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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production) (KK34)

Admissions: Yes
Enrolments: Yes
CRICOS code: 060810B
Course duration (full-time): 3 years
Domestic fees
(indicative):
2009: CSP $2,601 (indicative) per semester
International fees (per semester): 2009: $9,750 (indicative) per semester
(subject to annual review)
Domestic entry: February
International entry: February
QTAC code: 421932
Past rank cut-off: Admission to course is based on interview and previous academic achievement. Please refer to Additional Entry Requirements.
Past OP cut-off: Admission to course is based on interview and previous academic achievement. Please refer to Additional Entry Requirements.
Assumed knowledge: English (4, SA)
Preparatory studies: ENGLISH: Successful completion of a year of full-time vocational or tertiary study. For further information contact 07 3138 2000 or email study@qut.com
Total credit points: 288 cp
Standard credit points/full-time semester: 48 cp
Course coordinator: Head, Undergraduate Studies
Discipline coordinator: Ms Dianne Eden
Discipline contact: techprod@qut.edu.au
Campus: Kelvin Grove
Course: This is a major of the course Bachelor of Fine Arts (KK34)

Planning your enrolment

This information will assist to plan your studies and complete your enrolment in QUT Virtual for 2009. For information about enrolling for 2010 use the 2010 tab. Read the information under Course Structure for a recommended study program and unit details.

If you need further enrolment advice use the contact details listed. For more information about enrolling visit the Student Services website.

OP Guarantee

The OP Guarantee does not apply to this course.
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Additional Entry Requirements

Applicants are selected on the basis of their interview and previous academic achievement. The due date to register for an interview and submit additional materials to QUT was 17 October 2008. Late submissions will not be accepted. In addition to the
admission application
, applicants must also apply online to Creative Industries Faculty, QUT.

Closing dates for prospective international students are different to those listed above. Please refer to the additional entry requirement information in the International Students section in the Creative Industries web site.
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Course Structure

In order to complete this course, students must undertake two Creative Industries Foundation units, a maximum of 168 credit points of discipline or specified units relating to the chosen major and 96 credit points of Complementary Studies made up of either Advanced Technical Production Practice, a Second Major, Minors or elective units.
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Why choose this course?

This intensive, highly practical course provides the opportunity to work on a range of events, including theatre productions, music and dance performances and fashion parades featuring students in other creative industries courses.
Our teaching staff consult to industry in their areas of expertise, and provide opportunities for students to accompany them into their working environments through internships and industry placements. Students have undertaken placements at music festivals, state and local theatre companies, performing arts complexes, touring stage shows and entertainment venues.
Industry professionals also work with students as production mentors and designers, and as directors and choreographers.
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Deferment

QUT's deferment policy does not apply to this course.
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Domestic student tuition fee (Dfee) places

Undergraduate domestic full fee places (Dfee) are not available in this course. Tuition fees are only applicable to currently enrolled students who were unable to comply regulations regarding their orignal Commonwealth Supported place (i.e. failure to lodge an eCAF, has consumed of other their Student Learning Entitlement etc.) and who have been invited and accepted to continue as a fee-paying student.
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Course Structures

