Bachelor of Screen Production

Excelsia College is proud to be partnering with one of the world’s top film schools, Sydney Film School, to deliver the Bachelor of Screen Production. The Bachelor of Screen Production is a 3 year full-time course. It is a third-party arrangement between Excelsia College and Sydney Film School (SFS) with the program accredited and qualifications provided by Excelsia College. The course is taught by Excelsia staff (of whom many are also SFS lecturers) and is subject to Excelsia’s policies and procedures.

The course is taught at both the Sydney Film School Waterloo Studios campus and Excelsia’s Macquarie Park campus. Students will need to travel between these campuses during the duration of the course but won’t normally be required to travel between the two on a given day. Travel time is approx 25mins by car and one hour by public transport.

An Excelsia Course Manager will be available at the Sydney Film School Waterloo campus to provide support to students.
The Bachelor of Screen Production is a unique model of training that is value-driven, heavily practical, industry-informed, professionally sustainable and socially directed.

Students will experience:

• state-of-the-art studio facilities

• unrivalled production opportunities – our students make around 100 short films each year (subject to numbers and loading)

• their own production budgets included in the course fee

• an opportunity to build up to 12 to 16 screen credits over two years
• access to a pool of acting students through Excelsia College’s Dramatic Art program and Sydney Actors School

• an environment that replicates the real-world industry practice.



Over the entirety of the course students experience a variety of roles in numerous productions which enables a diverse skill set when entering the industry. Students are organised into working film crews to practise on-set exercises and develop the necessary creative and organisational documentation to launch into filming. Screen productions can include short films, web-series pilots, documentaries, and experimental projects. The course teaches unique theory and philosophy for contemporary filmmakers, offering rich terrain for cinematic exploration. The course aims to inspire filmmakers and creatives using centuries of compelling storytelling narrative and self-reflection integrated with modern concepts and industry practice.

Educational Prerequisites

Applicants for admission into the Bachelor of Screen Production will be required to provide evidence of completion of the NSW Higher School Certificate or its interstate or overseas equivalent, or attainment of tertiary qualification, or satisfactory completion of at least one year’s full-time load in a tertiary course.

Overseas students applying for admission to Excelsia College courses must have reached the age of 18 years by the commencement of their studies. Excelsia College will not admit overseas students who have not yet reached 18 years of age.

English Language Proficiency

Candidates whose qualifying studies were completed in a language other than English will normally be required to demonstrate English proficiency equivalent to the overall minimum score of 6.0 ( no band less than 6) in the IELTS academic test.