SCME7058 Screen and Media Practicum

2016

4.5

1 x 1-hour workshop per semester
1 x 100-hour field placement per semester

1 Admission into HBA-Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
2 Admission into HBA-SCRN-Screen Studies
2a Admission into HBA-SCME-Screen and Media
3 Admission into HBCASM-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Screen and Media)
3a Admission into MSMA-Master of Screen and Media Production [1 year]
3b Admission into MSMI-Master of Screen and Media Production [1.5 years]
3c Admission into GDPSM-Graduate Diploma in Screen and Media Production
3d Admission into HBCADM-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Digital Media)
3e Admission into HBCASC-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Screen)
3f Admission into GDPCACW-Graduate Diploma in Creative Arts (Creative Writing)
3g Admission into GDPCADR-Graduate Diploma in Creative Arts (Drama)
3h Admission into GDPCASP-Graduate Diploma in Creative Arts (Screen Production)
3i Admission into MCACW-Master of Creative Arts (Creative Writing)
3j Admission into MCADR-Master of Creative Arts (Drama)
3k Admission into MCASP-Master of Creative Arts (Screen Production)
4 103.5 units of study
5 Admission into BCAHVEED - Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design) [4 years]
Must Satisfy: ((1 and (2 or 2a)) or ((3 or 3a or 3b or 3c or 3d or 3e or 3f or 3g or 3h or 3i or 3j or 3k)) or (4 and 5))

SCRN7075 has been successfully completed

This topic allows students to gain work experience in the creative arts, screen and media industries by taking up a project or position with an approved industry partner. Students will attend a series of seminars with the topic coordinator, and complete 100 hours of field placement. Students may also be required to attend career skills workshops across the semester.

This topic aims to:

• assist students in identifying a career path and beginning the transition from study to employment

• expose students to current practices in the production and management of projects in the creative arts, screen and media industries

• provide students with work experience and industry contacts that may assist their entry to the workforce

• offer students practice in resume writing, interview technique and negotiation for professional development in the creative arts, screen and media industries

Learning outcomes will be individually established for each placement and this is, in itself, an outcome of student initiative and negotiation in setting personal and professional goals.

More specifically on completion of this topic students will have:

• competence in practice and professional behaviour at technical and inter-personal levels

• identified the skills and talents relevant to their chosen industry sector