 Full time course structure
Semester 1, Year 1
KSB105 Theatrecraft
KSB111 Stage Management 1
KSB113 Technical Production 1
KKB101 Creative Industries: People and Practices
Semester 2, Year 1
KSB114 Event Technology Practice
KKB102 Creative Industries: Making Connections
SELECT: Complementary Studies
SELECT: Complementary Studies
Semester 1, Year 2
KSB211 Stage Management 2
KSB217 Technical Production 2
SELECT: Complementary Studies
Semester 2, Year 2
KSB212 Stage Management 3
KSB218 Technical Production 3
SELECT: Complementary Studies
Semester 1, Year 3
KSB301 Theatre Project 1
Semester 2, Year 3
SELECT: Complementary Studies
SELECT: Complementary Studies
SELECT: Complementary Studies
SELECT: Complementary Studies
Complementary Studies Options
You must complete 96 credit points from the Complementary Studies options below:
* Two packages (equivalent to 48 credit points each) chosen from Advanced Technical Production Practice PLUS a Minor Or 48 credit points of Elective units
* A Minor PLUS 48 credit points of Elective units
* Two Minors
* A Second Major
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 Advanced Technical Production Practice Complementary Studies
Year 3, Semester 2
Only available to BFA Acting and Technical Production students
KSB302 Theatre Project 2
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 Creative Industries Second Majors
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECOND MAJORS/CO-MAJORS
*From 2009 Co-Majors have been renamed Second Majors
Please refer to the following study sequences to plan your program. You must complete 96 credit points (normally eight 12 credit point subjects) from the specified units to achieve a second major or co-major, following semester of offer and unit prerequisites (where applicable) to determine order of enrolment. Any unit(s) that appear in these second major or co-majors and/or minors and are also mandatory elsewhere in your course can not contribute towards the completion of these second majors or co-majors and/or minors. Any unit(s) that appear in multiple second major or co-majors and/or minors can only contribute towards the completion of one of these second major or co-majors or minors.
Advertising
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
AMB200 Consumer Behaviour
AMB220 Advertising Theory and Practice
AMB221 Advertising Copywriting
AMB319 Media Planning
AMB320 Advertising Management
AMB339 Advertising Campaigns
AMB330 Advertising Planning Portfolio
BSB126 Marketing
Animation
KIB105 Animation and Motion Graphics
KIB108 Animation History and Practices
KIB203 Introduction to 3D Computer Graphics
KIB225 Character Development, Conceptual Design and Animation Layout
KIB316 Virtual Environments
KIB325 Real-Time 3D Computer Graphics
KVB105 Drawing for Design
KVB106 Drawing for Animation
Art and Design History
Description: This co-major equips you with the educational base necessary for a career in the arts professions, such as curatorial work, art criticism and arts administration. It offers a coherent and sequential set` of units that provide a platform for a research-based study of the visual arts, design and architecture. In conjunction with further study, this co-major will assist in preparing you for work as a professional in these disciplines.
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
DAB325 Architecture in the 20th Century
DAB420 Architecture, Culture and Space
DEB102 Introducing Design History
KVB102 Modernism
KVB103 Australian Art
KVB108 Contemporary Asian Visual Culture
KVB211 Post 1945 Art
KVB212 Australian Art, Architecture and Design
KVB304 Contemporary Art Issues
KVB306 Video Art and Culture
Communication Design
*continuing students only
Description: The aim of this co-major is to provide you with skills and knowledge in the domain of Communication Design. The co-major provides an introduction to the principles and practice of Communication Design, and the practical use of media technologies. Foundations of Communication Design and Media Technology units provide both a practical and theoretical basis for the studio units. Design Studio units situate the knowledge and skills gained from the first-level (100 coded) units into practice in a production / project setting, in the application areas of web development and interactive multimedia respectively.
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
KIB101 Visual Communication
