Visual Arts (Honours)
Bachelor
Overview
The Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) provides students who have qualified for, or been awarded, an undergraduate pass degree in visual arts the opportunity to extend their potential in studio-based and written research.
This course may be suitable for undergraduate students with one major.
As a candidate you may continue to work in the area of your undergraduate study or undertake research in a different area.
You can nominate to study by either studio practice and research paper or by dissertation. You are expected to have developed a focus and direction in your work and be prepared for working in a tutorial environment with a supervisor.
Please note students who have completed a major in Visual Arts are ineligible for this Honours program.
Structure
Typical workload and assessment
At the end of honours year you are required to present a 5,000-7,000-word research paper and a substantial exhibition, performance or installation of artwork; or a 15,000-word dissertation.
Honours awards and classes
The Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) is awarded as either Pass or Honours. The honours degree is awarded in classes ranging from First Class to Third Class according to the rules specified in the Coursework Policy and the Resolutions of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Costs
Tuition
HK$227,854.27
(international)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
To qualify for admission to the honours year you should have completed the requirements of the pass degree of the Bachelor of Visual Arts, or equivalent degree from a recognised institution, with a weighted average mark across intermediate and senior units of at least 70%.
Applicants are also selected on the basis of their portfolio and project proposal. Admission is competitive and not all eligible applicants may be offered candidature.
Candidature in the honours year cannot be suspended nor deferred.
The academic requirements that are displayed are applicable to currently available courses only, and are updated annually in October and may be changed without notice. The Handbooks Online and the University of Sydney Calendar are the official legal source of information relating to study at the University of Sydney, and you are referred to those documents.
Language requirements
IELTS
6.5
A minimum result of 6.5 overall and a minimum result of 6.0 in each band