First-year
- Film, Visual and Performing Arts 1A AND IB
- Visual Storytelling IA AND IB
- Image Creation IA AND IB
AND
A student is required to complete two semester courses in one of the following languages: isiZulu or Sesotho or South African Sign Language (SASL). If a student is proficient in any two of the three languages (isiZulu, Sesotho or SASL), the student is advised to do one of the following: (i) register in a first-language stream for two courses in isiZulu or Sesotho, (ii) register for two courses in any one of the following: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, or (iii) formally apply to the Dean for exemption from the requirement to register for a language subject. Where an exemption has been granted, students must add a course/s yielding at least 36 credits in a subject approved by Senate. A student may also be granted a credit if s/he has completed the same or an equivalent course.
Second-year
- Image Creation IIA AND IIB
- Visual Storytelling IIA
Select courses yielding 48 credits from:
- Film, Visual and Performing Arts 1A: Storytelling across Media and Cultural contexts
- Screen Studies IIB, OR
- History of Arts IIA
- Critical Music Studies: Concepts and Contexts IIA
Third-year
- Directing Fiction III
- Documentary Film-making III
- Principles of Sound Design III
- Principles of Studio Production III
- Screen Writing IIIA AND IIIB
OR, select one course from the following:
- Interactive Media IIIA
- Animation IIIA
- Theories of Art
- Introduction to Cultural Policy and Management A
- Funding Contexts in Cultural and Creative Industries
OR
Screen Studies IIIA
AND
- Film, Visual and Performing Arts IIIA: Aesthetics Technologies and Commodity Cultures
- Film, Visual and Performing Arts IIIB: Medium, Process and Criticality
OR
History of Art IIIC AND IIID
OR
- Music in History and Society III: Musical Modernisms
- Music in History and Society III: Music in Contemporary Lives
OR
Level 3000 courses yielding 36 credits
Fourth-year
Select one course from the following:
- Long Essay in Film and Television
- Research Project in Film and Television
Select four courses from the following:
- Fact and Fiction IV
- Experimental Film IV
- Fundamentals of Post-production IV
- Fundamentals of Cinematography IV
- Screenwriting IVA AND Screenwriting IVB
OR
Select three courses from the list above AND one appropriate fourth year course from the following:
- Film Studies IVA AND IVB
- Digital Humanities
- Participatory Cultures
- Cultural Entrepreneurship
- Arts, Marketing: Context, Strategies and Practices
- Animation IV
- Interactive Media IV
- Key Moments in the 20th Century Arts: Tradition and Innovation
- Selected topic in Interdisciplinary Arts and Cultural Studies