Course code
Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using six digits.
Level
The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).
Credits
Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.
Subject
Course planning information
Course notes
Introduction to Screen Arts is a first year core course undertaken by all students in the Bachelor of Screen Arts with Honours. The social and cultural responsibilities of media makers are significant and through your studies in this degree you will learn the technical tools to help you make games, films, immersive experiences, animations, non-fiction stories and the like which will impact your audiences in ways that you will learn to predict and better control.
Within this course, you will be introduced to selected critical and theoretical concepts to assist and guide your practical learning, and help you better understand the ways your media will affect and transform the audiences who encounter them.
Learning outcomes
What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.
- 1 Demonstrate an introductory understanding of selected texts and perspectives. (Graduate profile: Understanding and Mātauranga A2)
- 2 Critically locate and evaluate their own perspectives and the practices of others within relevant theoretical frameworks. (Graduate profile: Understanding and Mātauranga C1)
- 3 Apply conceptual knowledge to screen arts texts in a reflective and creative manner. (Graduate profile: Creativity and Toi C1, C2)
- 4 Retrieve and generate information, evaluate sources, and conform to research methods and standards in carrying out guided research. (Graduate profile: Understanding and Mātauranga A4, E4)
- 5 Organise and articulate ideas and information creatively in order to formulate arguments and express them effectively in written, oral or other forms. (Graduate profile Creativity and Toi C1; Connectedness and Whanaungatanga E1)
Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.
Assessments
Assessment | Learning outcomes assessed | Weighting |
---|---|---|
Portfolio | 1 2 3 4 5 | 100% |
Assessment weightings can change up to the start of the semester the course is delivered in.
You may need to take more assessments depending on where, how, and when you choose to take this course.
Explanation of assessment types
- Computer programmes
- Computer animation and screening, design, programming, models and other computer work.
- Creative compositions
- Animations, films, models, textiles, websites, and other compositions.
- Exam College or GRS-based (not centrally scheduled)
- An exam scheduled by a college or the Graduate Research School (GRS). The exam could be online, oral, field, practical skills, written exams or another format.
- Exam (centrally scheduled)
- An exam scheduled by Assessment Services (centrally) – you’ll usually be told when and where the exam is through the student portal.
- Oral or performance or presentation
- Debates, demonstrations, exhibitions, interviews, oral proposals, role play, speech and other performances or presentations.
- Participation
- You may be assessed on your participation in activities such as online fora, laboratories, debates, tutorials, exercises, seminars, and so on.
- Portfolio
- Creative, learning, online, narrative, photographic, written, and other portfolios.
- Practical or placement
- Field trips, field work, placements, seminars, workshops, voluntary work, and other activities.
- Simulation
- Technology-based or experience-based simulations.
- Test
- Laboratory, online, multi-choice, short answer, spoken, and other tests – arranged by the school.
- Written assignment
- Essays, group or individual projects, proposals, reports, reviews, writing exercises, and other written assignments.
Textbooks needed
There are no set texts for this course.