KIB102 Visual Interactions
KIB103 Introduction to Web Design and Development
KIB104 Digital Media
KIB205 Programming for Visual Designers and Artists
KIB214 Design for Interactive Media
KIB216 Advanced Web Design
KIB230 Interface and Information Design
Creative and Professional Writing
Description: The aim of this co-major is to prepare students to graduate with adequate skills and knowledge in the area of creative and professional writing; to provide a thorough grounding in a variety of genres that include fiction, creative non-fiction, media writing and corporate writing and editing, thereby equipping graduates with the versatility required of professional writers; to enhance the critical, analytical and peer-reviewing skills of students; to provide and understanding of creative writing in its social and generic contexts.
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
KWB101 Introduction to Creative Writing
KWB102 Media Writing
KWB103 Persuasive Writing
KWB104 Creative Writing: The Short Story
KWB106 Corporate Writing and Editing
KWB107 Creative Non-Fiction
KWB206 Youth and Children's Writing
KWB207 Great Books: Creative Writing Classics
KWB211 Stylistics and Poetics
KWB303 Writing and Publishing Industry
KWB313 Novel and Memoir
Dance
Description: This co-major aims to provide a broad grounding in practical and theoretical aspects of dance. You will gain skills in contemporary dance, ballet, commercially driven genres, choreography and critical thinking and writing together with an understanding of the social and historical context of ballet, contemporary dance, and popular and world dance.
Assumed Knowledge: Previously acquired knowledge or skill IS required for you to undertake this co-major. It is essential that you be physically able, fit and have basic knowledge in a dance technique, either ballet, jazz or contemporary to undertake the practical units.
KDB103 Dance Technique Studies 1
KDB104 Dance Technique Studies 2
KDB105 Architecture of the Body
KDB106 Dance Analysis
KDB107 Choreographic Studies 1
KDB108 World Dance
KDB109 Funk, Tap and all that Jazz
KDB110 Deconstructing Dance in History
KDB204 Australian Dance
KDB205 Dance in Education
KDB225 Music Theatre Skills
Digital Media
Description: Online and interactive technologies now dominate creative and professional life. This co-major provides you with the opportunity to develop websites, multimedia projects, wikis and blogs, as well as allowing you to understand the guiding principals behind these new modes of communication and creative practice.
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
KCB101 Communication in the New Economy
KCB102 Media and Society: From Printing Press to Internet
OR
KJB101 Digital Journalism
KCB104 Media and Communications Industries
OR
KPB106 Australian Television
KCB201 New Media 1: Information and Knowledge
KCB202 New Media 2: Applications and Implications
KCB203 Consumer Cultures
KIB101 Visual Communication
KIB103 Introduction to Web Design and Development
KVB306 Video Art and Culture
Drama
Description: The co-major offers a balance of performance theory and practice. It is designed as a learning sequence, beginning with introductory concepts and practices, through intermediate and on to advanced learning. Underpinning the co-major is a twin focus on contemporary performance-making and events management. Both of these areas are balanced by studies in theatre history and theory. Core topics include acting; directing; twentieth-century performance theory and practice; and events management.
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
KTB101 20th Century Performance
KTB103 Performing Skills 1: Character and Scene
KTB104 Performance Innovation
KTB106 Performing Skills 2: Style and Form
KTB204 Understanding Performance
KTB207 Staging Australia
KTB210 Creative Industries Management
KTB211 Creative Industries Events and Festivals
KTB305 The Entrepreneurial Artist
KTB306 Directing for Performance Events and Festivals
Entrepreneurship
Description: To provide students with an introduction to basic business principles as well as the innovation, development, production and entrepreneurial activities required when starting a new business. Students who do the extended eight unit set will be able to supplement this with a range of broader business administration and promotional skills particularly in the marketing and management areas.
