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Media Arts (Honours) - 4816

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Art & Design

Contact: http://www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Paddington

Career: Undergraduate

Typical Duration: 4 Years  

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 192

UAC Code: 421200

Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

Award(s):

Bachelor of Media Arts (Honours)

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Program Description
The Bachelor of Media Arts Honours (BMA Hons) is the equivalent of four years full-time study, designed to meet industry demand for creative practitioners and content developers who possess multiple skills and breadth of knowledge in media arts including video making, sound, web design, digital imaging, 3D modelling, animation, and critical and creative thinking within the domain of digital media. The BMA (Hons) offers students strong fundamentals combined with creative development and flexibility to explore a digital media major, and undertake a significant research project and industry experience internship in their final year.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
On successful completion of the BMA (Hons) graduates will be able to:
  • employ conceptual understanding and skills critical to interdisciplinary media arts practice
  • undertake and publish research, employing media arts and relevant methodologies
  • reflect critically on the social, cultural and environmental contexts of their practice
  • work independently and collaboratively, communicate their work to a variety of audiences, and be professional and innovative in a range of creative contexts
  • be engaged with social and global perspectives through their practice
Graduates will be key players in the arts, digital media, entertainment and internet-based media with strengths in creative design and technical innovation.

Program Structure
The degree of Bachelor of Media Arts is awarded as a Honours degree at the completion of four years full-time study.

The BMA (Hons) consists of a Media Arts core that provides a depth of engagement with Media Arts studies (144 UOC) and an Elective and General Education component (48 UOC) that provides breadth of experience.

The program structure is:

Year 1

Students must complete the following core courses:
The breadth component of Year 1:
  • Electives (12 UOC)
Year 2

Students must complete the following core courses:
  • Media Arts Studios (12 UOC)
  • Media Arts or Design or Fine Arts Studios (12 UOC)
  • Contextual Studies (12 UOC)
The breadth component of Year 2:
  • General Education (6 UOC)
  • Elective (6 UOC)
Year 3

Students must complete the following core courses:
  • Media Arts Studios (12 UOC)
  • Media Arts or Design or Fine Arts Studios (12 UOC)
The breadth component of Year 3:
  • Elective (6 UOC)
  • General Education (6 UOC)
Year 4

Students must complete the following core courses:
The breadth component of Year 4:
  • Electives (12 UOC)
Studios:

Students must complete 48 UOC in Studios, with at least 24 UOC in Media Arts Studios, and up to 24 UOC in Fine Arts, Design or Media Arts Studios (as listed below):

Media Arts

Animation and Visual Effects (24 UOC)

Interactive Media (24 UOC)

Video Sound Image (24 UOC)

Fine Arts

Drawing (24 UOC)

Painting (24 UOC)

Photography (24 UOC)

Printmaking (24UOC)

Sculpture Installation Performance (24 UOC)

Design

Ceramics (24 UOC)

Graphics Media (24 UOC)

Jewellery (24 UOC)

Object Design (24 UOC)

Spatial Design (24 UOC)

Textiles (24 UOC)

Contextual Studies

Students must complete 12 UOC in Contextual Studies, normally in their 2nd year, from approved courses (as listed below):

General Education Requirements
General Education course is any UNSW course not offered by UNSW Art & Design in which the student is able to enrol.

Honours
Honours is awarded on the basis of meritorious performance across the whole program, and performance in the Honours Research Projects.

Students will be considered for the award of honours according to the following scale, which includes the average of the marks from the two Honours Research Project courses and the Weighted Average Marks from all courses which contribute to the program:
  • Honours Class 1: If WAM of at least 75.0 and Honours Research Project average of at least 85
  • Honours Class 2 Division 1: WAM of at least 70.0 and Project mark of at least 75
  • Honours Class 2 Division 2: WAM of at least 65.0 and Project mark of at least 65
  • Honours Class 3: WAM of at least 50.0 and Project mark of at least 50
All Honours Research Project assessments will be marked by two independent examiners.

Academic Rules
Complete 192 UOC consisting of:
  • Media Arts core (144 UOC)
  • Electives (36 UOC)
  • General Education (12 UOC)
Complete at least 30 UOC of Level I courses before enrolling in Level II or Level III courses

Fees
For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  UNSW Fee Website.

Important Information
The Academic Rules for the BMA (Hons) and the online enrolment facility provide students with a wide range of course choices. The online enrolment facility checks that students meet the enrolment requirements for individual courses but not that a course complies with Program Rules. Students are responsible for ensuring they are enrolling in accordance with the Academic Rules outlined above. Students should not assume that because they have enrolled in a course online that the course is automatically credited to their degree program.

Program Schema

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Related Program(s)


3969 Media Arts (Hons) / Comp Science
4062 Media Arts (Hons) / Ed (Sec)

Area(s) of Specialisation
Media Arts

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