Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts
Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts
Upskill for the creative career you’ve always wanted with the Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts. Collaborate on real-world creative projects to build your portfolio and customise your degree to match your personal and professional interests. Ready to join a high-achieving group of like-minded creatives on the path to career progression?…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Upskill for the creative career you’ve always wanted with the Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts. Collaborate on real-world creative projects to build your portfolio and customise your degree to match your personal and professional interests.
Ready to join a high-achieving group of like-minded creatives on the path to career progression?
The Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts allows you to hone your creative practice alongside students from our six creative arts disciplines: visual arts, photography, animation and motion capture, visual communication design, dance and drama. By collaborating with artists from different fields, you will broaden your understanding of creativity while developing transferable skills that employers value, such as imaginative thinking, problem solving and leadership.
On top of core units of study, you will strengthen your creative repertoire with six elective units. Your electives can play to your strengths, or help you upskill in an unfamiliar discipline. Some of your elective options include:
Writing with the Camera
Documentary Production Practice
Arts Marketing
Introduction to Digital Photography
Design Thinking and Problem Solving.
Elective units provide lots of practical experience, including industry-relevant creative projects that challenge you to apply theoretical frameworks in teams and as an individual. You can also get hands-on in our professional standard facilities, including TV broadcast studios, dance and drama studios, a professional photographic light studio, visual arts and design studios and dedicated gallery spaces.
While there are many exciting career pathways for graduates, there are also opportunities for further study upon successful completion of the course. If you want to continue building your creative expertise, you might like to articulate into Deakin’s Master of Creative Arts.
Career outcomes
Graduate with specialist knowledge, transferable creative skills and real-world experience that prepares you for a diverse range of creative roles in areas such as:
entrepreneurship and management in the creative arts
design
video, sound and multimedia production
freelancing as a creator or artist
art production and curation
consulting.
Your skills will be sought-after in museums and galleries, all levels of government, boutique art companies and design agencies. You can also explore opportunities in festivals, community events and curatorial projects typically funded by government and philanthropic entities.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Deakin University is ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide (ARWU).  It is a global leader in many areas of study including accounting and finance, business, engineering, education, nursing, sport science, and sport management. It is known for its industry-based learning, with all degrees offering the opportunity for work placements. Deakin has four campuses across the state of Victoria, offering high-quality teaching and first-rate facilities.  Our students love studying here – that is why Deakin University has been ranked #1 for course and student satisfaction in Victoria for 13 years (Australian Graduate Survey 2010–2015, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2016–2022 (GOS)).