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
AMB230 Digital Promotions
AMB240 Marketing Planning and Management
AMB251 Innovation and Brand Management
BSB115 Management, People and Organisations
BSB126 Marketing
EFB210 Finance 1
IBB213 International Marketing
MGB207 Human Resource Issues and Strategy
MGB216 Managing Technology, Innovation and Knowledge
MGB324 Managing Business Growth
MGB222 Managing Organisations
MGB223 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
MGB335 Project Management
Fashion
Description: This co-major has been designed to offer a mix of theoretical and practical units. The theory units will develop your knowledge and understanding of the history, industry and consumption of fashion and will introduce you to the critical legal issues surrounding the production and distribution of fashion. The practical units provide you with a variety of options to develop fashion related skills focusing on textile design, portfolio development and fashion journalism.
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
KCB203 Consumer Cultures
KFB103 Introduction to Fashion
KFB106 Unspeakable Beauty: A History of Fashion and Style
KFB107 Drawing For Fashion
KFB205 Fashion and Style Journalism
KFB206 Fashion and Modernity
KFB207 Contemporary Fashion
KFB208 Fashion Portfolio
KFB209 Ragtrade: Wholesaling Fashion
KFB304 Fashion, Law and the Real World
KVB213 Graphic Investigation
Film, Television and Screen
Description: The aim of this co-major is to provide students with a range of understandings in the theory and practice of film, television and screen. This study area aims to enhance creative, technical and organizational abilities as well as building story telling and communication skills.
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
KPB101 Foundations of Film and Television Production
KPB102 Film History
KPB104 Film and Television Production Resource Management
KPB105 Narrative Production
KPB106 Australian Television
KPB107 Television's Greatest Hits
KPB108 Media Text Analysis
KPB202 Film and Television Business Skills: Entrepreneurship and Investment
KPB203 Australian Film
KPB205 Documentary Theory and Practice
KPB206 International Cinema
KPB303 Critical Thinking About Television
Game Design
INB180 Computer Games Studies
INB181 Games Production
INB280 Games Design
INB272 Interaction Design
INB104 Building IT Systems
INB281 Advanced Games Design
KIB101 Visual Communication
KIB102 Visual Interactions
Integrated Marketing Communication
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
AMB202 Integrated Marketing Communication
AMB208 Events Marketing
AMB220 Advertising Theory and Practice
AMB230 Digital Promotions
AMB240 Marketing Planning and Management
AMB260 Public Relations Theory and Practice
AMB261 Media Relations and Publicity
AMB331 Direct Marketing
AMB350 Sales and Customer Relationship Management
BSB126 Marketing
Interactive and Visual Design
KIB101 Visual Communication
KIB102 Visual Interactions
KIB103 Introduction to Web Design and Development
KIB104 Digital Media
KIB214 Design for Interactive Media
KIB216 Advanced Web Design
KIB230 Interface and Information Design
KIB315 Contemporary Issues in Digital Media
Journalism, Media and Communication
Description: This co-major offers you a range of options to develop an understanding of the parameters of the journalism and professional communication fields. You can choose a mix of units to suit your career aspirations. If you choose to focus more on the Journalism (KJB) units, the co-major will introduce you to a range of journalism writing styles and offers an insight into some specialist areas of reporting. If you choose to focus more on the Media and Communication (KCB) units, it has been designed to enable you to develop the skills and knowledge to prepare media material for organizations that wish to build, and maintain, a media profile.
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
KCB102 Media and Society: From Printing Press to Internet
OR
KJB101 Digital Journalism
KJB120 Newswriting
KCB104 Media and Communications Industries
KJB121 Journalistic Inquiry
KCB103 Strategic Speech Communication
KJB224 Feature Writing
KJB239 Journalism Ethics and Issues
KFB205 Fashion and Style Journalism
OR
KJB280 International Journalism
KCB301 Media Audiences
KCB302 Political Communication
KCB304 Managing Communication Resources
OR
KJB337 Public Affairs Reporting
