Bachelor of Creative Industries (Film and Television)
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The Bachelor of Creative Industries (Film and Television) 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.
Students who wish to exit the award after completion of 36 units or 72 units may be awarded a Diploma of Creative Industries or an Associate Degree of Creative Industries respectively, subject to specific requirements.
Admission requirements
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
Course aims
The Bachelor of Creative Industries (Film and Television) aims to:
- develop the creativity, strategic thinking, business capability and practical skills required for success in the creative and cultural industries sector and specifically in the design and development of screen media
- promote the ability to work adaptively with new media and disruptive technologies in a fast-changing technologically driven industry environment
- provide experience in working collaboratively, as part of an interdisciplinary creative team
Learning outcomes
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- apply theories of creative production and cultural value to analyse screen media including film and television
- critically evaluate film and television projects in terms of their feasibility, sustainability and cultural and societal outcomes
- develop and deliver creative industries projects and events while working independently and collaboratively
- determine a range of partnership opportunities and funding sources for creative industries projects and events
- interpret and critically evaluate contemporary policy for the creative arts and industries
- combine skills in creative development, project management and marketing and apply them to delivering screen media projects
Program of study
To qualify for the Bachelor of Creative Industries (Film and Television), a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.
No more than 45 units of First Year level topics may be included in the 108 units for the degree.
Elective topics may be selected from any offered within the University, provided any course and prerequisite requirements are met.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Core - Year 1 topics
27 units comprising:
COMS1001 Academic and Professional Communication (4.5 units)
CREA1001 Introduction to the Creative Arts (4.5 units)
SCME1000 Film Form and Analysis (4.5 units)
SCME1001 Media and Society (4.5 units)
SCME1060 Screen Production Techniques A (4.5 units)
VEED1003 Essential Multimedia (4.5 units)
Elective - Year 1 topics
plus 9 units of elective topics.^
^ While students are able to select elective units from anywhere across the University, these are recommended electives:
BUSN1022 Marketing Principles (4.5 units)
CRWR1001 Ideas: Imitation and Originality (4.5 units)
CRWR1002 Story: Who, What, When, Where (4.5 units)
DRAM1003 Introduction to Theatre Practice (4.5 units)
DRAM1004 Independent Theatre Production (4.5 units)
INDG1000 Indigenous Studies: An Introduction (4.5 units)
INDG1001 Race and Representation: Indigenous Identities (4.5 units)
INNO1001 Innovative and Creative Thinking: Recognising Opportunities (4.5 units)
TOUR1103 Introduction to Events (4.5 units)
VEED1410 Production Project 1 (4.5 units)
VEED1411 Art and Design Practice 1 (4.5 units)
Core - Year 2 topics
22.5 units comprising:
CREA2102 Innovation and Creative Enterprise (4.5 units)
INDG2004 Reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledges (4.5 units)
SCME2003 Truth and Lies: Documentary Media (4.5 units)
SCME2060 Screen Production Techniques B (4.5 units)
SCME2071 Introduction to ScreenWriting (4.5 units)
Elective - Year 2 topics
Plus 13.5 units of elective topics^.
^While students are able to select elective units from anywhere across the University, these are recommended electives:
ARTS2001 Digital Transformations (4.5 units)
CREA2103 Music and Emotion: Understanding the Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Music (4.5 units)
CREA2104 Writing for Performance (4.5 units)
CREA2101 Creative Cities: Ecologies of Social Transformation (4.5 units)
CRWR2001 Editing and the Industry (4.5 units)
CRWR2002 Love and Death (4.5 units)
HIST2018 Film and History (4.5 units)
ENGL2130 Crime Fiction and Film: From Poe to the Postmodern ( 4.5 units)
INDG2001 Black Poetics: Indigenous Literary Studies (4.5 units)
INDG2002 Indigenous Australian Art (4.5 units)
INNO2001 Innovation for Social Impact: Doing Good While Doing Well (4.5 units)
SCME2000 The Hollywood Industry (4.5 units)
SCME2001 Television Studies (4.5 units)
SCME2061 Screen and Media Production – Research and Writing (4.5 units)
SCME2072 Screen Production Techniques 5 (4.5 units)
SCME2073 Screen Production Techniques 6 (4.5 units)
SCME2101 Australian/Indigenous Media (4.5 units)
SCME2102 Gender, Media, and Technology (4.5 units)
SCME2104 Popular Genres (4.5 units)
VEED2004 Introduction to Digital Graphic Design (4.5 units)
Core - Year 3 topics
27 units comprising:
CREA3122 Cultural Leadership (4.5 units)
CREA3103 Applied Creative Practice (4.5 units)
SCME3004 History of Film Style (4.5 units)
SCME3006 Digital Media Cultures (4.5 units)
SCME3060 Screen Production Techniques C (4.5 units)
SCME3074 Applied Screenwriting (4.5 units)
Elective - Year 3 topics
Plus 9 units of elective topics^.
^While students are able to select elective units from anywhere across the University, these are recommended electives:
CREA3104 The Music That Moves Us: Perspectives on Music in Creative Arts (4.5 units)
CREA3456 Cultural Policy and the Arts (4.5 units)
CRWR3001 The Epic (4.5 units)
CRWR3002 The Fantastic (4.5 units)
DRAM3106 Dramaturgy and New Writing (4.5 units)
FREN3211 French Cinema (4.5 units)
INDG3001 Colonial Intimacies and the Economy: Mathematics of Genocide (4.5 units)
INDG3002 Decolonising Institutions: Indigenous Creative Praxis (4.5 units)
INNO3002 Going Live. Entrepreneurial Strategies, Resources and Activities (4.5 units)
ITAL3214 Italian Cinema (4.5 units)
SCME3071 Screen Production Techniques 8 (4.5 units)
SCME3100 Screen and Media Practicum (4.5 units)
VEED3014 VFX Histories and Theories (4.5 units)
WMST3014 Global Feminist Activism (4.5 units)
Honours
Refer to Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours)
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