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Overview

This program is for students commencing from 2023. The Bachelor of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Media is a four-year double degree program. The Bachelor of Fine Arts component is designed for aspiring students in creative fields who are open minded, curious, and inventive, and who wish to immerse themselves in their … For more content click the Read More button below. The Bachelor of Media component equips you with expertise to make a difference in the exciting, challenging, and constantly evolving field of media. To build this expertise, you’ll choose between five specialisations: Cinema Studies; Communication and Journalism; Media Studies; Public Relations and Advertising; and Screen Production.

This program is for students commencing from 2023.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Media is a four-year double degree program.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts component is designed for aspiring students in creative fields who are open minded, curious, and inventive, and who wish to immerse themselves in their creative practice. The BFA is home to distinctive specialisations in Animation and Moving Image, Art Theory, Music, and Visual Arts, each of which is led by experts in your field and supported by specialist facilities.

The Bachelor of Media component equips you with expertise to make a difference in the exciting, challenging, and constantly evolving field of media. To build this expertise, you’ll choose between five specialisations: Cinema Studies; Communication and Journalism; Media Studies; Public Relations and Advertising; and Screen Production.

Stand Alone Programs

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Double Degree Structure

Students must complete 192 UOC.

Bachelor of Fine Arts (96 UOC)

Specialisation (96 UOC)

Bachelor of Media (96 UOC)

Foundation courses (24 UOC)
Specialisation (48 UOC)
Expansion courses (24 UOC)

Disciplinary Component - 4830 Fine Arts96 Units of Credit:

Specialisation Requirement96 Units of Credit:

Disciplinary Component - 3341 Media96 Units of Credit:

Foundation Courses24 Units of Credit:

You must take 24 UOC of Foundation courses, including 12 UOC in Focus Courses and 12 UOC in Grounding Courses.

Focus Courses

Grounding Courses

Specialisation Requirement48 Units of Credit:

Expansion Courses24 Units of Credit:

You must take 24 UOC from any other specialisation in the BMedia program; including at least 6 UOC at level 2, and 12 UOC at level 3

You must select courses from lists other than your specialisation. You may opt to use this to establish a sub-specialisation in a second focus area, or opt to select courses from multiple lists. Please note: prerequisite rules for courses will apply, which you must take into consideration when planning your course selections.

Note: Level 1 course codes start with a 1 (e.g. MDIA1###), Level 2 with a 2 (e.g. MDIA2###) and level 3 with a 3 (e.g. MDIA3###).

Media Studies

Cinema Studies

Communication and Journalism

Public Relations and Advertising

Screen Production

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please read the Double Degree Program rules as some specific rules apply to particular Double Degree combinations.

You are responsible for ensuring you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and advice from your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program.

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Faculty
Faculty: The primary academic unit in which related disciplines of teaching and research are conducted.

Managing Faculty

Campus

Paddington, Sydney

Study Level
Study Level refers to the academic level of a program, specialisation or course.

Undergraduate

Typical duration:

4 Year(s)

Intake Period

Term 1, Term 2, Term 3

Academic Calendar

Minimum Units of Credit

192

Award Type(s)

Bachelor

Award(s)
Award(s): Qualification upon completion (all awards offered by UNSW are accredited by UNSW and align with the Australian Qualifications Framework).

Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA
Bachelor of Media - BMedia

UAC Code

421030

CRICOS Code

110677F

Fine Arts / Media

3343

192 Units of Credit