Literary Studies
Description: The aims of this co-major are to prepare students to graduate with adequate skills and knowledge in the area of literary and cultural studies; to provide a thorough grounding in a range of texts, both literary and popular, ranging from Shakespeare to nineteenth and twentieth century literature and culture; to provide graduates with enhanced skills in critical thinking, writing and analysis; to provide graduates with an understanding of the social and historical context of literary and popular written texts; to provide some understanding of the major approaches in literary theory.
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
KWB108 Introduction To Literary Studies
KWB109 Writing Australia
KWB206 Youth and Children's Writing
KWB207 Great Books: Creative Writing Classics
KWB208 Modern Times (Literature and Culture in the 20th Century)
KWB209 Shakespeare, Then and Now
KWB308 Wonderlands: Literature and Culture in the 19th Century
KWB309 Popular Fictions, Popular Culture
Marketing
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
AMB200 Consumer Behaviour
AMB201 Marketing and Audience Research
AMB202 Integrated Marketing Communication
AMB240 Marketing Planning and Management
AMB335 E-Marketing Strategies
AMB340 Services Marketing
AMB341 Strategic Marketing
BSB126 Marketing
Mathematics
Description: This co-major aims to provide you with powerful tools for the analysis of today's complex world and give an insight into many real-world problems of significant importance.
Assumed Knowledge: Maths B (if you do not have this you should include MAB105 as one of your first units)
MAB100 Mathematical Sciences 1A
MAB101 Statistical Data Analysis 1
MAB111 Mathematical Sciences 1B
MAB112 Mathematical Sciences 1C
MAB210 Statistical Modelling 1
MAB311 Advanced Calculus
MAB312 Linear Algebra
MAB314 Statistical Modelling 2
Online Environments
INB104 Building IT Systems
Choose 3 of the following units (INB122 and INB210 cannot both be taken)
INB122 Organisational Databases
INB210 Databases
INB270 Programming
INB271 The Web
INB272 Interaction Design
Choose 4 of the following INB 300-level units
INB313 Electronic Commerce Site Development
INB322 Information Systems Consulting
INB340 Database Design
INB345 Devices in the Wild
INB346 Web 2.0
INB370 Software Development
INB373 Web Application Development
Public Relations
Assumed Knowledge: There is no specific prior knowledge required as a prerequisite to undertaking this co-major.
AMB201 Marketing and Audience Research
AMB202 Integrated Marketing Communication
AMB261 Media Relations and Publicity
AMB262 Public Relations Writing
AMB263 Public Relations Theory and Practice
AMB373 Corporate Communication
AMB374 Global Public Relations Cases
AMB379 Public Relations Campaigns
BSB126 Marketing
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 Creative Industries Minors
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MINORS
Please refer to the following study sequences to plan your program. You must complete 48 credit points (normally four 12 credit point subjects) from the specified units to achieve a minor, following semester of offer and unit prerequisites (where applicable) to determine order of enrolment. Any unit(s) that appear in these majors and/or minors and are also mandatory elsewhere in your course can not contribute towards the completion of these majors and/or minors. Any unit(s) that appear in multiple majors and/or minors can only contribute towards the completion of one of these majors or minors.
3D Visualisation
KIB203 Introduction to 3D Computer Graphics
KIB225 Character Development, Conceptual Design and Animation Layout
KIB316 Virtual Environments
KIB325 Real-Time 3D Computer Graphics
Advertising
AMB220 Advertising Theory and Practice
AMB318 Advertising Copywriting
AMB319 Media Planning
BSB126 Marketing
AMB200 Consumer Behaviour
Animation
KIB105 Animation and Motion Graphics
KIB108 Animation History and Practices
KVB105 Drawing for Design
KVB106 Drawing for Animation
Art History
KVB102 Modernism
KVB103 Australian Art
KVB211 Post 1945 Art
KVB304 Contemporary Art Issues
Art, Design and Architecture
DAB325 Architecture in the 20th Century
DEB102 Introducing Design History
KVB212 Australian Art, Architecture and Design
KVB306 Video Art and Culture
Advanced Interactive Media
KKB216 Graphical Development Environments for Media Interaction
