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Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) - Flinders University
TAFE SA Code: UNIFL0003

Study pathway: Diploma of Visual Arts (CUA51120) Study pathway: Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (CUA60720)
2025 start

Description

If imagination inspires you to create something amazing, unleash it with the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts). The Flinders University degree is delivered in partnership with TAFE SA and provides you with the skills to launch your career in the arts. Combining theoretical study with practical development, you can develop high level thinking and making skills in one of the following disciplines: ceramics, jewellery, photography, and printmaking. Expand your creative skills through core studies in drawing, sculpture, and painting.

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3 years 

Full Time or Part Time equivalent

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Adelaide College of the Arts

224911

On Campus On campus/location – learn in a classroom environment that gives you the opportunity to interact with your lecturer and fellow students in person.
Full & Part Time Full & Part Time Full & Part Time
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On campus/location

On Campus/Location

On campus/location – learn in a classroom environment that gives you the opportunity to interact with your lecturer and fellow students in person.
Online

Online

Online – learn at your own pace, in your own space. Lecturer support will be provided via email and interaction with fellow students may be available via forums and chat groups. Online courses require access to a computer with an internet connection.
Blended

Blended

Blended – learn in a mixture of classroom and online environments. On campus learning will be scheduled but online learning can provide more flexibility. Lecturer support will be provided for all study. Access to a computer with an internet connection is required.
Virtual Classroom

Virtual Classroom

Virtual Classroom – online classes are delivered by Collaborate. Collaborate is a web-based online classroom collaboration tool that acts as a real-time virtual classroom.
Workplace

Workplace

Workplace – if you are currently employed in the industry but do not have a formal qualification TAFE SA can recognise the skills you already have. The duration of the course will be determined by your individual study plan.
Full Time

Full Time

Full Time classes
Part Time

Part Time

Part Time classes
Day Classes

Day Classes

Day time classes
Evening Classes

Evening Classes

Evening time classes
International

International

A course available to International students

Course Admission Requirements

  • Any Certificate III or higher
  • Satisfactory achievement in the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT)
  • Successful completion of SACE (year 12) results (or equivalent) achieving an ATAR of 60 or above

Fees

Subsidised
$9,056
Concession
$6,469
You may be eligible for government subsidised training.
Subsidised Training Eligibility
Subsidised training may require applicants to complete a Core Skills Profile Assessment (CSPA).
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Full Fee
$35,535
This course is conducted in conjunction with a University provider, fees are paid directly to the partner provider and may differ between institutions.

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    Upfront Payment

    Each semester, fees can be paid online with VISA or Mastercard or at an Australia Post outlet.

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    VET Student Loan

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  • Employment Outcomes & Skills Covered

    Employment Outcomes

    You will develop the skills to work as a practising artist, craft person, or in allied work. The degree focuses on the development of practical skills in a workshop studio environment.

    It provides graduates with the technical, aesthetic, historical and business skills to work as artists, designers, craft persons or in allied work where creativity and making skills are a valued resource. You will acquire the skills and knowledge to produce artworks that may be sold through galleries, shops or directly from the your studio. You will also gain the skills to undertake commissions and work cooperatively on community projects.

    The Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) is designed to equip you with the understanding and practical skills that enable you to investigate and develop your artistic practice in a chosen medium in the visual arts.

    You will be able to explore practical issues and techniques through studio work and will develop the capacity to analyse concepts of creativity and visual thinking, and gain experience in the creative process.

    Note: Completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome. Formal requirements other than educational qualifications (eg licensing, professional registration), may apply to some occupations.

    Qualifications & Skills Covered

    Higher Education

    Diploma of Visual Arts (CUA51120)
    This qualification reflects the role of individuals who combine specialised technical, creative and conceptual skills to plan and realise a body of work in one or more art forms. Mediums may include ceramics, drawing and illustration, painting, photomedia, printmaking, public art, sculpture, textile design, wood design, digital art and glasswork. To complete the qualification you are required to complete all 5 core units and 10 elective units.

    Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (CUA60720)
    This qualification reflects the role of individuals who have para-professional level technical, creative and conceptual skills to originate, realise and exhibit a substantial body of resolved work that expresses their own creative vision. Visual artists work within and across many mediums, and their practice may incorporate ceramics, digital art, glasswork, drawing and illustration, jewellery making, painting, photomedia, printmaking, public art, sculpture, textiles or wood design. To complete the qualification you are required to complete all 6 core units and 6 elective units.

    Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) - Flinders University
    In combination with the subjects studied within the Diploma and Advanced Diploma of Visual Art, you will study 54 units (12 topics) in the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts), may include Essential Multimedia, Creative Arts Theory and Practice, Mining the Museum, Creative Economies (Practice and Opportunity) and Visual Thinking and Creativity.
    In your first year you will choose one discipline area to specialise in.
    Disciplines include:

    • Ceramics, Jewellery, Painting, Drawing, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture

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Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) - Flinders University
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