Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)

at University of Melbourne

300-point program
 

3 years full-time
 

• Year 1
  100 pts
   

• Semester 150 pts
   

COMPULSORY

• Stories Of Place

• CREA10002

• 6.25 pts
   

CORE

• Screenwriting Practices 1A

• FLTV10012

• 18.75 pts
   

CORE

• Pictures, Sounds, Words

• FLTV10014

• 12.5 pts
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BREADTH

• 12.5 pts
   

• Semester 250 pts
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CORE

• Screen Culture 1

• FLTV10009

• 12.5 pts
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CORE

• Screenwriting Practices 1B

• FLTV10015

• 25 pts
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BREADTH

• 12.5 pts
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• Year 2
  100 pts
   

• Semester 150 pts
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CORE

• Screen Culture 2

• FLTV20010

• 12.5 pts
   

CORE

• Screenwriting Practices 2A

• FLTV20012

• 25 pts
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CORE

• Writing For The Youth Screen Market

• FLTV20018

• 12.5 pts
   

• Semester 250 pts
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CORE

• Gaming And The Writer

• FLTV20011

• 12.5 pts
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CORE

• Screenwriting Practices 2B

• FLTV20017

• 25 pts
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BREADTH

• 12.5 pts
   

• Year 3
  100 pts
   

• Year Long
  25 pts
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CORE

• Screen Industry Focus

• FLTV30028

• 25 pts
   

• Semester 1
  37.5 pts
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CORE

• Screenwriting Practices 3A

• FLTV30029

• 25 pts
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BREADTH

• 12.5 pts
   

• Semester 2 (Early-Start)
  37.5 pts
   

CORE

• Screen Adaptation

• FLTV30015

• 12.5 pts
   

CAPSTONE

• Screenwriting Practices 3B

• FLTV30030

• 25 pts

PREREQUISITES
 

These are the subjects (with minimum scores) you must have completed to be eligible for entry to this course.
 

English. Three Indian State Board Examinations are accepted as a direct entry pathway: Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Higher (Secondary) School Certificate and Karnataka Pre-University Certificate. To calculate a final average, you should determine the average of your best four final-year subjects.
 

ADDITIONAL
 

Selection into the Bachelor of Fine Arts is talent-based. The selection process for this specialisation includes an audition.
 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
 

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements, you can satisfy the English language requirements in a number of ways. If you have an English-speaking background or education, you need to check that you meet our requirements here. If you are not from an English-speaking background or education, you need to meet the English Language requirements through IELTS, TOEFL, Pearson Test of English (academic) or Cambridge English (CAE).
 

• TOEFL (internet-based): total score at of least 79 and scores of 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading and 13 for listening. To submit your scores when you apply, use our TOEFL Institution Code: 0974.
   

• IELTS: total score of at least 6.5 in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0.

• Indicative first year fee AUD$32,896
   

• Indicative total course fee AUD$103,744

As a graduate of this specialisation, you may find employment as a screen content developer, or screenwriter – in film, television, games and new medias - among others.
 

At the end of three years you will be equipped to write professionally for screen media, having acquired essential skills such as generating and adapting stories for screen platforms, presenting work at a professional standard, giving and receiving constructive feedback and working in creative teams.