KIB205 Programming for Visual Designers and Artists
KIB309 Embodied Interactions
KIB314 Tangible Media
Audience and User Research
KCB102 Media and Society: From Printing Press to Internet
KCB105 Media and Communication Research Methods
KCB203 Consumer Cultures
KCB301 Media Audiences
Communication Design
*This minor is available to students who commenced 2008 or earlier
KIB101 Visual Communication
KIB102 Visual Interactions
KIB103 Introduction to Web Design and Development
KIB104 Digital Media
Communication for the Professions
KCB103 Strategic Speech Communication
KCB302 Political Communication
KCB304 Managing Communication Resources
KWB103 Persuasive Writing
KWB106 Corporate Writing and Editing
Creative Writing
KWB101 Introduction to Creative Writing
KWB102 Media Writing
KWB104 Creative Writing: The Short Story
KWB107 Creative Non-Fiction
KWB207 Great Books: Creative Writing Classics
KWB313 Novel and Memoir
Dance Studies
KDB105 Architecture of the Body
KDB106 Dance Analysis
KDB110 Deconstructing Dance in History
KDB204 Australian Dance
KDB225 Music Theatre Skills
Digital Media
KIB101 Visual Communication
KIB103 Introduction to Web Design and Development
KCB201 New Media 1: Information and Knowledge
KCB202 New Media 2: Applications and Implications
KVB306 Video Art and Culture
Drama
KDB225 Music Theatre Skills
KTB103 Performing Skills 1: Character and Scene
KTB104 Performance Innovation
KTB106 Performing Skills 2: Style and Form
KTB204 Understanding Performance
KTB305 The Entrepreneurial Artist
Entrepreneurship
AMB251 Innovation and Market Management
BSB115 Management People and Organisations
BSB126 Marketing
MGB223 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
AMB240 Marketing Planning and Management
MGB207 HR Issues and Strategy
Fashion
KFB103 Introduction to Fashion
KFB106 Unspeakable Beauty: A History of Fashion and Style
KFB206 Fashion and Modernity
KFB207 Contemporary Fashion
French
HHB061 French 1
HHB062 French 2
HHB063 French 3
HHB064 French 4
HHB065 French 5
HHB066 French 6
HHB067 French 7
HHB068 French 8
Game Design
ITB750 Computer Game Studies
ITB751 Games Production
KIB201 Concept Development for Game Design and Interactive Media
KIB202 Enabling Immersion
German
HHB091 German 1
HHB092 German 2
HHB093 German 3
HHB094 German 4
HHB095 German 5
HHB096 German 6
HHB097 German 7
HHB098 German 8
Graphic Design
KIB101 Visual Communication
KIB335 Typography and Illustration
KIB338 Print Media
KVB204 Graphic Design
Indigenous Studies
EDB007 Culture Studies: Indigenous Education
HHB123 Indigenous Australian Culture Studies
HHB210 Indigenous Australia: Country, Kin And Culture
HHB255 Indigenous Politics And Political Culture
HHB276 Indigenous Knowledge: Research Ethics and Protocols
KKB004 Indigenous Creative Industries
KWB307 Indigenous Writing
Indonesian
HHB071 Indonesian 1
HHB072 Indonesian 2
HHB073 Indonesian 3
HHB074 Indonesian 4
HHB075 Indonesian 5
HHB076 Indonesian 6
HHB077 Indonesian 7
HHB078 Indonesian 8
Information Technology
Choose 2 of the following units
INB101 Impact of IT
INB102 Emerging Technologies
INB104 Building IT Systems
Choose 2 of the following units (INB122 or INB210 cannot both be taken)
INB122 Organisational Databases
INB210 Databases
INB251 Networks
INB255 Security
INB270 Programming
INB271 The Web
INB272 Interaction Design
Integrated Marketing Communication
AMB202 Integrated Marketing Communication
AMB220 Advertising Theory and Practice
AMB263 Public Relations Theory and Practice
BSB126 Marketing
AMB261 Media Relations and Publicity
AMB208 Events Marketing
Interactive and Visual Design
KIB101 Visual Communication
KIB102 Visual Interactions
KIB103 Introduction to Web Design and Development
KIB104 Digital Media
International Business
BSB119 International and Electronic Business
IBB205 Cross-Cultural Communication and Negotiation
IBB210 Export Management
IBB303 International Logistics
Japanese
HHB081 Japanese 1
HHB082 Japanese 2
HHB083 Japanese 3
HHB084 Japanese 4
HHB085 Japanese 5
HHB086 Japanese 6
HHB087 Japanese 7
HHB088 Japanese 8
Journalism
KJB101 Digital Journalism
KJB120 Newswriting
KJB121 Journalistic Inquiry
KJB224 Feature Writing
Lighting Design
PCN121 Vision Colour and Photometry
PCN122 Lighting Design
PCN123 Sustainability and Human Factors
PCN124 Lamps and Luminaires
Literature
KWB109 Writing Australia
KWB206 Youth and Children's Writing
KWB207 Great Books: Creative Writing Classics
