Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts)
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne) For students who commenced prior to 2023 only |
| Duration | 3 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS course code | 060435J Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong) |
Note: Waterfront (Geelong) Campus students can take units of study at the Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus. | |
The final intake to this course was in Trimester 3 2022. Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course and enrolment information. Further course structure information can be found in the handbook archive. | |
Course sub-headings
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 structure
Core units
| ACA102 | Creativity: Thinking Through Doing [replaces ACA100] |
| ACI202 | Advanced Digital Studio [replaces ACA210] |
| ACI204 | Photographic Storytelling [replaces ACA211] |
| 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] |
| ACI301 | Studio Research [replaces ACA310] |
| ACI303 | Imaging: Post-Production to Print and Screen [replaces ACA311] |
| AWL302 | Your Professional Story [replaces ACA309] |
| ACV312 | Visual Arts 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, replaces ACA101]
Visual Art discipline units
| ACV101 | Painting in the Visual Arts |
| ACV212 | Digital Practices and the Visual Arts |
| 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 |
| ACI204 | Photographic Storytelling |
| 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]
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.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.