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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Art and Design

Bachelor of Creative Arts

Course code: 3114 + Course abbreviations: BCA + Total credit points required: 144 + 3 years full-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield; Gippsland)

Course description

This is a broad-based course in the practice and theory of the creative arts. The course involves studies in a range of areas, which vary depending on the campus of enrolment. These areas are:

Creative art studies
Contextual and cultural studies
Design (Caulfield only)
Visual arts (Gippsland only)
Multimedia and digital arts (Caulfield only)

The course also provides students with a broad knowledge and understanding of the critical, cultural, socio-economic and management contexts of creative arts, design and media practices in contemporary discourse and society.

Entry requirements

The course is offered through the VTAC system by ENTER. Completion of VCE units 3 and 4 - with a study score of at least 25 in English (any). No folio or interview is required. For applicants who are without VCE or not eligible for a VCE score or mature-age, consideration will be given to other qualifications assessed as equivalent to the VCE plus an interview.

Course structure

The course consists of a range of studies within the following groups:
(a) Creative arts theory (12 credit points)
These studies inform students about creative arts industries, organisations and participants and introduce them to aesthetic issues, organisational issues and critical writing about the creative arts.
(b) Creative arts practice (minimum of 30 credit points and maximum of 48 credit points)
Practical studio units which either focus on a single studio discipline chosen from the range offered within the Faculty of Art and Design, or a broad-based program of two to four creative arts and media studies disciplines, selected from such areas as:

Visual arts (painting, photography, sculpture)
Design studio (a broad-based design program)
Multimedia and digital arts
Creative and conceptual frameworks

(c) Creative arts project (12 credit points)
This project enables students to draw together the various strands of knowledge and skills attained within the course through the production of either a theory or studio project at third-year level.
(d) Contextual and cultural studies (minimum of six credit points and maximum of 12 credit points)
Units are selected from a range covering theoretical, contextual, critical and cultural aspects of the creative arts and media.
(e) Electives (minimum of 30 credit points and maximum of 48 credit points)
A range of elective units is available to support the interdisciplinary nature of the course and to allow students to pursue their individual interests. Electives may be chosen from within the Faculty of Art and Design, or from elsewhere in the university. Typical electives may include studio units such as painting, drawing, printmedia, sculpture or digital processes. Typical theory electives may include aesthetics, criticism, discourse in contemporary design, ornament, Asian and Western art or cultural strategy. Students studying at the Gippsland campus can choose electives from the Faculty of Arts, such as media studies, screen theory or creative writing.
(f) Occupational health and safety (0 credit points)
A compulsory health and safety unit which deals with issues relevant to art and design.

Creative arts practice (6 points)
OHS1000 Introduction to art and design health and safety (0 points)
Either TAD1101 History of pre-industrial art and design (6 points)
or TAD1203 Introduction to design history and theory (6 points)
Electives (12 points)