Bachelor of Screen Arts – BSA

In the Bachelor of Screen Arts (BSA) you will learn about industry-standard technologies across multiple media. You will gain experience in how to communicate ideas using animatics and storyboarding, including wireframing and mapping. You will learn about contemporary media and story-telling, and get to experiment with different modes of making like film, animation and coding.

In your second year, you will explore your chosen medium in depth, deconstructing both how it operates and what it means. You will then advance your production skills with media production practices. You’ll learn about media business and the creative economy, and how to evaluate and develop ideas for the marketplace.

In your final year, you will have the chance to develop a year-long cross-media creative project. Your student-led team will work with industry mentors on a real-life client project, through the key stages of planning, pre-production, production and post-production.

Learn from industry professionals

The Bachelor of Screen Arts is taught by people who know the industry, including former staff of Weta Digital, Weta Workshop, Park Road Post, TVNZ and the BBC.

Get the full picture

• Visit the College of Creative Arts website
• Creative Arts guides

Further study

Admission to Massey

All students must meet university entrance requirements to be admitted to the University.

• Massey University entry requirements

Specific requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for the Bachelor of Screen Arts other than those required to study at university.

English language requirements

To study this qualification you must meet Massey University's English language standards.

• Massey University English language requirements

Prior learning, credit and exemptions

For information on prior learning, exemptions and transfer of credit or other questions:

• review the Recognition of Prior Learning regulations
• contact us through the Get advice button on this page.

English language skills

If you need help with your English language skills before you start university, see our English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses.