Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts)
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2026 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) |
| Deakin course code | A359 |
| Course Credit Points | 24 |
| Course version | 3 |
| Faculty | |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2016 to 2022 |
| Campus note | Waterfront (Geelong) Campus students can take units of study at the Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus |
| Final Intake | Offered to continuing students only. The final intake to this course was in teaching period 3, 2022. Students should contact Student Central for course, course map and enrolment information. |
| Duration | 3 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS code | 060435J Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong) |
Course sub-headings
Articulated courses
| Bachelor of Communication and Creative Arts (Honours) (A450) |
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Interpret and apply conceptual, theoretical and technical skills in the analysis and presentation of a range of creative outcomes. |
| Communication | Critically employ a variety of mediums, methods and techniques to present ideas and practical work. |
| Digital literacy | Critically evaluate, manipulate and apply a range of information technologies, digital tools, devices and environments to support and develop creative processes. |
| Critical thinking | Analyse and synthesize research materials across a diversity of sources and mediums to generate original and diverse creative work. |
| Problem solving | Apply theoretical and practical knowledge to generate and express solutions to creative arts problems |
| Self-management | Develop, manage and critically reflect upon the production and presentation of creative works in accordance with industry standards and personal learning goals. |
| Teamwork | Contribute in a constructive and respectful way to the collaborative production of creative outcomes. |
| Global citizenship | Engage critically, respectfully and with self-awareness when working within diverse social and cultural contexts in creative arts practice. |
Approved at Faculty Board March 2019
Course rules
To complete the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) students must pass 24 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
- 8 common core units (totalling 12 credit points)
- 4 Visual Art discipline units
- 2 course electives
- 6 electives
- no more than 10 credit points at level 1
- at least 6 credit points at level 3
Students are required to meet the University'sacademic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University's vocabulary.
Course structure
Core units
| ACA102 | Creativity: Thinking Through Doing [replaces ACA100] |
| ACI202 | Advanced Digital Studio [replaces ACA210] |
| ACV206 | Abstraction in the Visual Arts [replaces ACA210] |
| ACV210 | Art in Public Space [replaces ACA211] |
| ACV307 | Practice-Led Research in the Visual Arts [replaces ACA310] |
| ACI303 | Imaging: Post-Production to Print and Screen [replaces ACA311] |
| AWL302 | Your Professional Story [replaces ACA309] |
| ACV312 | Major Project [replaces ACA397] |
Plus 1 course elective
ACA100 Introductory Creative Studio 1A [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit ACA102]
ACA101 Introductory Creative Studio 1B [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit AIX117]
ACA210 Creative Studio 2A [2 credit points, no longer available for enrolment, replacement units ACV206 and ACI202]
ACA211 Creative Studio 2B [2 credit points, no longer available for enrolment, replacement units ACV210 and ACI204]
ACA310 Creative Studio 3A [2 credit points, no longer available for enrolment, replacement unit ACV307 and ACI301]
ACA311 Creative Studio 3B [2 credit points, no longer available for enrolment, replacement unit ACI303 and 1 course elective]
ACA309 Creative Careers and Contexts [2 credit points, no longer available for enrolment, replacement unit AWL302]
ACA397 Creative Arts Project Production [2 credit points, no longer available for enrolment, replacement unit ACV312]
AIX117 Professional Writing for Work [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit ACA101]
ACI204 Photographic Storytelling [no longer available for enrolment]
ACI301 Studio Research [no longer available for enrolment]
Visual Art discipline units
| ACV101 | Painting in the Visual Arts |
| ACV212 | Digital Practices in Art and Photography |
| ACV115 | Drawing and the Body in Visual Arts |
| ACV213 | Modelling and the Visual Arts |
Course Electives
Complete two 1 credit point units from the following course electives list A:
| ACD104 | Exploring Dance Styles |
| ACD207 | Improvisation for Dance and Movement |
| ACI101 | Analogue Photography |
| ACI102 | Digital Photography |
| ACI205 | Photographic Lighting and Lens |
| ACP103 | Acting Studio |
| ACP109 | Improvisation for Theatre |
| ACP207 | Director's Workshop |
| ACP212 | Technical Production 2 (replaces ACP208) |
ACD103 Dance and Screens [No longer available for enrolment]
ACD208 Dance Beyond the Studio [No longer available for enrolment]
ACI204 Photographic Storytelling [No longer available for enrolment]
ACP208 Theatre Technologies [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit ACP212]
Electives
Complete six free electives, of which at least two must be 2nd or 3rd level
We suggest students complete at least 4 units in a subject area different to their degree, preferably a linked sequence of study in the same area. This choice can include units from any degree in the University but is best chosen from the subject areas in the Bachelor of Creative Arts: (Dance, Drama, Photography), Bachelor of Design: (Visual Communication, Digital Technologies, 3D Animation) or Bachelor of Arts programs.