The aims of the Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts are to:
foster original creative, interpretative experimentation with each creative practice so that it maintains currency and is progressive while honouring its communicative nature;
provide students with a thorough grounding in the historical and theoretical foundations of their specialised discipline area, the wider discipline of performing and screen art and its associated technologies;
acknowledge and implement the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and work in a bicultural way appropriate to Aotearoa which acknowledges our place in the Pacific and the world;
communicate and emphasise the cultural, ethical, technical and social issues of performing and screen arts both in Aotearoa and overseas;
enable students to develop skills in collaborative ways of working;
equip students with the ability to critically analyse their own work, and that of others;
provide an academic education that may be extended at postgraduate level in Performing and Screen Arts and related areas both in Aotearoa and overseas;
encourage and extend links with the performing and screen arts
industry in New Zealand and overseas

Graduates of the BPSA programme will:
display inquiring, flexible, creative, and critical attitudes towards contemporary issues and underlying theoretical concepts in a range of contexts;
demonstrate an awareness of cultural, ethical and environmental issues that pertain to creative practitioners and artists;
demonstrate an understanding of taha Maori, the Treaty of Waitangi and Maori perspectives and values in general as they relate to the professional practice of performing and screen arts;
display versatility, a well-developed personal style, and a critical appreciation of differing approaches and styles of creative practice, with an ability to realise their own artistic vision and employ the creative and organisational skills to generate their own projects and employment;
possess highly developed technical ability in their discipline and an overall specialist understanding of the literacies associated with performing and screen arts practice to both create and communicate in a professional work environment;
employ a personal approach to the creative, critical and conceptual processes employed in Performing and Screen Arts, demonstrating the ability to self-asses and critically reflect on own work and the work of others;
demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively across creative forms and where appropriate, demonstrate leadership within creative professions;
display a knowledge of current and available technologies relevant to their discipline, and awareness of the implications and changing contexts of technological advancement of digital content creation and analysis in relation to specialised discipline practice;
promote change through specialised creative practice in ways that are positive, progressive, and both socially and environmentally responsible;
display an inclination to further their learning through taking initiatives in conducting self directed study and pursue the goals of research, to discover reliable knowledge about creative practice;
display the ability and desire to contribute to, and advance, the performing and screen arts in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally

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