The Bachelor of Screen Arts is a three year full time programme intended for students interested in the exciting arena where creative arts meet digital technology. The programme has a core of subjects, which branches into two major strands - digital film (from script to finished product) and animation (limited only by your imagination). The programme aims to give you, not only solid technical skills, but also to expand your creative skills and to give you the ability to adapt in a rapidly changing industry. In 10 years time, the technology we use today will be obsolete, but skills in storytelling, critical thinking, composing images and relating them to one another will be necessary and relevant irrespective of future technology. While the technical side is an important part of the programme, the primary focus is on bringing creative ideas to life. A wide range of subjects are covered, including video production and editing, screenwriting, 2D and 3D animation, stop motion, motion graphics, and business and legal skills.

When you complete the programme you will have the broad range of skills necessary for an industry that increasingly asks for people with a multidisciplinary approach. Depending on the specialisation chosen, you will be able to look for work in areas as diverse as video editing, screenwriting, directing, as well as other film/television production roles or numerous roles within the 3D animation, 2D animation and motion graphics industries. The real strength of the programme is that graduates will have had some experience in many of these areas, a quality that will become increasingly important as technologies converge. The third year of the programme features a large project. For digital film students this may be a feature length film, while animation students will complete a major animation project of a similar scale and complexity.