100-level

DISC101
Storytelling for the Digital Screen
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC102
Principles of Screen Production for Film
15 points
Semester Two 2026

PROD142
2D and 3D Art for Game and Film
15 points
Semester Two 2026

TAKI101
Te Whare Purakau 1
15 points
Semester One 2026

200-level

DISC201
Storytelling in action
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC210
Film project 1
30 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC211
Lights, lens, mics
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC212
Screenwriting: research and story development
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC213
Editing and postproduction
15 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC220
Feature screenwriting project 1
30 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC222
Feature Screenwriting: The Treatment
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC223
Creating story worlds
15 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC229
Writing for Games & Interactive Media
15 points
Summer Nov 2025 (Distance)

DISC230
Screen sound project 1
15 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC231
Sound Capture
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC232
Sound Design 1
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC234
Sound Design 2
15 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC240
Animation Project I
15 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC241
Foundations of Animation
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC248
Specialised Animation Project
30 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC261
Introduction to Audio Electronics, Products and Music Creation
15 points
Summer Nov 2025

PROD225
Game Development in Unreal and C++
15 points
Semester Two 2026

PROD241
Character Design
15 points
Semester One 2026

PROD244
Lighting and Rendering
15 points
Semester Two 2026

TITO201
Indigilit - Indigenous Literature in Aotearoa and Beyond
15 points
Semester Two 2026

TITO202
Kiriata: Maori film and media
15 points
Semester One 2026

300-level

DISC301
Story development
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC321
Episodic Screenwriting
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC322
Adaptation
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC329
Individual Course of Study
15 points
Summer Nov 2025 (Distance)

DISC331
Creative Sound Studio
30 points
Semester One 2026

DISC332
Sound mixing for film and games
15 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC333
Screen writing: revision and doctoring
15 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC370
Media Collaboration Project
15 points
Approved Start 2026

DISC380
Year 3 capstone project
30 points
Semester Two 2026

PROD341
Cinematics and Visual Effects
15 points
Semester One 2026

PROD342
Digital Sculpting
15 points
Semester One 2026

TITO301
Indigenous Stories, Digital Realms
15 points
Semester Two 2026

400-level

DISC401
Conception and development in the digital screen
15 points
Semester One 2026

DISC402
Postproduction, exhibition and distribution
15 points
Semester Two 2026

DISC403
Digital Screen Project
90 points
Whole Year 2026

Not Offered Courses in 2026

100-level

DISC102
Principles of Screen Production for Film
15 points
DISC102-25SU2 (C)
Summer Nov 2025 - Not offered
For further information see DISC102 course details

300-level

DISC311
Advanced pre-production and production for fiction and documentary
15 points
Not offered 2026
For further information see DISC311 course details