenous Media (4.5 units)
SCME2102 Gender, Media and Technology (4.5 units)
SCME2201 Interaction Design (4.5 units)
9 units of topics from the Stream chosen in Year 1
4.5 units comprising:
SCME3060 Screen Production Techniques C (4.5 units)
Plus 22.5 units from:
SCME2000 The Hollywood Industry (4.5 units)
SCME2001 Television Studies (4.5 units)
SCME2004 Introduction to Digital Graphic Design (4.5 units)
SCME2071 Introduction to Screenwriting (4.5 units)
SCME2072 Screen Production Techniques 5 (4.5 units)
SCME2100 Media Policy (4.5 units)
SCME2101 Australian/Indigenous Media (4.5 units)
SCME2102 Gender, Media, and Technology (4.5 units)
SCME2108 Multimedia Production Part 1 (4.5 units)
SCME2201 Interaction Design (4.5 units)
SCME3014 VFX Histories and Theories (4.5 units)
SCME3071 Screen Production Techniques 8 (4.5 units)
SCME3074 Applied Screenwriting (4.5 units)
SCME3100 Screen and Media Practicum (4.5 units)
CREA3456 Cultural Policy and the Arts (4.5 units)
4.5 units of topics from the Stream chosen in Year 1
Choose 4.5 units of elective topics. Elective topics may be selected from any offered by the University, provided topic prerequisites are met.
Students must choose at least 22.5 units from one of the following streams. Students may choose an additional 4.5 units from one of these streams by substituting an elective topic.
SCME1004 3D Media Studio A (4.5 units)
SCME2104 Popular Genres (4.5 units)
SCME2106 Narrative and Storytelling (4.5 units)
SCME2107 Asian Cinema (4.5 units)
SCME2202 3D Media Studio B (4.5 units)
SCME2203 3D Media Studio C (4.5 units)
SCME3004 History of Film Style (4.5 units)
SCME3005 Digital Games (4.5 units)
SCME3014 VFX Histories and Theories (4.5 units)
ENGL1101 Approaches to Literature (4.5 units)
ENGL1102 Literary Interpretations (4.5 units)
ENGL2143 Approaches to Creative Writing (4.5 units)
ENGL2145 Creative Writing Workshop (4.5 units)
ENGL3110 Canon to Contemporary (4.5 units)
ENGL3111 Epic Literature: Medieval to Early Modern (4.5 units)
ENGL3210 Prose Fiction Writing (4.5 units)
ENGL3211 Exploring Nonfiction Genres (4.5 units)
DRAM1001 Drama 1A: First Stages (4.5 units)
DRAM1002 Drama 1B: Bodies of Work (4.5 units)
DRAM2100 Modern Theatre: The Rise of the Director (4.5 units)
DRAM2102 Reading Theatre: Theories and Performance (4.5 units)
DRAM3102 Live Arts and Performance (4.5 units)
Up to 9 units can be selected from the following topics:
DRAM3100 Performance Theories: Time, Space and the Body (4.5 units)
DRAM3101 Postmodern Directions (4.5 units)
DRAM3102 Live Arts and Performance (4.5 units)
DRAM3103 Song and Dance (4.5 units)
Students may seek permission from the Director of Studies for Drama to substitute Drama Workshop topics in place of some of the above listed topics. The Workshop topics are only available via audition.
BUSN1011 Accounting For Managers (4.5 units)
BUSN1022 Marketing Principles (4.5 units)
BUSN2020 Consumer Behaviour (4.5 units)
BUSN2026 Entrepreneurship and Small Business (4.5 units)
BUSN2033 Marketing Communications (4.5 units)
BUSN2048 Social Media Marketing (4.5 units)
BUSN3030 Marketing Applications (4.5 units)
BUSN3052 Leadership in Business and Society (4.5 units)
9 units chosen from:
AMST1002 America and the World: The United States in a Global Context (4.5 units)
INTR1006 International Relations: An Introduction (4.5 units)
INTR1101 Discovering Asia (4.5 units)
INTR1102 Modern Asia since 1945 (4.5 units)
Plus 13.5 units from:
AMST2001 Twentieth Century America (4.5 units)
AMST2002 American Politics (4.5 units)
AMST3013 The Alliance and the Re-Emergence of China (4.5 units)
INTR2003 The Asia-Pacific in the 20th Century (4.5 units)
INTR2005 The Next Superpower? The Rise of China in the 21st Century (4.5 units)
INTR2006 Debating Human Rights (4.5 units)
INTR2012 Food Security (4.5 units)
INTR2015 New Security Agenda (4.5 units)
INTR3001 Australian Foreign Policy (4.5 units)
INTR3100 Environment and Development in Asia (4.5 units
COMP1001 Fundamentals of Computing (4.5 units)
COMP1102 Computer Programming 1 (4.5 units)
COMP1701 Simulation and Serious Game Design (4.5 units)
COMP1711 Database Modelling and Knowledge Engineering (4.5 units)
COMP1712 Software Engineering Principles and Practice (4.5 units)
COMP2711 Computer Programming 2 (4.5 units)
COMP2741 Application Development (4.5 units)
COMP2772 Web-Based Systems Development (4.5 units)
ENGR1762 Networks and Cybersecurity (4.5 units)
Up to 4.5 units from#:
COMP3712 Computer Programming 3 (4.5 units)
COMP3751 Interactive Computer Systems (4.5 units)
COMP3752 Computer Game Development (4.5 units)
# Students may replace one of these topics with one core topic, subject to prerequisites, appearing in any of the following courses: Bachelor of Information Technology; Bachelor of Computer Science; or Bachelor of Information Technology (Network Systems)
POLI1003 An Introduction to Democracy and Government (4.5 units)
GOVT1001 Fundamentals of Public Policy (4.5 units)
POLI2002 Government, Business and Society (4.5 units)
POLI2010 Basic Issues in Contemporary Political Theory (4.5 units)
POLI2011 Australian Public Policy: Applications, Issues and Dilemmas (4.5 units)
POLI3010 Advanced Perspectives on Public Policy (4.5 units)
POLI3103 Politics and the Internet (4.5 units)
POLI3068 Environmental Politics (4.5 units)
TOUR1101 Introduction to Tourism Studies (4.5 units)
TOUR1102 Interpretation for Tourism (4.5 units)
TOUR1103 Introduction to Events (4.5 units)
TOUR2101 Place, Culture and Tourism (4.5 units)
TOUR2103 Event Design and Management (4.5 units)
TOUR3101 Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Events (4.5 units)
TOUR3113 Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development (4.5 units)
(note some topics held at Adelaide College of the Arts)
INDG2002 Indigenous Australian Art (4.5 units)
VISA1001 Visual Arts: Theories and Traditions (4.5 units)
VISA1003 Studio Fundamentals (4.5 units)
VISA1401 Drawing and Design Fundamentals (4.5 units)
VISA2000 Studio Specialisation A (4.5 units)
VISA2001 Studio Specialisation B (4.5 units)
VISA3404 Visual Thinking and Creativity (4.5 units)
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