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 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:
- ADAD1001 Studio Gateway 1 (6 UOC)
- ADAD1002 Studio Gateway 2 (6 UOC)
- SAHT1101 Creative Practices: Contexts (6 UOC)
- SAHT1102 Creative Practices: Methods (6 UOC)
- SOMA1001 Media Arts Gateway 1 (6 UOC)
- SOMA1002 Media Arts Gateway 2 (6 UOC)
The breadth component of Year 1:
- Electives (12 UOC)
Year 2
Students must complete the following core courses:
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:
Students must complete the following core courses:
- ADAD3114 Research Foundations (6 UOC)
- SOMA3616 Professional Practice (6 UOC)
- 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:
Students must complete the following core courses:
- ADAD4000 PEP A (6 UOC)
- ADAD4010 Honours Research Project A (12 UOC)
- ADAD4011 Honours Research Project B (18 UOC)
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)
Digital Media (24 UOC)
Interactive Media (24 UOC)
Fine Arts
Drawing (24 UOC)
Painting (24 UOC)
Photography (24 UOC)
Printmaking (24UOC)
Sculpture Performance Installation (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):
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)
Digital Media (24 UOC)
Interactive Media (24 UOC)
Fine Arts
Drawing (24 UOC)
Painting (24 UOC)
Photography (24 UOC)
Printmaking (24UOC)
Sculpture Performance Installation (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):
- ADAD2610 Environmental Challenges (6 UOC)
- SAED2479 Dialogues and Communities (6 UOC)
- SAHT2001 Writing as Practice (6 UOC)
- SAHT2111 Sensing the Arts (6 UOC)
- SAHT2213 Memory and Self (6 UOC)
- SAHT2214 Approaches to Australian Art (6 UOC)
- SAHT2406 Australian Design History (6 UOC)
- SAHT2407 Rendering Data: Visualising (6 UOC)
- SAHT2601 Cultures of Ancient Art (6 UOC)
- SAHT2612 Cross-Disciplinary Art (6 UOC)
- SAHT2626 Aboriginal Art Now (6 UOC)
- SAHT2633 Peripheral Visions (6 UOC)
- SAHT2642 Art and the Body (6 UOC)
- SAHT2679 Images in Cultural Conflict (6 UOC)
- SAHT2680 Abstraction (6 UOC)
- SAHT2700 Post-Pornographic Bodies (6 UOC)
- SAHT3211 Art in the 21st Century (6 UOC)
- SAHT3212 Art and Everyday Life (6 UOC)
- SAHT3213 Museum Studies: Exhibitions, (6 UOC)
- SAHT3216 Affect in Art and Design (6 UOC)
- SAHT3217 Socially Engaged Art (6 UOC)
- SAHT3666 Time and Temporality (6 UOC)
- SAHT3669 Critical Theory of Photography (6 UOC)
- SAHT6700 World Biennales: Field Trip (6 UOC)
- SDES1105 Presentation Techniques ( UOC)
- SDES2414 Sustainable Design (6 UOC)
- SDES2415 Experimental Design (6 UOC)
- SDES2416 Dreams of Home (6 UOC)
- SOMA2203 Media Art in the 21st Century (6 UOC)
- SOMA2480 Understanding Media Art (6 UOC)
- SOMA2481 Future Screen (6 UOC)
- SOMA2862 Ecomedia Art Practices (6 UOC)
- SOMA2863 Media Art in Asia (6 UOC)
Sample Program
| UNSW Program 4816 - Media Arts (Honours) | |||
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | UOC | |
| Stage 1 | ADAD1002 Studio Gateway 2 (6) | 48 | |
| SOMA1001 Media Arts Gateway 1 (6) | SOMA1002 Media Arts Gateway 2 (6) | ||
| SAHT1101 Creative Practices: Contexts (6) | SAHT1102 Creative Practices: Methods (6) | ||
| Elective (6) | Elective (6) | ||
| Stage 2 | Media Arts Stream 1 (6) |
Media Arts Stream 1 (6) | 48 |
| Media Arts/Fine Arts/Design Stream 2 (6) | Media Arts/Fine Arts/Design Stream 2 (6) | ||
| Contextual Studies (6) | Contextual Studies (6) | ||
| General Education (6) | Elective (6) | ||
| Stage 3 | Media Arts Stream 1 (6) |
Media Arts Stream 1 (6) |
48 |
| Media Arts/Fine Arts/Design Stream 2 (6) | Media Arts/Fine Arts/Design Stream 2 (6) | ||
| SOMA3616 Professional Practice (6) | ADAD3114 Research Foundations in Art and Design (6) | ||
| Elective (6) | General Education (6) | ||
| Stage 4 | ADAD4011 Honours Research Project B (18) | 48 | |
| ADAD4000 Professional Experience Project A (6) | |||
| Elective (6) | Elective (6) | ||
| TOTAL: 192 UOC | |||
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:
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.
Related Program(s)
3969 Media Arts (Hons) / Comp Science
4062 Media Arts (Hons) / Ed (Sec)
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