Program Overview

Screen Arts Double Degree Major (BA/BCom)

Overview

The Screen Arts double degree major prepares students for comprehensive opportunities in the expanding screen-based media industry. Students will learn to apply screen theories to create their own works, whether in the realm of factual, events, or drama.

Course Essentials

• Qualification: Screen Arts Double Degree Major (BA/BCom)
• Credit: 400
• Full-time study load: 200 credits (approximately eight units) per year, with 100 credits (approximately four units) in each semester

Course Outline

Select Your Preferred Degree

This course belongs to multiple degrees. Select the single degree or double degree below to see the application deadlines.

• Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce

Overview

Screen-based media is an extensive industry that is growing in exciting new directions. The Screen Arts double degree major prepares students for comprehensive opportunities in the expanding screen-based media industry.

What You'll Learn

• Explain critical theories relating to film, video, and other forms of screen production and apply them to the development and production of high-quality screen-based materials
• Apply critical thinking and creative approaches to resolve issues and respond to challenges in their own creative practice
• Access, evaluate, and synthesise appropriate information in order to realise production outcomes
• Communicate ideas to a range of audiences across a variety of media and purposes
• Utilise media production technologies and apply them to create effective programs and screen-based materials
• Apply learning strategies to build on skills and understandings in order to adapt to continually changing industry needs
• Recognise the significance of global media and be able to apply international standards and practices in their creative practice
• Value the cultural and intercultural nature of screen-based media and represent this knowledge at a personal and professional level
• Demonstrate professional behaviour and standards and work collaboratively to apply them in all aspects of production-related activities

Why Study Screen Arts at Curtin?

• Transferable skills: Humanities courses teach transferable skills for international careers
• Get the Curtin edge: Access to leadership programs, specialist facilities, and industry placements give you a competitive edge in the job market
• Work experience: In your final year, you'll write, direct, or produce a major screen production to industry standard

Careers

• Copywriter
• Editor
• Publisher
• Media/communications advisor
• Writer
• Blogger

Industries

• Media
• Corporate communications
• Publishing
• Local government and public service

Fees and Scholarships

Please view the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce degree for indicative fees.

How to Apply

Please review information on how to apply for the campus of your choice.

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

• Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Chinese Language Specialisation
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital Design Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Geography Specialisation
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• History Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Journalism Specialisation
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Professional Writing Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

• Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Chinese Language Specialisation
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital Design Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Geography Specialisation
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• History Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Journalism Specialisation
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Professional Writing Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Biological Diversity Minor
• Climate Change Science Minor
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• Environmental Management Minor
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Food Science Minor
• Forensic Studies Minor
• Geophysics Minor
• Geospatial Technology Minor
• Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
• Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Landscape Restoration Minor
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Mapping and Land Planning Minor
• Metallurgy Minor
• Mining Minor
• Optimisation Minor
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Strategic Studies Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation