Course details

Bachelor of Screen Arts - Film Major
NZQF Level 7

About the course

The Bachelor of Screen Arts is a three-year programme that allows you to express your creativity using the latest digital technology.  It will develop your creativity and technical abilities that are well sought after in this rapidly changing industry. You will be encouraged to develop individual projects which have distinctive conceptual, aesthetic and technical outcomes. The Film major focuses on developing your creativity and technical skills with filmmaking and story telling. You will learn:

Production Film Crew Cinematography Screenwriting Editing Directing Camera Crew Colourist etc 

In ten years’ time, the technology we use today will be obsolete, however skills in storytelling, character development, research and critical thinking, are enduring, irrespective of future technology. Other majors in the Bachelor of Screen Arts:

Animation Digital Fashion Technology Digital Content Creation Game Design Concept Art & Design

About the provider

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.

We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.

We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Christchurch, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.

We also have specialised faculties in music and rural education - MAINZ – Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (Christchurch) and Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.

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