Bachelor of Communication (Media Arts and Production)
Overview
Are you passionate about films, filmmaking, and creative media production? The Bachelor of Communication (Media Arts and Production) at UTS will equip you with the practical production skills and conceptual backing needed to enter the creative industries with a competitive edge. This hands-on course, designed and taught by leading practitioners in the Australian film and television industry, will see you produce a portfolio of media works encompassing short drama, documentary, animation, sound, and the media arts.
Located in the creative precinct of inner-city Sydney, UTS has a wide variety of industry-standard equipment and facilities you can use to pursue your own creative vision in Media Arts and Production. Collaborating on a range of projects will also see you develop life-long creative partnerships with a cohort of like-minded practitioners. You will not only learn contemporary facets of media production, but also classic techniques and concepts rooted in the foundation of cinema and storytelling. Using industry-based production models, this course allows you to experience and specialise in a variety of roles such as cinematography, scriptwriting, directing, producing, sound, editing and more. UTS student productions have been screened internationally, won awards at film festivals, and have been developed further into series.
To increase your career flexibility, you can add a second major from five of the other majors offered in the Bachelor of Communication, and build further skills and portfolios that equip you for a range of work options in media and communication. These courses give you practical and transferrable skills for the expanding media industries. For further information, visit the UTS School of Communication website.
Majors
Areas of study
Documentary, drama, exploring media arts, experiential media, media arts project, media arts specialist modules.
Potential Career Outcomes
Career opportunities
Arts and cultural administrator; cinematographer; content creator for advertising, marketing, and new digital media forms such as apps and social media; digital producer; director; documentary maker; editor; media artist; multimedia designer; post-production specialist; producer in film, TV, broadcast and music videos; production manager; program commissioning editor; radio producer; researcher; scriptwriter; social media specialist; sound designer; and many more.
ATAR & Selection Rank
The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.
| ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds | ATAR (excluding adjustment factors) | Selection Rank (including adjustment factors) |
|---|---|---|
| Highest rank to receive an offer | 98.8 | 99.95 |
| Median rank to receive an offer | 87.18 | 92.35 |
| Lowest rank to receive an offer | 72.4 | 84.5 |
<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made
Admission Criteria
Please refer to the University of Technology, Sydney website for admission criteria information.
This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.
University
University of Technology, Sydney
Campus
City
Course Type
Bachelors Degree
Study Area
Arts
Indicative ATAR
72.40
Delivery Mode
On-campus
Duration
Full-time: 3 years
Course Link
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