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Film and Screen Arts

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Unit of study table

Master of Film and Screen Arts

Students must complete 72 credit points, including:
(a) 30 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 6 credit points of capstone units of study;
(c) 6 credit points of selective units of study; and
(d) 30 credit points elective units of study.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core units

CAMI5001
Narrative Elements
6 C CAMI5002
CAMI5002
Moving Image Production
6 C CAMI5001
CAMI5003
Screen and Sound Strategies
6 C CAMI5004
CAMI5004
Moving Image Post-production
6 C CAMI5003
CAMI5005
History and Theory of Screen
6  

Capstone unit

CAMA6002
Final Project
6 P CAMI5001 and CAMI5002 and CAMI5003 and CAMI5004 and CAMI5005

Selective units

CAMA6003
Praxis: Professional Project
6

P (CAMI5001 and CAMI5002 and CAMI5003 and CAMI5004 and CAMI5005) or (CACA5002 and CACA5003)

N CAMA6001 or CAMA6004 or CAMA6005

CAMA6004
Praxis: Industry Placement

6 P (CAMI5001 and CAMI5002 and CAMI5003 and CAMI5004 and CAMI5005) or (CACA5002 and CACA5003)
N CAMA6001 or CAMA6003 or CAMA6005
Students are required to identify and organize their own internship and present to the unit coordinator for approval prior to enrollment.
CAEL5029
Sound Design for Film and Digital Media
6  
CAEL5043
Screenwriting and Directing
6  
CAEL5044
The Moving Camera
6  
CAEL5051
Mixed Reality Production
6  
CAEL5052
The Art of Documentary
6  
MFDI9303
Digital Effects for Film and Video
6  
MFDI9313
Digital Editing for Film and Video
6  
MFDI9333
Experimental Film
6  

Elective units

ARHT6960
Contemporary Curating
6 N CAEL5032
ARHT6964
Art and the Moving Image
6  
ARIN6903
Digital Media and Society
6  
ARIN6904
Games and Mixed Realities
6
ASNS6905
Asian Popular Culture
6  
CAEL5035
The Art of Sound and Noise
6  
IDEA9106
Design Thinking
6  
LNGS7006
Cross-Cultural Communication
6
MECO6924
Television and Video Journalism
6 C MECO6900
MECO6925
Online Journalism
6
MECO6929
Chinese Media Studies in Global Contexts
6
MECO6939
Research Methods
6 C MECO6904
MECO6941
Podcasting
6  
USSC6919
Hollywood vs. Netflix
6  
WMST6903
Gender, Media and Consumer Societies
6  
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