Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design
Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design
Join a creative community of emerging artists, designers and art historians and discover your creative talents. Our Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design develops your skills as a graphic designer and contemporary artist through studio practice, industry placements in the creative industries, opportunities to study art history abroad and present…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Join a creative community of emerging artists, designers and art historians and discover your creative talents. Our Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design develops your skills as a graphic designer and contemporary artist through studio practice, industry placements in the creative industries, opportunities to study art history abroad and present your artwork in galleries and exhibitions.
You will enhance your creativity working in a broad range of mediums, such as drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture and be supported by educators who are art historians, designers and curators, and who exhibit their work nationally and internationally.
You’ll have the opportunity to study art history overseas, at the Venice Biennale, in Paris or at our Rome campus, developing local and international networks and expanding your global outlook. Your work will be exhibited in our ACU gallery spaces over the course of your degree and you’ll get real-world experience through professional practice and an industry internship.
In your final year you’ll complete a major project in your chosen area and take part in the graduate exhibition showcasing your artwork, catalogue design, events management, and curating skills.
Graduates of this course can pursue further study with a Master of Teaching degree.
Careers
Our graduates have pursued careers in creative industries including:
administrator
advertising
art conservation
art creative director
art gallery manager
art theory research assistant
art therapist (with further training)
art writer
book illustrator
curatorship
events coordinator
film-maker and editor
graphic designer
visual artist
teaching (with further study)
theatre and set designer
visual merchandiser
Further study
Graduates with bachelor degrees may be eligible for entry into honours courses or to a range of postgraduate coursework programs, eg graduate certificates and graduate diplomas and, through these qualifications and/or with relevant work experience, to master’s degree programs.
REQUIREMENTS
Applicants require the equivalent of Australian Year 12 certificate and an IELTS overall score of 6.0. Individual score of 6.0 in writing and speaking, and 5.5 in listening and reading.
Recognised international high school qualification
Adjustment factors
If you’re currently completing Year 12 you may be eligible for adjustment factors that can boost your rank and help you get into your desired course.
Adjustment factors may be applied to your TAC application if you study particular subjects, attend schools geographically close to our campuses or in certain regional areas, apply as an elite athlete or performer or meet certain other criteria.
Inherent requirement
There are essential components of a course or unit that demonstrate the capabilities, knowledge and skills to achieve the core learning outcomes of that course or unit. You will need to be able to meet these inherent requirements to complete your course.
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) – 6.0 overall score (Individual score of 6.0 in writing and speaking, and 5.5 in listening and reading)
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) – 50
- Test of English as a Foreign Language – Academic (TOEFL) – 60 (Writing – 21, Reading – 13, Speaking – 18, Listening – 12)
- ACU English Language Test – C
- Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) – 169
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an Australian education provider that is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide and the top 40 of Generation Y universities. Study options are offered in the areas of arts and humanities; business and IT; education; law; nursing and health sciences; philosophy and theology; psychology; sport and biological science. A degree at ACU involves much more than classes and study. Throughout the degree, students will hear and learn from industry leaders who bring their expertise to ACU to inspire a new generation of leaders. ACU has campuses across Brisbane, Adelaide, Ballarat, Blacktown, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Rome, and Strathfield.