KWB208 Modern Times (Literature and Culture in the 20th Century)
KWB209 Shakespeare, Then and Now
KWB308 Wonderlands: Literature and Culture in the 19th Century
Management
BSB115 Management, People and Organisations
MGB210 Production and Service Management
MGB220 Management Research Organisations
MGB222 Managing Organisations
MGB309 Strategic Management
MGB334 Managing in a Changing Environment
Marketing
AMB200 Consumer Behaviour
AMB201 Marketing and Audience Research
AMB240 Marketing Planning and Management
BSB126 Marketing
AMB335 E-Marketing Strategies
Mathematics
MAB100 Mathematical Sciences 1A
MAB111 Mathematical Sciences 1B
MAB112 Mathematical Sciences 1C
MAB210 Statistical Modelling 1
MAB311 Advanced Calculus
Modern and Popular Literature and Culture
KWB108 Introduction To Literary Studies
KWB109 Writing Australia
KWB206 Youth and Children's Writing
KWB208 Modern Times (Literature and Culture in the 20th Century)
KWB308 Wonderlands: Literature and Culture in the 19th Century
KWB309 Popular Fictions, Popular Culture
Music Studies
KDB225 Music Theatre Skills
KMB002 Music and Spirituality
KMB003 Sex Drugs Rock 'n' roll
KMB004 World Music
KMB107 Sound, Image, Text
Performance Events and Festivals
KTB101 20th Century Performance
KTB207 Staging Australia
KTB210 Creative Industries Management
KTB211 Creative Industries Events and Festivals
KTB306 Directing for Performance Events and Festivals
Professional Writing
KWB102 Media Writing
KWB103 Persuasive Writing
KWB106 Corporate Writing and Editing
KWB303 Writing and Publishing Industry
Screen Studies
KPB102 Film History (recommended)
KPB103 Film Genres (recommended)
KPB203 Australian Film
KPB205 Documentary Theory and Practice
KPB206 International Cinema
Public Relations
AMB263 Public Relations Theory and Practice
AMB261 Media Relations and Publicity
AMB262 Public Relations Writing
BSB126 Marketing
AMB360 Corporate Communication Management
AMB370 Public Relations Cases
Sound Studies
KMB104 Music and Sound Skills
KMB105 Music and Sound Technology
KMB106 Music and Sound for Multimedia
KMB108 Sound Recording and Acoustics
Television
KPB104 Film and Television Production Resource Management
KPB106 Australian Television
KPB107 Television's Greatest Hits
KPB202 Film and Television Business Skills: Entrepreneurship and Investment
KPB303 Critical Thinking About Television
Visual Arts Practice
KVB110 2D Media and Processes
KVB111 3D Media and Processes
KVB200 Exhibition and Display in the Visual Arts
KVB213 Graphic Investigation
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 Creative Industries Faculty Undergraduate Open Unit Options
Creative Industries Faculty Undergraduate Open Unit Options
These unit offerings are current at the time of publication but are subject to change.
Rules for selecting Unit Options:
* you must obey any Unit Option rules as set out in your course requirements
* you cannot select a unit that forms part of the compulsory units of your course or the compulsory units of your chosen sub-major area.
* you must have successfully completed any pre/co-requisite units applicable
* the offering of Unit Options is subject to sufficient student enrolment numbers and staff availability
* some units are subject to quota restrictions
* KK33, KK34, KJ32, KM32, IX07 and IX16 students ONLY are permitted to select Unit Options from outside the Faculty of Creative Industries
Semester 1 Units
Creative Writing & Cultural Studies
KPB207 Film and Television Scriptwriting
KWB101 Introduction to Creative Writing
KWB102 Media Writing
KWB103 Persuasive Writing
KWB104 Creative Writing: The Short Story
KWB107 Creative Non-Fiction
KWB207 Great Books: Creative Writing Classics
KWB208 Modern Times (Literature and Culture in the 20th Century)
KWB209 Shakespeare, Then and Now
KWB308 Wonderlands: Literature and Culture in the 19th Century
Dance
KDB105 Architecture of the Body
KDB108 World Dance
KDB110 Deconstructing Dance in History
Fashion
KFB103 Introduction to Fashion
KFB107 Drawing For Fashion
KFB206 Fashion and Modernity
KFB208 Fashion Portfolio
KFB209 Ragtrade: Wholesaling Fashion
Film & Television
KPB102 Film History
KPB106 Australian Television
KPB202 Film and Television Business Skills: Entrepreneurship and Investment
KPB203 Australian Film
KPB303 Critical Thinking About Television
Interactive and Visual Design
KIB101 Visual Communication
KIB105 Animation and Motion Graphics
KIB201 Concept Development for Game Design and Interactive Media
