Master of Creative Industries

Whether you’ve worked within the creative industries for years, hold a creative media qualification and seeking to deepen your knowledge to pursue greater career prospects, or want to refine and explore a specific creative media project, SAE’s Master of Creative Industries is the next step to defining your creative niche.

Throughout this course, you’ll learn from industry thought-leaders, collaborate with your peers, extend your network through our global reach and solidify your own reputation within the creative media industry.

The Master of Creative Industries offer a progressive, learning experience like that of no other. With the benefit of no defined discipline specialisations, we’ll guide you to select modules that meet both your individual creative and professional aspirations and provide the appropriate foundation for your capstone project.

Choose to deepen your knowledge and skills within your existing discipline or compliment this experience with cross-discipline electives. Your tailored course will consist of:

• Core modules significant to all creative practitioners
• Electives focusing on creative practice, innovation, entrepreneurship and marketing.
• Discipline specific electives across Audio, Film and Games.

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Driving you to explore and further your ideas, practice-based learning framework will consist of interactive online modules, collaborative peer learning projects and occasional intensive on campus workshops; leading you to test your ideas in a series of Creative Media Projects, including a final capstone project.

As an SAE student you will have access to SAE’s industry-leading campuses, filled with the latest equipment and software.

All ideas need a place to grow and people to nurture them and our reputation as the leading global specialist in creative media education comes from 40 years of pioneering creative minds.

Graduate Outcomes

As an SAE graduate, you will be prepared to take on strategic and leadership roles within the creative industries. You will be aware of new developments and be able to research and troubleshoot trends and opportunities.

You will also have the entrepreneurial and communication skills to take your personal vision to the next stage. The contemporary media environment is complex and exciting. It looks for leaders who are willing and able to explore, test ideas and respond to new possibilities. Your training will have made you a conscious innovator.

You may be eligible for an exit award of Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries or a Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries (non-degree) upon completion of the first trimester or the first two trimesters respectively.

Lecturer Spotlight

Dr Christy Dena is an acclaimed writer-designer-director who has worked on award-winning pervasive games, film, digital and theatre projects. A mentor to industry professionals around the world; Christy is published in numerous books and given keynotes and presentations at film, tech, writing and gaming festivals worldwide.

Her original award-winning projects include apps, installations, board games, and live games. Her experience spans across well known international clients, including Cisco, Nokia, Wieden+Kennedy, ABC, and many more.

Christy was granted Australia's first Digital Writing Residency at The Cube for her project 3D Kinect installation "Robot University" by the Australian Council for the Arts and QUT. In 2012 she was the "Digital Writing Ambassador" for the Emerging Writers Festival; and a prototype of her web audio adventure for the iPad "AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS" was finalist for "Best Writing in the Game" Award at the Freeplay Independent Gaming Festival.

Christy is just one of the mentors of SAE’s Master of Creative Media Industries.