Courses in Screen Production

Bachelor of Arts - BA

Communication
Course Title Available in 2025
COMMS 100   Communication, Technology and Culture    Semester 1
 
Drama
Course Title Available in 2025
DRAMA 302   Performance Skills    Semester 2
 
Media and Screen Studies
Course Title Available in 2025
MEDIA 101   Film Studies    Semester 1
MEDIA 221   Action Films    Semester 2
MEDIA 222   Comics and Graphic Storytelling    Semester 1
MEDIA 236   Horror Media    Semester 2
MEDIA 315   Action Films    Semester 2
MEDIA 327   Comics and Graphic Storytelling    Semester 1
MEDIA 336   Horror Media    Semester 2
 

   

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA(Hons)

Media and Screen Studies
Course Title Available in 2025
MEDIA 713   Media, Sound and Music    Semester 2
MEDIA 715   Visualising Difference    Semester 1
MEDIA 717   Ubiquitous Media    Semester 1
MEDIA 726   Directed Study    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or Semester 2 and 1
MEDIA 729   Film Evil    Semester 2
MEDIA 741   Time and the Moving Image    Semester 2
MEDIA 742   Directed Study    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
MEDIA 743   Chinese Film Genres    Semester 1
 
Screen Production
Course Title Available in 2025
SCREEN 700   Screenwriting Project    Semester 1
SCREEN 701   Introduction to Directing    Semester 1
SCREEN 709   Directed Study    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
SCREEN 712   Advanced Drama Directing    Semester 2
SCREEN 714   Screenplay Writing and Development    Semester 2
SCREEN 780   Research Project    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or Semester 2 and 1
 

   

Master of Arts - MA

Screen Production
Course Title Available in 2025
SCREEN 700   Screenwriting Project    Semester 1
SCREEN 701   Introduction to Directing    Semester 1
SCREEN 712   Advanced Drama Directing    Semester 2
SCREEN 714   Screenplay Writing and Development    Semester 2
SCREEN 792   Dissertation    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or Semester 2 and 1
 

   

Bachelor of Arts - BA

Media and Screen Studies
Course Title Not taught 2025
MEDIA 241 Writing Screen Stories Not taught in 2025
MEDIA 307 Hollywood and its Others Not taught in 2025
MEDIA 314 Social Media Not taught in 2025
MEDIA 316 Mockumentary and Docu-Genres Not taught in 2025
MEDIA 323 Popular Music on Screens Not taught in 2025
MEDIA 328 Video Games: Theory and Culture Not taught in 2025
MEDIA 341 Writing Screen Stories Not taught in 2025
 
Anthropology
Course Title Not taught 2025
ANTHRO 212 Ethnographic Film and Photography Not taught in 2025
 
Communication
Course Title Not taught 2025
COMMS 104 Advertising and Society Not taught in 2025
COMMS 202 Audiences and Users Not taught in 2025
COMMS 203 Television Journalism Not taught in 2025
 
Māori
Course Title Not taught 2025
MĀORI  202 Decolonising the Screen in Aotearoa Not taught in 2025
MĀORI  303 Decolonising the Screen in Aotearoa Not taught in 2025
 
Media and Screen Studies
Course Title Not taught 2025
MEDIA 202 Hollywood and its Others Not taught in 2025
MEDIA 212 Video Games: Theory and Culture Not taught in 2025
MEDIA 218 Popular Music on Screens Not taught in 2025
MEDIA 220 Mockumentary and Docu-Genres Not taught in 2025
 

   

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA(Hons)

Screen Production
Course Title Not taught 2025
SCREEN 710 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
SCREEN 711 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
SCREEN 713 Advanced Documentary Directing Not taught in 2025
 
Media and Screen Studies
Course Title Not taught 2025
MEDIA 716 Love in/Loving the Cinema Not taught in 2025
MEDIA 748 Special Topic: Documentary Making Not taught in 2025
 

   

Master of Arts - MA

Screen Production
Course Title Not taught 2025
SCREEN 710 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
SCREEN 711 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
SCREEN 713 Advanced Documentary Directing Not taught in 2025