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Bachelor of Digital Media
Testamur Title of Degree: | Bachelor of Digital Media |
Abbreviation: | BDigMedia |
UOW Course Code: | 1813 |
| CRICOS Code | 071836A |
Study Area / Disciplines / My University Key Words: | Creative Arts, Visual Arts, Animation, Electronic Art, Digital Arts, Digital Media, Fine Arts, Media Arts |
Duration: | 3 years full-time |
Total Credit Points: | 144 |
Delivery Mode: | On campus |
Intake Session(s): | Autumn |
Delivery Campus / UAC codes: | Wollongong and Innovation campus / 754650 |
ATAR: | 75 |
Additional Information | Course Finder. |
course description
The Bachelor of Digital Media (BDM) is a comprehensive course designed to meet the diverse requirements of the growing digital media industry in both Australia and abroad. Students will develop a mixture of relevant contemporary technical skills, as well as a fundamental understanding of the digital medium and new contexts for production and technologically mediated creative practice. Students will be engaged in supported technical instruction, collaborative learning activities, the development of research and inquiry skills and project-based opportunities that reflect real life creative collaborations. This degree program aims to produce graduates who can flexibly respond to changing industry needs and opportunities, informed by an understanding and appreciation of relevant artistic traditions.
Cross Institutional Delivery
The BDM is a cross-institutional program delivered by the Faculty in collaboration with TAFE NSW - Illawarra Institute. The BDM incorporates Faculty of Law, Humanities and Arts theoretical studies in Creative and Professional Practice and practical studies in Media Arts, with concurrently completed vocational studies in Interactive Digital Media and Screen and Media, offered by TAFE NSW - Illawarra Institute.
Location
Both UOW and TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute components of the Bachelor of Digital Media are delivered primarily at the Digital Media Centre, on the UOW Innovation Campus. The Digital Media Centre is a multi-million dollar collaboration between UOW and TAFE NSW, comprising state of the art Digital Media teaching facilities such as studios, post-production suites, computer labs and exhibition spaces. An array of current and industry-recognised software and quality digital hardware supports the delivery of the practical course components.
Entry Requirements
Academic requirements and English requirements are available from Course Finder. Applicants accepted to the program are required to enrol as students of both the University of Wollongong and TAFE NSW - Illawarra Institute and fees are paid to both institutions.
credit arranagements
Information on credit and articulation arrangements and how to apply for credit is available from Course Finder.
Course structure
This course is offered in conjunction and concurrently with the TAFE NSW - Illawarra Institute. To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Digital Media a student shall accrue an aggregate of at least 144 credit points by satisfactory completion of the UOW subjects listed in the program of study and by cross articulation of TAFE NSW programs in Interactive Digital Media and Screen and Media, provided these courses are completed concurrently with the TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute. A student who has gained an award of Certificate IV or Diploma in Interactive Digital Media or Screen and Media from the TAFE NSW - Illawarra Institute, prior to commencing the BDM, can apply for advanced standing in the BDM. A student completing the Bachelor of Digital Media course will also qualify for the awards of Certificate IV and Diploma in Interactive Digital Media and, depending on subject selection, may also achieve the Advanced Diploma in Screen and Media.
Subjects | Session | Credit Points | |
100 level | |||
Contemporary Creative Practice | Autumn | 6 | |
Introduction to Media Arts | Autumn | 6 | |
Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice | Spring | 6 | |
Computational Media | Spring | 6 | |
TAFE Certificate IV Interactive Digital Media (TAFE course code 19330) | Credit Arrangements | 24 | |
200 level | |||
Contemporary Indigenous Art: Theory and Practice | Autumn | 6 | |
Time, Space and Data | Autumn | 6 | |
Visual Art, Modernism and the Avant-garde | Spring | 6 | |
System, Play and Interaction | Spring | 6 | |
TAFE Diploma Interactive Digital Media (TAFE course code 19331) | Credit Arrangements | 24 | |
300 level | |||
Contemporary Artworlds | Autumn | 6 | |
Globalisation and Contemporary Art | Spring | 6 | |
Media Arts Workshop | Autumn | 6 | |
Media Arts Project | Spring | 6 | |
Plus: | |||
24 credit points of 200 or 300 level elective subjects or Completion of TAFE Advanced Diploma Screen and Media studies (TAFE course code 19239) plus 12 credit points of 200 or 300 level elective subjects | Credit Arrangements | 24 | |
Note: No more than 60 credit points at 100 level can be counted towards the Bachelor of Digital Media degree. Students must achieve a clear pass in the core 300 level subjects to be eligible to graduate with a Bachelor of Digital Media.
The Bachelor of Digital Media is fully prescribed and cannot be taken within a double degree. Due to the structure of the program, electives are not usually available during the first or second year of the program.
Please refer to TAFE NSW- Illawarra Institute for information on TAFE key dates, student administration and specific course details.
The Faculty may impose quotas on subjects as required to ensure optimal class sizes.
Other Information
The Faculty may impose quotas on subjects to ensure optimal class sizes.
Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
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