Qualification Overview

Qualification Title Postgraduate Diploma in Screen Arts
Qualification Type Postgraduate Diploma
Level 8
Credits 120
Subject Area
  • Creative Arts » Communication and Media Studies » Audio Visual Studies
Strategic Purpose Statement
The Postgraduate Diploma in Screen Arts graduates will demonstrate attributes of Creativity - Toi, Virtuosity - Mohio, Understanding - Matauranga and Connectedness - Whanaungatanga and will be able to: * Display an ability to engage with the richness and variety of different views within the screen sector, acknowledging their contribution to the cultural identity of Aotearoa New Zealand. * Demonstrate a broad, critical understanding of the discourse, professional practices and production processes and their multiple global contexts. * Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between production and audiences, clients, markets, users, consumers, participants and citizens. * Be intellectually curious and adaptable, willing to embrace new ideas and accommodate risk and uncertainty. * Have clear goals for the continuation of intellectual and/or professional development. * Apply exploratory and transformative thinking to generate ideas, proposals, creative works and arguments in response to project demands. * Critically reflect on and evaluate their own work and the work of other practitioners and scholars. * Initiate and contribute to innovative developments in the screen sector through creative practice based research. Demonstrate critically informed competency in the management and operation of production technologies, procedures and processes. * Combine technical excellence with intellectual and conceptual rigour in order to advance creative processes in all forms of production. * Skilfully utilise analytical, evaluative and synthesising iterative processes in order to transform ideas into production outcomes.
Graduate profile
120 credits of a variety of internal assessments, tests and projects.
Education pathways
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Entry Requirements
Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in Screen Arts requires that the candidate will: (a) meet the University admission requirements as specified; and (b) have been awarded or qualified for the award of a Bachelor of Screen Arts or equivalent; and (c) have been selected into the programme on the basis of a portfolio prepared by the candidate, and an interview if required.
Education Organisation No organisations currently offer this qualification.
Developed By Massey University
Quality Assured By Committee on University Academic Programmes
Number MY0183
Status Current
Created 2022-09-13 10:37:21.607
Content
The Postgraduate Diploma in Screen Arts provides an opportunity for students to build on learning achieved in prior degrees, up-skill in creative practice, technologies and theory and provides an introduction to postgraduate research processes and contemporary screen theory and, when achieved at an appropriate level, will provide access to relevant masters level study.

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