Creative Media (2024)

Creative Media is available as a first major for the Bachelor of Communication (BC). Creative Media may also be included as a second major or minor in other undergraduate degrees, subject to approval of the Division in which the student is enrolled.

To complete Creative Media as a single major for the BC, students must gain 135 points from papers listed for Creative Media, including 105 points above 100 level, and 60 points above 200 level. Students must complete ARTSC112, MEDIA100, DSIGN252 or LINGS204, MEDIA207, MEDIA220, MEDIA320, and 45 points chosen from the 300 level papers listed for Creative Media.

To complete Creative Media as part of a double major for the BC, or other undergraduate degree, students must gain 120 points from papers listed for Creative Media including 90 points above 100 level, and 45 points above 200 level. Students must complete ARTSC112, MEDIA100, DSIGN252 or LINGS204, MEDIA207, MEDIA220, MEDIA320, and 30 points chosen from the 300 level papers listed for Creative Media.

To complete a minor in Creative Media, students must complete 60 points from the papers listed for the Creative Media major, including at least 30 points above 100 level.

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• Prescriptions for the GradCert(CM) and GradDip(CM)
• 100 Level
• 200 Level
• 300 Level

• Prescriptions for the GradCert(CM) and GradDip(CM)

  A Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are available to graduates who have not included Creative Media at an advanced level in their first degree.

  For further details, contact the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences Office.

• 100 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  ARTSC112	Music, Sound and Human Communication	15.0	24B (Online)
  Every day we communicate using complex linguistic and musical systems. This paper will explore the role of sound and music in human communication and the cognitive, social, and cultural processes, which underlie such communication. The paper takes a broad, interdisciplinary look at all aspects of sound and musical communication, fr...
  MEDIA100	Understanding Visual Culture	15.0	24B (Hamilton) & 24X (Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou China)
  Our lives are dominated by still and moving images and visual technologies. This paper will constitute an important first step in learning to understand how images variously work to convey ideas, their impact and influence on our behaviour, thinking and culture. It draws on a broad theoretical platform from aesthetics, art history,...

• 200 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  DSIGN252	Cultural Perspectives for Design	15.0	24B (Hamilton) & 24X (Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou China)
  The paper provides students with an understanding of culture-specific perspectives on design issues and the ability to apply these in diverse contexts.
  LINGS204	Language of Social Media	15.0	24G (Online)
  This paper introduces students to the study of language in the genre of social media, using linguistics theory and concepts.
  MEDIA207	Transmedia Storytelling	15.0	24B (Hamilton)
  This paper explores transmedia storytelling in a variety of contexts. Students will engage with narratives that are spread across multiple media platforms and develop a critical understanding of key concepts and frameworks.
  MEDIA220	Creative Media Production	15.0	24A (Hamilton)
  This paper will engage students with a client-based approach to media production. Students will be asked to produce creative projects adhering to strict criteria in a variety of media formats including film, animation, podcasts, audio-visual installations, and studio-based productions.

• 300 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  MEDIA305	Interactive Media Design	15.0	24B (Hamilton) & 24X (Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou China)
  Create your own interactive projects that expand your creative practice. Students will engage with contemporary arts practices to devise audio-visual installations, evaluate the rise of interactivity in gaming and VR, and create projects that blend different media formats.
  MEDIA310	Human Interest Storytelling	15.0	24A (Hamilton)
  This paper will explore creative non-fiction audio-visual storytelling in a variety of contexts. Students will produce a portfolio of practical outputs within a human interest framework that focuses on specific social, cultural, and political issues.
  MEDIA320	Creative Media Project	15.0	24B (Hamilton)
  This paper provides an opportunity for students to develop and carry out a small scale creative media project with relative independence. Students will work with a supervisor to develop original creative content as a multi-platform experience.
  MEDIA330	Podcasting	15.0	24B (Hamilton)
  Podcasting has become an increasingly popular way of telling stories, exploring issues and educating. This paper will explore this relatively new format introducing its emerging codes and conventions and developing scripts and production skills for producing podcasts.
  THSTS302	Arts, Creativity and Wellbeing	15.0	24A (Hamilton)
  This paper integrates practice and theory, exploring embodied experiences of the relationships between arts, creativity and wellbeing. Contemporary theories of creativity and discussion of creative process in the arts will ground investigation of ways to foster and promote personal and social wellbeing in Aotearoa, Te Moana-Nui-A-K...