OVERVIEW
The hands-on Bachelor of Visual Arts will allow you to develop the conceptual, theoretical, and technical skills you will need to succeed as a practising artist or in a range of careers 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.
Our graduates can be found across a broad range of careers and roles, including:
- Artist
- Arts writer
- Craftsperson
- Curator
- Digital artist
- Educator (with further tertiary qualifications)
- Filmmaker
- Illustrator
- Painter
- Producer
- Product designer
- Sound artist
- Web and multimedia designer
What you’ll study
- The Bachelor of Visual Arts is an undergraduate degree that will provide you with the conceptual, theoretical and technical skills you will need to succeed as a practising artist or in a range of careers in the creative industries.
- You will study core studio units to develop your creative practice through projects designed to expand your awareness of the potentialities of contemporary art practice and units in art history.
- You will add breadth to your degree by taking elective units from the disciplinary pool, the Open Learning Environment or the shared pool, which could include a major or minor other than the visual arts major or minor.
SUJECTS
- Accounting
- American Studies
- Anatomy and Histology
- Ancient Greek
- Ancient History
- Animal Health, Disease and Welfare
- Anthropology
- Applied Medical Science
- Arabic Language and Cultures (Advanced)
- Arabic Language and Cultures (Intermediate)
- Arabic Language and Cultures (Introductory)
- Archaeology
- Art History
- Asian Studies
- Banking (Shared Pool)
- Biblical Studies and Classical Hebrew
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biology
- Business Analytics (Shared Pool)
- Business Information Systems
- Business Law
- Chemistry
- Chinese Studies (Advanced)
- Chinese Studies (Intermediate)
- Chinese Studies (Introductory)
- Computer Science (Science)
- Computer Systems
- Criminology
- Data Science
- Design
- Digital Cultures
- Digital Music
- Disability and Participation
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Econometrics
- Economic Policy
- Economics
- Education Studies
- English
- Environmental Studies
- Environmental, Agricultural and Resource Economics
- European Studies
- Film Studies
- Finance (Shared Pool)
- Financial Economics
- Financial Mathematics and Statistics
- Food Science
- French and Francophone Studies (Advanced)
- French and Francophone Studies (Intermediate)
- French and Francophone Studies (Introductory)
- Gender Studies
- Genetics and Genomics
- Geography
- Geology and Geophysics
- Hebrew (Modern) (Intermediate)
- Hebrew (Modern) (Introductory)
- High Performance in Sport
- History
- History and Philosophy of Science
- Immunology and Pathology
- Indigenous Studies
- Indonesian Studies (Advanced)
- Indonesian Studies (Intermediate)
- Indonesian Studies (Introductory)
- Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
- Infectious Diseases
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- International Business
- International Relations
- International and Comparative Literary Studies
- Italian Studies (Advanced)
- Italian Studies (Intermediate)
- Italian Studies (Introductory)
- Japanese Studies (Advanced)
- Japanese Studies (Introductory)
- Japanese Studies (Junior Intermediate)
- Japanese Studies (Senior Intermediate)
- Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture
- Korean Studies (Advanced)
- Korean Studies (Heritage Speaker)
- Korean Studies (Intermediate)
- Korean Studies (Introductory)
- Latin
- Linguistics
- Management and Leadership
- Marine Science
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- al Chemistry
- Microbiology
- Modern Greek Studies (Advanced)
- Modern Greek Studies (Intermediate)
- Modern Greek Studies (Introductory)
- Music
- Neuroscience
- Nutrition Science
- Pharmacology
- Philosophy
- Physical Activity and Health
- Physics
- Physiology
- Plant Production
- Political Economy
- Politics
- Project Management
- Psychological Science
- Socio-Legal Studies
- Sociology
- Software Development (Science)
- Soil Science and Hydrology
- Spanish and Latin American Studies (Advanced)
- Spanish and Latin American Studies (Intermediate)
- Spanish and Latin American Studies (Introductory)
- Studies in Religion
- Sustainability
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Urban Studies
Why study with us?
Learn from experts in their field
Taught by practising artists, writers, and curators, you will benefit from their extensive professional experience and arts industry networks. Our staff maintain professional profiles in their field with many exhibiting nationally and internationally.
State-of-the-art facilities
You will have access to state-of-the-art facilities to produce artwork in a range of mediums including ceramics, glass, jewellery, painting, photography, printmedia, screen arts and sculpture. Our highly experienced technical team will be on hand to share their expertise, provide relevant technical support and show you how to safely use the equipment.
