Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts

2023 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2023 course information
Award granted	Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts
Course Map	This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2023. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2023. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central.
Campus	Offered at Burwood (Melbourne)
Online	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 Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8.
Disciplines on offer Burwood (Melbourne) - Animation & Motion Capture, Dance, Drama, Photography, Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design Waterfront (Geelong) - Photography, Visual Communication Design and Visual Arts* Please Note: This course will not be offered at Waterfront (Geelong) from Trimester 1 2023.*

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Upskill for the creative career you’ve always wanted with the Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts. Collaborate on real-world creative projects to build your portfolio and customise your degree to match your personal and professional interests.

Ready to join a high-achieving group of like-minded creatives on the path to career progression?

The Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts allows you to hone your creative practice alongside students from our six creative arts disciplines: visual arts, photography, animation and motion capture, visual communication design, dance and drama. By collaborating with artists from different fields, you’ll broaden your understanding of creativity while developing transferable skills that employers value, such as imaginative thinking, problem solving and leadership.

On top of core units of study, you’ll strengthen your creative repertoire with six elective units. Your electives can play to your strengths, or help you upskill in an unfamiliar discipline. Some of your elective options include:

Writing with the Camera
Documentary Production Practice
Arts Marketing
Introduction to Digital Photography
Design Thinking and Problem Solving.

Elective units provide lots of practical experience, including industry-relevant creative projects that challenge you to apply theoretical frameworks in teams and as an individual. You can also get hands-on in our professional standard facilities, including TV broadcast studios, dance and drama studios, a professional photographic light studio, visual arts and design studios and dedicated gallery spaces.

While there are many exciting career pathways for graduates, there are also opportunities for further study upon successful completion of the course. If you want to continue building your creative expertise, you might like to articulate into Deakin’s Master of Creative Arts.

Career opportunities

Graduate with specialist knowledge, transferable creative skills and real-world experience that prepares you for a diverse range of creative roles in areas such as:

entrepreneurship and management in the creative arts
design
video, sound and multimedia production
freelancing as a creator or artist
art production and curation
consulting.

Your skills will be sought-after in museums and galleries, all levels of government, boutique art companies and design agencies. You can also explore opportunities in festivals, community events and curatorial projects typically funded by government and philanthropic entities.

For more information go to DeakinTALENT

Participation requirements

Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.

Alternative exits

Graduate Certificate of Creative Arts (A559)

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, the type of fee place you hold, your commencement year, the units you choose and 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.

Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place. Further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods is available on our Current students fees website.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Apply and extend specialist knowledge and 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 and design.
Communication	Use specialist creative arts technologies and skills to communicate complex ideas to a range of audiences in academic and non-academic contexts. Harness specialist creative arts technologies, skills and discourse to communicate complex ideas to a range of audiences in academic and non -academic contexts.
Digital literacy	Draw on, analyse and assess digital technologies to produce, document, present and publish in the creative arts.
Critical thinking	Evaluate, interpret and synthesise complex ideas within creative arts drawing on discourse and practice.
Problem solving	Address theoretical and methodological challenges in the creation of work that is discursive and reflective and engages in creative decision-making processes within the relevant field.
Self-management	Develop systematic and episodic reflective approaches to creative work practices.
Teamwork	Advanced interpersonal and communication skills to participate effectively in the critical culture of production, completion and presentation of creative arts projects.
Global citizenship	Establish ethical approaches that interrogate the value of art and performance in diverse communities and cultures and transfer creative practice outcomes into real world contexts
Approved by Faculty Board November 2018

Course rules

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts, a student must successfully complete 8 credit points of study comprising:

2 core units: ACA710 and ACA712
Choose 6 credit points of electives from the Master of Creative Arts, Master of Communication or Master of Arts (Writing and Literature)
AAI018 Academic Integrity (0-credit-point compulsory unit)