Overview
About this course
This hands-on Bachelor of Visual Arts degree will provide you with the conceptual, theoretical and technical skills you need to succeed as a practising artist or to take up a career in the creative industries.
Who is it for?
For students who want to become artists, curators, and art writers active in national and international visual culture.
Structure
What you’ll study
In the Bachelor of Visual Arts, you will complete:
- six studio units of study that allow you to specialise across a range of disciplines relevant to contemporary art (ceramics, glass, jewellery, painting, photomedia, printmedia, screen arts or sculpture).
- four Art History units which provide you with the theoretical concepts and historical context you need for an in-depth understanding of contemporary art practice.
- elective units from a broad range of electives in contemporary art or a second major from the University-wide pool of majors, excluding Visual Arts major.
Please note completion of a second major is not mandatory in the Bachelor of Visual Arts.
Costs
Funding
Admissions
Secondary or tertiary qualification
A secondary education qualification such as the NSW Higher School Certificate (including national and international equivalents), OR approved higher education study, including approved preparation courses.
A minimum result of 6.5 overall and a minimum result of 6.0 in each band
A minimum result of 85 overall including a minimum result of 17 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 19 in Writing
A minimum result of 61 overall and a minimum result of 54 in each band