UNDERGRADUATE
PROGRAMS:
BACHELOR OF ARTS (Visual) Digital Media Major
The Bachelor of Arts (Visual) Digital Media major develops students’ creative practice through studies in digital media focused on animation, interactivity, computer music and digital video. It teaches digital media in the context of the visual arts, and is designed for students who wish to develop careers in the arts industry or in film and television, visual effects and digital animation, digital sound production, and multimedia and online design.
View the handbook Study@ANUonline
at "http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/3010XBAVIS;overview.html
Admission Requirements
These are only a guide for admission. Exact entry level will be set at time of offer.
Entry Requirement Entry Level
UAI / ENTER / TER 0
QLD Band 0
International Baccalaureate 0
Prerequisites
ACT or NSW HSC or equivalent
Interview and portfolio
Applications
Applications for the Bachelor of Arts (Visual) are welcome from both Australian and international applicants. Australian applicants must apply through the University Admissions Centre (UAC). HYPERLINK "www.uac.edu.au. In addition to this, you must also register for an Admission Interview by contacting the Faculty of Arts Admission Officer (02) 6125 2898. Interviews will be held in the second half of November each year, at which applicants must present a portfolio of their work. Guidelines for the portfolio are listed below. Successful applicants will be notified by the CNMA.
International applicants should apply directly to the ANU – see HYPERLINK "http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/forms
Interview & Portfolio Information
We are looking for imaginative and intelligent students, artistically talented, gifted with ideas, able to think out of the box and highly creative.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate their creative strengths, knowledge and ability to study in New Media Arts. The portfolio should consist of material demonstrating artistic ability and creative intelligence.
HYPERLINK
"http://cass.anu.edu.au/students/interview.php
The guidelines for presentation of a portfolio are flexible. Works do not need to be constrained to a digital format, and may consist of any or several of the following:
DVD – Video
Executable Data CD
Audio CD
Online
Portfolio of visual work
Evidence of written work
BACHELOR OF ARTS (NEW MEDIA ARTS)
The Bachelor of Arts (New Media Arts) is designed to prepare graduates for careers in the burgeoning field of new media arts and performance.
What is unique about this program is the breadth and integrated nature of its offerings: from Interactive Multimedia to Documentary Film; from Directing for the Camera to New Music. While the degree is founded upon a marriage of the arts with design, application and performance, the degree also rests upon a firm technological base. Throughout, the BA(NMA) emphasizes creativity and professional application. The degree cross-cuts many disciplines which are often segregated in separate faculties in tertiary institutions.
BA(NMA) Majors:
- Digital Humanities
- Cinemedia
- New Media Performance
- IT in New Media Arts
View the handbook Study@ANUonline
http://info.anu.edu.au/StudyAt/_Arts/Undergraduate/Programs/_3030XBANMA.asp
Admission Requirements
These are only a guide for admission. Exact entry level will be set at time of offer.
Entry Requirement Entry Level
UAI / ENTER / TER 75
QLD Band 12
International Baccalaureate 24
Applications
Applications for the Bachelor of Arts (New Media Arts) are welcome from both Australian and international applicants. Australian applicants must apply through the University Admissions Centre (UAC) http://www.uac.edu.au
International applicants should apply directly to the ANU. http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/forms
GRADUATE PROGRAMS:
MASTER OF VISUAL EFFECTS (MVFX)
The Master of Visual Effects is a new creative flagship program aimed at professionals and graduates wishing to advance their creative media experience in the visual effects arena. The MVFX is a one year program designed for people developing their professional experience in the broadcast and production industries, creative design arts and media research.
Admission Requirements
Applicants are expected to have completed an appropriate three year undergraduate qualification at a high level of achievement, to have demonstrated significant achievement in their area of expertise. They should be able to demonstrate intellectual creativity through evidence of a practice portfolio or showreel, and documentation of written analytical skills.
In exceptional circumstances professional experience and standing in the field may be taken as equivalent qualification for admission to the course. There is no provision for advanced standing.
All applications must be accompanied by evidence of meeting the admission requirements, and by a portfolio of work.
Applications:
http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/forms
http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/fees
http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/admission
MASTER OF NEW MEDIA ARTS (MNMA)
This program of concentrated study provides a one year program, by coursework and individual practice in Computer Music or Interactive Digital Media. over two semesters full-time (or equivalent part-time), in the use of new digital sound and/or image technologies for artistic, commercial or scientific perceptualisation purposes. Whilst developing technical facility, the underlying principle of the program is the development of aesthetic sensibilities in the artistic use of computers.
Students will also study the core courses of Formal Structures for New Media, and New Media, Innovation & Research.
Further information:
http://info.anu.edu.au/StudyAt/_Arts/Postgraduate/Programs/_7007XMNMA.asp
Admission Requirements
Applicants are expected to have completed an appropriate three year undergraduate qualification at a high level of achievement, to have demonstrated significant achievement in their field of practice, and to possess high level creative, analytical and critical skills.
In exceptional circumstances professional experience and standing in the field may be taken as equivalent qualification for admission to the course. There is no provision for advanced standing.
All applications must be accompanied by evidence of meeting the admission requirements, and by a portfolio of work.
The guidelines for presentation of a portfolio are flexible. Works do not need to be constrained to a digital format, and may consist of any or several of the following:
- DVD – Video
- Executable Data CD
- Audio CD
- Online
- Portfolio of visual work
- Evidence of written work
Applications:
http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/forms
http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/fees
http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/admission
MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY
Master of Philosophy by Research two to four years fulltime
(or equivalent part time)
The aim of this program is to provide an opportunity for candidates
to undertake research and development on some aspect of the
electronic arts at a postgraduate level. The program is designed
for highly motivated individuals who wish to develop further
their creative and technical expertise in computer music and
related digital audio signal processing, computer animation,
digital video and other electronic imaging, interactive multimedia
or some mixed media combination of these fields for artistic,
technical or scientific perceptualisation purposes.
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
PhD applicants are required to carry out independent research
which must make a substantial intellectual contribution and
which demonstrates a capacity to relate
the research to the broader framework of the discipline. The
outcomes of the research may be presented in the form of a
written thesis or its equivalent, of a scope and size that
could normally be expected to be completed in three years
of fulltime study. It may include artistic work relevant to
the field of study, as well as a written dissertation, and
may incorporate video, compositions, documented live presentations
and sound recordings, multimedia or other forms of visual
or sonic art as appropriate to the research. This will be
evaluated at the standard internationally recognised for the
PhD degree in the relevant discipline(s). The Graduate School
also encourages and facilitates cross-disciplinary research
through student membership of more than one program. All students
have a panel of three supervisors/advisers.
Prerequisites:
Applicants seeking admission to the PhD must hold at least
a degree of Bachelor with first or upper second class Honours
of an Australian university in an appropriate discipline related
to the proposed course of study; or such other qualification
as the Prescribed Authority determines, being a qualification
that is equivalent or superior to such a degree.
Postgraduate Research Admission Requirements:
Application is made on the “Postgraduate Research Course
and/or Scholarship Application” and must be accompanied
by evidence of meeting the admission requirements. An admission
panel will assess the application.
Applicants are encouraged to contact the Convener of the Graduate
Program, Martyn Jolly, to discuss their application
(6125 5815 or Martyn.Jolly@anu.edu.au).
Further information for prospective research students can
be found at:
http://www.anu.edu.au/graduate/prospective/research.php
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