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Bachelor of Media Arts (Honours)
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Course details
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Jul 2024Feb 2025
- One year
- Full-time or Part-time
- $8,027* per year
- You may qualify for fee-free study under Fees Free Policy
- Level 8
- Available for International Students. International Fee Guideline
- Hamilton City Campus
Summary
The Bachelor of Media Arts (Honours) offers a contemporary, open and rigorous learning environment tailored to students' needs.
This is a postgraduate programme for students who wish to undertake an in-depth investigation into their chosen field, within a research-focused learning environment. Students will have the opportunity to respond to new developments in the communication, design, music, and visual arts fields.
As an Honours student supervision is provided for both the practical and the theoretical components of study. Additional supervision from external representatives of a student's professional field can also be established. Students will have frequent formal and informal meetings and critiques with other staff and students to discuss their work, helping to frame and respond critically to issues surrounding their practice at the level required by the professional world. The learning environment is good-humoured, varied and active, encouraging input from staff and students equally.
Facilities in the School of Media Arts are made available to students as determined by the nature and requirements of their project. Individual studio spaces, fabrication workshops and industry-standard digital and moving image facilities are provided for Honours students. Various test spaces, exhibition sites, tutorial and critique rooms are used for scheduled classes and for formative and casual review of work. Technical staff maintain the operation of facilities and equipment and are available to assist students in practical and logistical issues in their study.
What you will learn
The programme includes the study of two modules, which can be studied full or part-time:
Research practice (900 hours)
Includes a major studio-based research project and a parallel written research paper.
Contemporary theory (300 hours)
Includes a tutorial-based survey of some recent theories of relevance to the arts and media.
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- Every candidate for the Bachelor of Media Arts (Honours) shall to the satisfaction of the Academic Board follow a programme of study for a period of normally not less than two semesters full-time or four semesters part-time.
- Each candidate’s programme of study will comprise the following two modules, totalling 120 credits.
Career/further opportunities
Graduates may be employed in a range of professional creative fields including as a designer, filmmaker, artist, advertisingphotographer, art director, teacher, cinematographer, editorial photographer, environmental designer, exhibition designer, film editor, film producer, freelance photographer, graphic designer, illustrator, photojournalist, scriptwriter, web designer, songwriter, or composer.
About the faculty
This programme is offered by the School of Media Arts who provide innovative, interdisciplinary education that prepares students for careers in the creative industries.
Experienced staff and state-of-the-art facilities help you develop a unique range of skills and the ability to apply them in the professional world. Check out examples of student work, some of our successful graduates, Media Arts' Industry connections, all the latest news and events, and more.
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Events
News
Postgraduate study has been life-changing for this artist
Claudia Avril at her Master of Arts exhibition opening ‘Fourth Wall’ at Wintec’s Ramp Gallery.
Like many art teachers, Claudia Avril was in a familiar predicament, pondering the question; how to continue a teaching career and maintain an arts practice?
This Hamilton Girls’ High School art teacher was managing her time to make art through early starts and dedicated studio time, but she wanted to take her practice to the next level and achieve a consistent art identity.
The answer came in the form of a funding grant from the Ministry of Education which allowed paid leave from teaching and with this support, Claudia enrolled in the Master of Arts programme at Wintec School of Media Arts. She began her study in October 2018.
The first step in her study was all about becoming aware of her aesthetic direction.
“During the first quarter of the programme, I was testing and exploring to clarify my creative direction,” says Claudia.
She also attributes delving into the theory component of the Master of Arts programme to be, “very significant to my work - more than I thought it would be”.
Claudia’s Master of Arts project is now an exhibition, titled Fourth Wall at Ramp Gallery on Wintec’s Hamilton campus. The exhibition investigates notions of perception and explores the figure-ground dynamics at play within paintings.
“I’m interested in the way paintings are activated by the participation of the viewer, and the subtle play between the way dimension is rendered in both the virtual and the actual world of things.”
The exhibition is centred around paintings on shaped boards and dimensional folding. Her process includes capturing the very small differentiations of tone from real-world surfaces as data and bending this 2D visual data into 3D form.
Ramp Gallery curator Wendy Richdale says, “Claudia’s paintings are dynamic – they can appear to shift toward the viewer and generate a visual reverberation between illusionistic and actual space”.
Students undertaking a Master of Arts programme at Wintec School of Media Arts, have two supervisors (one theory and one practical), who both guide the student’s learning and the development of their project along the way.
“You get so much feedback and ideas from your supervisors that you normally wouldn’t think about. You need to be challenged so you can progress,” says Claudia.
Claudia Avril’s studio at Wintec School of Media Arts allowed her to connect with other arts students and gave her the space to create large-scale works with the flexibility of 24-hour access.
A highlight for Claudia was meeting other like-minded creatives.
“I’ve met so many other artists through Wintec, it’s really connected me with the creative scene in Hamilton.”
As well, a painting Claudia developed during her Master of Arts study was selected from more than 300 entries and is a finalist in the 2019 National Contemporary Art Award. The Award exhibition is at Waikato Museum until 10 November 2019.
When asked to share some insights to others thinking of continuing their study to postgraduate level, Claudia lists some key learnings:
“Balance your own ideas with the input from others. Engage with the process of working with supervisors, it is so rewarding. Have discussions and make the most of every opportunity and the resources available.”
Claudia’s Master of Arts project may have come to an end, but it really is just the beginning for her artistic career.
“I’ve consolidated a body of work, and it gives me the confidence to keep moving,” she says.
“It’s just been life-changing.”
View Fourth Wall at Ramp Gallery until Friday 20 September 2019.
There are three intakes per year for the Master of Arts programme in March, July and October.
Wintec School of Media Arts also offers as Bachelor of Media Arts (Honours) programme.
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Disclaimers
Entry criteria
Candidates must have:
i) completed the requirements of the Bachelor of Media Arts with a mark average of 65% or better in 4 level 7 modules and a mark average of 65% in two contextual modules at level 5 and level 6, or
ii) completed an undergraduate degree specialising in communication, visual arts, design or music with mark average of 65% or better in 4 level 7 modules and a mark average of 65% in two modules containing a theoretical component at level 5 and 6, or
iii) a history of professional experience in communication, visual arts, design or music with the ability to undertake independent practical and theoretical research at a level equivalent to that which would be possessed by graduates of the Bachelor of Media Arts with a mark average as specified above. Relevance of professional experience will be determined on the basis of an interview and portfolio.
Selection criteria
a) Any candidate for the Bachelor of Media Arts (Honours) who is not a graduate of Wintec’s Bachelor of Media Arts degree will be required to submit a portfolio of recent work which demonstrates the nature and quality of their practice.
b) All application documentation submitted for assessment must be in English.
i) Candidates may be asked to submit an essay of 2500 words that discusses some aspect of theory that is relevant to their practice. This may have been written in a previous module.
ii) Candidates may be asked to submit a portfolio of 10 works with a statement of intention of 500 words.
iii) Candidates may be asked to make a verbal presentation of their intended project
English language requirements
Candidates who have English as a second language are required to have an International English Language Test System (IELTS) score of 6.5, with no individual band score lower than 6.0; or equivalent.
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