The Graduate Diploma in Screen and Media Production is offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law over one year of full time study, or part time equivalent. The course articulates with the Graduate Certificate in Screen and Media Production and the Master of Screen and Media Production.

Admission requirements

Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. Under exceptional circumstances and subject to specific conditions, the Faculty Board may admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

Course aims

This course aims to provide students with:

  • theoretical knowledge and applied skills in a range of video production and post-production practices;
  • communication skills to enable them to collaborate with peers on screen production projects;
  • an understanding of issues and theory in a related field of study;
  • research and writing skills in screen and media studies; and
  • a practical understanding of professional activities in related fields of study.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course graduates will have acquired:

  • skills in a range of commonly employed documentary production practices, including project research, script writing, production and post-production techniques;
  • knowledge and skills to undertake research into documentary subjects, write scripts for documentaries, and apply technical skills in the production of documentaries;
  • the ability to collaborate with peers on basic screen production projects; and
  • knowledge of issues and theory in a related field of study.

Credit

Students who have completed the Graduate Certificate in Screen and Media Production will be eligible to receive 18 units of specified credit into the Graduate Diploma in Screen and Media Production.

Other qualifications will be considered for credit transfer as per the University’s credit transfer policy.

Program of study

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Screen and Media Production a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study:

Core Year 1 topics

22.5 units comprising:

SCME8001 Screen and Media Production 1, Production (4.5 units)
SCME8002 Screen and Media Production 2, Post Production (4.5 units)
SCME8003 Screen and Media Production 3, Minor project (4.5 units)
SCME8004 Screen and Media Production 4, Research and Writing (4.5 units)

and either

SCME8009 Non-fiction Form and Ethics (4.5 units)

or

SCME8013 Media Audiences (4.5 units)

Option Year 1 topics

13.5units from one or more of the following specialisations:

Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management

ARCH8018 Introduction to Cultural Heritage Management (4.5 units) OR
ARCH8019 Heritage Management Planning (4.5 units)
ARCH8020 Research Methods in Archaeology (4.5 units)
ARCH8401 Historical Archaeology of Australia (4.5 units)
ARCH8402 The Museum (4.5 units)
ARCH8403 Directed Study in Cultural Heritage Management (4.5 units)
ARCH8404 Directed Study in Archaeology (4.5 units)
ARCH8405 The Archaeology of Australian Stone Artefacts (4.5 units)
ARCH8410 Archaeology of Indigenous Australia (4.5 units)
ARCH8801 Archaeological Field Methods (4.5 units)
ARCH8802 Conservation Field School (4.5 units)
ARCH8803 Indigenous Australian Archaeology Field School (4.5 units)
ARCH8806 Historical Archaeology Field School (4.5 units)
ARCH8808 Introductory Archaeological Geophysics (4.5 units)
AUST9000 Indigenous Research Methodologies (4.5 units)

Maritime Archaeology

ARCH8150 Maritime Archaeology in Australia (4.5 units)
ARCH8151 History, Theory and Issues in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology (4.5 units)
ARCH8155 The Archaeology of Seafaring (4.5 units)
AUST9000 Indigenous Research Methodologies (4.5 units)

Tourism

ARCH8402 The Museum (4.5 units)
TOUR8111 Essentials of Festival and Event Design and Management (4.5 units)
TOUR8115 Essentials of Interpretation (4.5 units)
TOUR8116 Essentials of Tourism (4.5 units)
TOUR8117 Essentials of Interpretive Tour Guiding (4.5 units)
TOUR8118 Destination Image and Tourism (4.5 units)
TOUR8125 Issue in Contemporary Tourism (4.5 units)

Or any other topic by negotiation with the course coordinator or relevant topic coordinator.

* Students who wish to continue on to the Master of Screen and Media Production with a specialisation (eg Tourism) must choose their electives from that one specialisation only.