Bachelor of Creative Arts in Screen Arts
Bachelor of Creative Arts in Screen Arts
If you’re passionate about pursuing a career in the creative industries, this course will provide you with the skills and experience you need to take your career anywhere in the world. You’ll gain a broad-based, contemporary understanding of theory and practice in your chosen major, learning from discipline experts and…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
If you’re passionate about pursuing a career in the creative industries, this course will provide you with the skills and experience you need to take your career anywhere in the world.
You’ll gain a broad-based, contemporary understanding of theory and practice in your chosen major, learning from discipline experts and industry professionals who share their innovative, passionate and contemporary knowledge of the creative arts.
You’ll also gain first-hand experience working with industry-standard equipment in our Media Production Studio, Hayman Theatre and the Design and Art precinct studios, labs and galleries.
With professional internships available and opportunities to exhibit, perform and screen works to the public, you’ll be immersed in the creative sector well before you graduate.
What you’ll learn
Demonstrate understanding of the broad discipline of Creative Arts, the theoretical underpinnings and ways of thinking. Apply specific discipline knowledge and technical skills to the production of creative work
Apply creative arts methods, experimentation critical thinking and entrepreneurial strategies in creative disciplines
Communicate information and ideas effectively applying appropriate existing and emerging technologies within Creative Arts disciplines
Understand, respond and engage with global perspectives in Creative Arts: demonstrate relevant ethical and sustainable responsibilities of creative practice activities
Acknowledge, respect and support the values and knowledge of local indigenous and global cultures and the relevant bearing on Creative Arts production
Demonstrate professional and career capable conduct, work collaboratively and individually within the Creative Arts Industry.
Professional artists are creative people who contribute to the artistic, aesthetic and social needs of contemporary society.
Note: this course accepts portfolio entry.
This major prepares you for comprehensive opportunities in the expanding screen-based media industry.
Throughout your studies you’ll be able to develop and enhance your passion for creative media production and storytelling – skills that are sought after in many fields.
You’ll develop practical and analytical skills while developing an understanding of a growing multiplatform industry. You’ll learn to apply screen theories, understand the importance of cinema history and how screen communication informs, entertains and engages audiences – all of which will help you in creating your own works in the realms of factual events and drama.
You’ll develop technical skills in areas such as production and emerging types of contemporary digital post-production (such as virtual backgrounds and visual effects), using Curtin’s advanced production facilities to develop the technical and practical skills of an effective visual storyteller. These facilities include:
Western Australia’s largest working television studio in a tertiary setting
a suite of high-definition cameras
sound recording, lighting and grips equipment
editing, grading and audio postproduction labs.
In your final year you’ll write, direct or produce a major screen production to industry standard.
If you choose to study Screen Arts as a single major, you’re encouraged to choose elective units from within the discipline, to enhance your understanding and career opportunities.
What jobs can the Screen Arts lead to?
Careers
- Film / TV / video director
- Production assistant / producer
- Camera operator / director of photography
- Sound recordist / designer
- Picture editor
- Multi-platform developer
- Post-production producer
REQUIREMENTS
Students from different countries should have qualifications equivalent to Australian Year 12 and a scaled mark of at least 50 in English, Literature, or English as an Additional Language or Dialect.
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) – Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking – 6.0; Overall band score 6.5; TOEFL Score: 79 (overall); Reading 13; Listening 13; Speaking 18; Writing 21; Pearson Test of English – Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking – 50; Overall band score 58; TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and PBT (Paper Based Test) – 570 and 4.5 in TWE; C1 Advanced Formerly known as Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) 176 with 169 in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. C2 Proficiency Formerly known as Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) 190 with 176 in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Curtin University is Western Australia’s largest and most culturally diverse university with Australia’s third largest international student population. Around 60,000 students from more than 130 countries study a Curtin degree, at locations including Perth, Margaret River, Kalgoorlie, Sydney, Malaysia and Singapore. Our cultural diversity adds a rich and valuable dimension to the campus atmosphere, preparing all graduates to live and work effectively in an increasingly global environment. We offer a range of industry-aligned undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business, humanities, health, engineering and related sciences. We also have a long-standing focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and culture, supported by our Centre for Aboriginal Studies.Curtin is widely recognised for its practical research that is focused on solving timely, real-world problems. In recent years our research activity has grown significantly, driving our rapid rise up the international university rankings.As a university that never settles, we will continue to develop existing partnerships and establish new ones in areas relevant to our research and teaching.