Journalism
KJB101 Digital Journalism
KJB120 Newswriting
KJB121 Journalistic Inquiry
KJB224 Feature Writing
KJB239 Journalism Ethics and Issues
Media & Communication
KCB101 Communication in the New Economy
KCB102 Media and Society: From Printing Press to Internet
KCB103 Strategic Speech Communication
KCB201 New Media 1: Information and Knowledge
KCB302 Political Communication
Music & Sound
KMB003 Sex Drugs Rock 'n' roll
KMB004 World Music
KMB104 Music and Sound Skills
KMB105 Music and Sound Technology
KMB108 Sound Recording and Acoustics
Performance Studies
KSB215 Visual Theatre Design
KTB101 20th Century Performance
KTB103 Performing Skills 1: Character and Scene
KTB204 Understanding Performance
KTB210 Creative Industries Management
KTB211 Creative Industries Events and Festivals
Transition to New Professional Environments*
KKB341 Workplace Learning 1
KKB342 Workplace Learning 2
KKB343 Service Learning 1
KKB344 Service Learning 2
KKB345 Creative Industries Project 1
KKB346 Creative Industries Project 2
KKB347 Introductory Research 1
Visual Arts
KVB102 Modernism
KVB104 Photomedia and Artistic Practice
KVB105 Drawing for Design
KVB110 2D Media and Processes
KVB212 Australian Art, Architecture and Design
KVB213 Graphic Investigation
KVB304 Contemporary Art Issues
Semester 2 Units
Creative Writing & Cultural Studies
KPB207 Film and Television Scriptwriting
KWB102 Media Writing
KWB104 Creative Writing: The Short Story
KWB106 Corporate Writing and Editing
KWB108 Introduction To Literary Studies
KWB109 Writing Australia
KWB206 Youth and Children's Writing
KWB209 Shakespeare, Then and Now
KWB307 Indigenous Writing
KWB309 Popular Fictions, Popular Culture
Dance
KDB106 Dance Analysis
KDB109 Funk, Tap and all that Jazz
KDB204 Australian Dance
Faculty
KKB102 Creative Industries: Making Connections
KKB004 Indigenous Creative Industries
Fashion
KFB106 Unspeakable Beauty: A History of Fashion and Style
KFB205 Fashion and Style Journalism
KFB207 Contemporary Fashion
KFB208 Fashion Portfolio
Film & Television
KPB103 Film Genres
KPB104 Film and Television Production Resource Management
KPB107 Television's Greatest Hits
KPB205 Documentary Theory and Practice
KPB206 International Cinema
KPB207 Film and Television Scriptwriting
Interactive and Visual Design
KIB102 Visual Interactions
KIB103 Introduction to Web Design and Development
KIB104 Digital Media
KIB108 Animation History and Practices
KIB202 Enabling Immersion
Journalism
KJB101 Digital Journalism
KJB120 Newswriting
KJB121 Journalistic Inquiry
KJB224 Feature Writing
KJB280 International Journalism
KJB337 Public Affairs Reporting
Media & Communication
KCB101 Communication in the New Economy
KCB103 Strategic Speech Communication
KCB104 Media and Communications Industries
KCB105 Media and Communication Research Methods
KCB202 New Media 2: Applications and Implications
KCB203 Consumer Cultures
Music & Sound
KMB002 Music and Spirituality
KMB007 Introductory Ensemble
KMB105 Music and Sound Technology
KMB107 Sound, Image, Text
KMB108 Sound Recording and Acoustics
Performance Studies
KTB104 Performance Innovation
KTB106 Performing Skills 2: Style and Form
KTB207 Staging Australia
KTB211 Creative Industries Events and Festivals
Transition to New Professional Environments*
KKB341 Workplace Learning 1
KKB342 Workplace Learning 2
KKB343 Service Learning 1
KKB344 Service Learning 2
KKB345 Creative Industries Project 1
KKB346 Creative Industries Project 2
KKB348 Becoming A Researcher: Contexts, Protocols and Impact
KKB350 Creative Industries International Study Tour
NOTES:
* Only one Workplace Learning unit may be completed
* KKB290, KKB357, KKB320, KKB330, KKB340-1 and KKB340-2 are only available to students enrolled in Creative Industries courses.
Visual Arts
KVB103 Australian Art
KVB104 Photomedia and Artistic Practice
KVB106 Drawing for Animation
KVB108 Contemporary Asian Visual Culture
KVB111 3D Media and Processes
KVB211 Post 1945 Art
KVB306 Video Art and Culture
KVB307 Theories of Spatial Culture
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Advanced standing

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Scholarship(s)

 Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship

Potential Careers

Lighting Designer
Lighting Technician
Sound Designer
Stage Manager
Technical Officer
Theatre Lighting
Theatre Professionals
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