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Bachelor of Television and Radio (Television Production)
UndergraduateUSQ-TRP-DEG2024
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Technical skills for roles in the dynamic TV industry
Get fully immersed in production with access to a studio and industry connections. Topics include editing, sound design, and broadcasting. Develop the skills of a media professional and get ready to work on major events, sports, series and more.
- Study method
- Online & on-campus
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 3 years full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 24
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
- CSP available
- Yes
Bachelor of Television and Radio (Television Production)
About this degree
On successful completion of the program, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate both applied and theoretical knowledge in either production of media content or workplace practice.
- Gain required technical skills and real-world experience engaging with industry partners to record, mix, master and produce digital content.
- Apply core skills established in critical thinking, reflexive and reflective processes to enhance practice, as well as communicating effectively with fellow practitioners through either written and verbal form.
- Draw on both historical and contemporary industry practice to inform processes and structure for best practice.
- Be a highly skilled, engaged broadcast media practitioner confident to interact in a variety of distribution channels.
- Confidently work across all cultural settings, diversity and beliefs and work with a stronger sense of self and others.
- Our full broadcast television studio is your classroom! A practical, fully accessible space, with the latest technology for streaming and outside broadcast. Develop industry-ready skills to prepare you for an exciting career in the television industry, with positions in reality television, live sport events, news and current affairs, talk shows, major events, game shows, sitcoms, comedy, production drama, television commercials and much more. Benefit from UniSQ’s connections with industry such as Channel Nine and Seven, leading outside broadcaster NEP in Sydney and Melbourne and Fox Sport in Sydney. Expect to be involved in work experience in studio and outside broadcasts – all hands on, in real-time.
Recommended study pattern
Year 1
SCA1001 Persuasive Communication: Presenting Yourself and Your Ideas
FSP1001 Location Production 1
FSP1003 Editing Lab 1
SCA1002 Introduction to Creative and Critical Thinking
TVR1001 Introduction to Television Studio Practice
TVR1003 Sound Design for Production
2 x Electives
Year 2
SCA2001 Cultural Responsibilities and Creative Communities
TVR2001 Advanced Television Studio Production
TVR2003 Introduction to AVID Video and Audio Editing
SCA2002 Arts Business: Making and Managing Your Arts Career
TVR2004 Television Outside Broadcast
TVR2006 Advanced AVID Audio & Video Editing
2 x Electives
Year 3
TVR3001 Broadcast Commercial Production
TVR3002 News and Magazine Production
TVR3004 Major Broadcast Project
TVR3005 Distribution Channels and Social Media
4 x ElectivesAward requirements
Completion of 24 units as outlined in the Recommended Study Pattern section plus completion of required practical placements.Exit points
Associate Degree of Creative Arts, Diploma of Creative Arts StudiesOpen Universities Australia is a not-for-profit organisation. You will not pay any fees for using our services.
Indicative total fee $32,370
The amount shown here is indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.
Fees may vary depending on:
- the subjects you choose
- credit from previous work experience
- your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.
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As Australia’s #1 university for graduate starting salary (Good Universities Guide, 2022), University of Southern Queensland is the right place to make real progress. Regardless of your education history, your age or your aspirations, at UniSQ you’ll be inspired by quality learning experiences matched with top resources and research. Having delivered distance and online learning for over 40+ years, UniSQ supports you to learn at your own pace—exactly how it suits you.
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- 24
- Times Higher Education Ranking 2024:
- 24
Entry requirements
- ATAR - 60.00 or equivalent If you don't have an ATAR, you can attend an interview and supply a portfolio and written statement. Note: It is a requirement that Queensland-based students hold a current positive notice indicating that they are deemed suitable for working with children and young people whilst studying the Bachelor of Television and Radio Production. Further information about the Blue Card or Exemption Card suitability process is available from the Blue Card Services. Proof of meeting the English Language Proficiency requirements is also required.
- Completed VET qualifications can be used to derive an ATAR score or Selection Rank which may be used to meet the Entry Requirements for the program. We encourage you to reach out to the UniSQ team to discuss your options further.
- Work and Life experience may be used to derive an ATAR score or Selection Rank which may be used to meet the Entry Requirements for the program. We encourage you to reach out to the UniSQ team to discuss your options further.
- Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the UniSQ Credit and Exemption Procedure. Claims for credit for previous study should be submitted prior to or at the time of enrolment. Each claim will be assessed on individual merit in line with UniSQ policy.
Study method requirements
Residential School/s
- Residential School requirements to complete practical components of some courses
Career opportunities
Australian job snapshots
Data sourced from Australian Jobs 2023.
Role | Earnings | Employment change |
|---|---|---|
Artistic Directors, Media Producers & Presenters | $93K to $120K | Down 0.7% |
Cinematographers | N/A^ | N/A^ |
Film and Video Editors | N/A^ | N/A^ |
Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors | $93K to $120K | Down 1.8% |
Video Producers | N/A^ | N/A^ |
^ There is no data available