Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts

2017 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2017 course information
Award granted	Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts
Course Map	This course map is for new students commencing from 2017. If you require a course map from a previous year, please contact a Student Adviser.
Campus	Burwood (Melbourne) Waterfront (Geelong)
Cloud Campus	No
Duration	1 year full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code	083982C Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong)
Deakin course code	A659
Approval status	This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework.
Australian Quality Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8.
# Disciplines: Burwood (Melbourne) - Animation & Motion Capture, Dance, Drama, Film & TV, Photography, Visual Communication Design and Visual Arts Waterfront (Geelong) - Photography & Visual Arts

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Study a Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts and develop your creative practice in one of the seven disciplines offered at Deakin, and explore topics related to sustainable creative practices and research. Find out more about the course online and apply today.

The graduate Diploma of Creative Arts provides students with advanced academic and professional skills in practice-led research and creative arts production. The course enables students to understand and explore the social, political and cultural contexts and history of ideas that inform contemporary approaches to the creative arts. Students build and develop sustainable creative practices as independent or commissioned practitioners with advanced knowledge and skills in art-making and creative arts research.

The Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts is available in any of the seven disciplines of the Creative Arts: Visual Arts, Photography, Film and Television, Animation and Motion Capture, Visual Communication Design, Dance or Drama.

Alternative exits

Graduate Certificate of Creative Arts (A559)

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities	Acquire advanced knowledge and specialised technical and creative skills in creative arts practice in one or more disciplines or areas of creative arts including drama, dance, photography, visual arts, animation, film and television, motion-picture capture, and visual communication design. Apply this knowledge and skills in professional creative arts practice. Reflect on their practice, situating it within the history and traditions of a creative discipline and the wider cultural and social context. Engage with key ideas in relation to contemporary art discourse.
Communication	Use specialist creative arts technologies and skills to communicate complex ideas to a range of audiences in academic and non-academic contexts. Formulate ideas and engage in discussion of artwork, creative decision-making processes and relevant contemporary ideas in art and culture.
Digital literacy	Acquire advanced technical skills in the use of digital technologies to produce, document, present and publish in the creative arts.
Critical thinking	Use specialist knowledge in creative arts to critically reflect on the relationship of creative practice and practice-led research methodologies to produce creative works or outputs. Evaluate and interpret complex ideas through creative arts practice. Critically analyse the contribution of creative practice to the production of knowledge in discipline specific or inter-disciplinary inquiries.
Problem solving	Identify evaluate and resolve theoretical and methodological challenges in marrying academic research and writing with reflective practices in creative arts production. Engage with contemporary art discourse through coherent and systematic evaluation, analysis and synthesis of ideas.
Self-management	Acquire the knowledge, skills and initiative required for independent research in creative arts practice. Develop skills to lead production in creative arts in academic and professional contexts.
Teamwork	Develop advanced interpersonal and communication skills to participate effectively as a member of a team in the production, completion and presentation of creative arts projects.
Global citizenship	Act responsibility and ethically in researching, developing and producing creative arts projects.
Approved by Faculty Board June 2014