The Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours requires a minimum total of 480 points:
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270 points of compulsory courses
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a minimum of 390 points of Digital Screen courses
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the remaining 90 points can be from either Digital Screen courses or courses from other degrees.
At least 345 points must be from courses above 100-level, with at least 90 points at 300-level, and 120 points at 400-level.
The degree takes 4 years of full-time study, or can be studied part-time for up to 10 years.
Majors and minors
BDigiScreen(Hons) students have the option of completing either:
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a major
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a major and a minor.
Each major has specific course requirements, but all consist of a minimum of 120 points. The fourth year of the degree is made up of compulsory courses that focus on your major subject area.
A minor consists of a minimum 75 points, including at least 45 points above 100-level, in a single subject chosen from Digital Screen, Arts, Commerce, Health Sciences, Science, Sport Coaching, or Youth and Community Leadership degrees.
Certificate of Indigenous Narrative
UC also offers the Certificate in Indigenous Narrative designed as professional development for those already in the digital media industry to upskill their indigenous awareness and representation.
The Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours introduces you to all stages of conception, production, and publication of digital media.
You will complete at least one major subject, and can also choose to specialise in a minor subject.
See ‘How do I plan my degree?’ above for an example degree structure diagram.
Compulsory courses
Year 1
- DISC101 Storytelling for the Digital Screen
- DISC102 Principles of Screen Production
- MUSA125 Music Technologies
- PROD110 Product Design Principles
- PROD121 The Game Development Process
- PROD142 2D and 3D Art for Film and Games
Year 2
- DISC201 Storytelling in Action
Year 3
- DISC301 Conception, Development, Budgets
- DISC380 Year 3 Capstone project
Year 4
- DISC401 Conception, Development, Budgets
- DISC402 Exhibition and Distribution
- DISC403 Digital Screen Project
Major subjects
- Animation
- Cinematic Arts
- Game Arts
- Game Development
- Screen Sound
- Screenwriting
Minor subjects
You may also choose to complete a minor chosen from the list below.
All majors in the degree are also available as minors.
Indigenous Narrative is a minor specially designed to accompany this degree. It teaches you an understanding of the approaches to Māori and Pasifika storytelling in digital forms, including production strategies and issues of representation.
- Accounting
- Adventure Sport and Environment
- Animation
- Anthropology
- Art History and Theory
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Business Analytics
- Business and Sustainability
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Cinema Studies
- Cinematic Arts
- Classics
- Computer Science
- Cultural Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Economics
- Education
- English
- English Language
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Science
- European and European Union Studies
- Finance
- French
- Game Arts
- Game Development
- Geography
- Geology
- German
- Health Education
- History
- Human Resource Management
- Human Services
- Indigenous Narrative
- Information Systems
- Innovation
- International Business
- Japanese
- Linguistics
- Māori and Indigenous Studies
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Media and Communication
- Music
- Nutrition
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Performance Analysis
- Philosophy
- Physical Activity
- Physics
- Political Science and International Relations
- Professional and Community Engagement
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Russian
- Screen Sound
- Screenwriting
- Society and Policy
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Sport Science
- Statistics
- Strength and Conditioning
- Taxation
- Te Reo Māori
- Tourism Marketing and Management
- Youth and Community Leadership
