Course Level
Bachelor Degree (Pass)
CRICOS
115711B
Bachelor of Fine Arts
This unique three-year degree is all about learning through experimentation. It teaches the necessary skills for careers as a professional artist, including adaptability and the capacity and confidence to take creative risks. You'll dip your toes into painting, photography, printmaking, collage, ceramics, jewellery making, glassblowing, installation art - and so much more - before focusing in on the areas of your choice. You'll connect with visiting artists and academics, building links and relationships with the creative arts community - both within the University and beyond.?By engaging with local art and cultural organisations and institutions, you'll build invaluable networks for your future career. You'll analyse and interpret artistic works while advancing your technical skills. Learn how to present your art in galleries and public spaces.?Build critical, creative and reflective thinking. Tailor your experience with research projects, a placement or a semester of study abroad. You'll graduate ready to turn your creative practice into a sustainable career as a freelance artist. Or apply your skillset in creative organisations, galleries, museums, education, digital media or marketing.
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
Adelaide City Campus | Full-time - 3 years | N/A | 75 |
Magill Campus | Full-time - 3 years | N/A | 75 |
Structure
144 units
Subjects
- An Ethically Rich Life COREX001
- Fact or Fiction: Data for Everyone COREX002
- Igniting Change: Ideas to Action COREX003
- Proppa Ways, Future Practice COREX004
- Responsible AI: Bridging Ethics, Education and Industry COREX005
- Ways of Being, Ways of Seeing COREX006
- Drawing for Art and Design GRAP1001
- 2D Fine Arts Studio VISU1000
- Everyday Materials Workshop VISU1001
- Materials and Processes for Fabrication COMP1012
- Art and Power HIST1002
- 3D Fine Arts Studio VISU1002
- Everyday Technologies Workshop VISU1003
- Specialisation 1: Fine Arts VISU2000
- Specialisation 2: Fine Arts VISU2002
- Specialisation 3: Fine Arts VISU3000
- Fine Art Practice and Research VISU3005
- Specialisation 4: Fine Arts VISU3003
- Art in Public VISU3900
- Fine Arts Professional Experience VISU2900
- Cross-disciplinary Research Project VISU3002
- Study Tour ARCH3016
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art CREA2002
- Reframing the Renaissance HIST2005
- Global Art Cinemas MDIA1011
- Screening Gender and Sexuality MDIA2018
- Drawing and Printmaking in Theory and Practice VISU2003
- Baroque to Neo-Baroque HIST3004
- Tradition and Transformation in Contemporary Art VISU3004
- Creative Nonfiction: Theory and Practice WRIT3000
Entry requirements
- Secondary education (Year 12).
- Completion of a secondary education qualification equivalent to the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE).
- Vocational Education and Training (VET).
- Completion of an award from a registered training organisation (RTO) at Certificate IV (AQF level 4) or higher.
- Higher education study.
- Successful completion of at least 6 months full-time study (or equivalent part-time) in a higher education award program.
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