UTS course code: C06038
Testamur title: Graduate Diploma in Media Arts and Production
Abbreviation: GradDipMAP
Course fee: $220 per cp (local); $8,250 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 48

Course aims
Admission requirements
Course duration
Course structure
Course program

Course aims

Students completing the Graduate Diploma in Media Arts and Production, Film and Video stream will have:

• core skills in all stages of video and 16mm film production, with an emphasis on the development of visual style
• the opportunity to specialise in specific and related areas of film and video production such as drama, experimental or documentary direction, screenwriting, screen studies, sound and multimedia
• some knowledge of screen culture and film and television industry issues
• awareness of film and television industry protocols in production
• the opportunity to develop their conceptual skills and critical thinking in relation to various areas of media production
• the ability to develop and critically revise their own work
• the opportunity to develop and work on a short film or video project, and
• had the opportunity, as practitioners in a particular media industry, to apply existing skills to a new or related media.

Students completing the Graduate Diploma in Media Arts and Production, New Media stream will have:

• specific basic skills in new media production which are applicable across a range of existing and emerging formats, including the Internet, broadband, DVD, CD-ROM, interactive television and other convergent forms
• the opportunity to specialise in more depth in the areas of new media, or at introductory level in sound or film and video work related to new media, and digital culture
• some knowledge of aesthetics and new media industry issues, within the landscape of media production in general
• awareness of industry practices in new media production
• the opportunity to develop some conceptual skills and critical thinking in relation to various areas of media production
• the ability to develop and critically revise their own work
• the opportunity to develop and work on a new media project, and
• had the opportunity, as practitioners in a particular media industry, to apply existing skills to a new or related media.

Students completing the Graduate Diploma in Media Arts and Production, Sound stream will have:

• skills in sound design, track-lay and mixing using standard industry software
• the opportunity for further specialisation in the areas of soundtrack for film and video, radio features, music production and sound culture and theory, and at introductory level in related areas in multimedia and film and video production
• some knowledge of aesthetic and industry issues in relation to the production of sound works
• awareness of industry protocols in sound design and sound production
• the opportunity to develop their conceptual skills and critical thinking in relation to various areas of media production
• the ability to develop and critically revise their own work
• the opportunity to develop and complete a sound project for broadcast, exhibition, as a CD or soundtrack for a film, video or multimedia work, and
• had the opportunity, as practitioners in a particular media industry, to apply existing skills to a new or related media.

Admission requirements

To gain entry to this course an applicant must demonstrate a strong level of education, background and capability. It is expected that applicants will have an undergraduate degree and/or professional or creative experience in a media production field and that they will have demonstrated a high level of interest and knowledge in media arts and production.

Course duration

This course is offered over two semesters, full time, or equivalent part time.

Course structure

Students complete 48 credit points in one of three streams (Film and Video, New Media or Sound).

Film and Video stream

Students complete a total of six subjects which includes 16 credit points of core Media Production subjects in Film and Video, 16 credit points of additional Media Production subjects, and 16 credit points of 400-level Media Arts subjects.

57094 Film and Video 1 8cp
57095 Film and Video 2 8cp
and two of the following Media Production subjects
50199 Documentary Production 8cp
50212 Film and Video Drama 8cp
57096 Introducing Audio Production 8cp
50154 Creative Audio Techniques 8cp
50157 New Media Fundamentals 8cp
50158 Netcultures and Practices 8cp
50196 Producing 8cp
50177 Interactive Content 8cp
50178 Soundtrack 8cp
50213 Audio Workshop 8cp
57093 Installation and Exhibition for Sound and New Media 8cp
and two of the following 400-level Media Arts subjects
50910 Ways of Listening 8cp
50913 Developing Creative Media 8cp
50915 Mise en Scène 8cp
50916 Special Topic in Media Arts 8cp
57043 New Media Aesthetics 8cp
57061 Issues in Documentary 8cp

New Media stream

Students complete a total of six subjects which includes a minimum of 24 credit points of core Media Production subjects in New Media, one New Media arts subject and one other 400-level Media Arts subject and one subject from a list of relevant electives.

50158 Netcultures and Practices 8cp
50157 New Media Fundamentals 8cp
and
50177 Interactive Content 8cp
or
57093 Installation and Exhibition for Sound and New Media 8cp
and one 400-level Media Arts subject related to New Media
57043 New Media Aesthetics 8cp
and one of the following 400-level Media Arts subjects
50913 Developing Creative Media 8cp
50915 Mise en Scène 8cp
50916 Special Topic in Media Arts 8cp
57061 Issues in Documentary 8cp
50910 Ways of Listening 8cp
and one of the following Media Production electives
50169 Writing and New Media 8cp
57096 Introducing Audio Production 8cp
57094 Film and Video 1 8cp
50177 Interactive Content 8cp

Sound stream

Students complete a total of six subjects which includes a minimum of 24 credit points of core Media Production subjects in Sound, one 400-level Media Arts subject related to Sound, one other 400-level Media Arts subject and one subject from a list of relevant electives.

57096 Introducing Audio Production 8cp
50154 Creative Audio Techniques 8cp
and one of the following Sound electives
57093 Installation and Exhibition for Sound and New Media 8cp
50178 Soundtrack 8cp
50213 Audio Workshop 8cp
and one of the following Media Production electives
50178 Soundtrack 8cp
50213 Audio Workshop 8cp
50157 New Media Fundamentals 8cp
50158 Netcultures and Practices 8cp
57094 Film and Video 1 8cp
and one 400-level Media Arts subject related to Sound
50910 Ways of Listening 8cp
and one of the following 400-level Media Arts subjects
50913 Developing Creative Media 8cp
50915 Mise en Scène 8cp
50916 Special Topic in Media Arts 8cp
57061 Issues in Documentary 8cp
57043 New Media Aesthetics 8cp

Course program

Film and Video stream

Typical full-time program

Typical part-time program

Second semester of study
57095 Film and Video 2 8cp
5xxxx Media Arts elective 8cp

Fourth semester of study
5xxxx Media Production elective 8cp

New Media stream

Typical full-time program commencing in Autumn semester

Typical part-time program commencing in Autumn semester

Spring semester
50177 Interactive Content 8cp
or
57093 Installation and Exhibition for Sound and New Media 8cp
5xxxx Media Arts elective 8cp

Spring semester
50158 Netcultures and Practices 8cp

Typical full-time program commencing in Spring semester

Typical part-time program commencing in Spring semester

Spring semester
50158 Netcultures and Practices 8cp
5xxxx Media Production elective 8cp

Footnote:
1 Students wishing to do 57093 Installation and Exhibition for Sound and New Media instead of 50177 Interactive Content should do a Media Production elective in Autumn semester and 57093 Installation and Exhibition for Sound and New Media in Spring semester (Year 2).

Sound stream

Typical full-time program commencing in Autumn semester

Typical part-time program commencing in Autumn semester

Spring semester
50154 Creative Audio Techniques 8cp
50910 Ways of Listening 8cp

Spring semester
5xxxx Media Production elective 8cp

Typical full-time program commencing in Spring semester

Typical part-time program commencing in Spring semester

Spring semester
5xxxx Sound elective 8cp
5xxxx Media Arts elective 8cp