- Students are to follow the requirements of the Handbook for the year they commenced the course.
However, the subject links below do not contain the subject information for the current year. You can view current subject information through the new Course Handbook.
Minor Studies
The Faculty of Creative Arts offers a range of minor studies. Theses minor studies are open to all undergraduate students at the University. Each minor study is comprised of 24 credit points. For students in the Bachelor of Creative Arts, undertaking a minor study is one method of completing the multidisciplinary component of the course requirements.
Minor studies are recorded on the academic transcript. Students are reminded that to have a minor study recorded they need to declare their minor study by submitting an Application to Declare or Change Intended Major/Minor.
The Faculty of Creative Arts offers minor studies in the following areas:
Art History Minor
To complete a minor study in Art History, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects. Please note; the Art History minor is not available to students in the BCA Visual Arts major.
Students who are not enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Arts must complete the following subjects:
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
CACS101 |
Contemporary Creative Practice |
Autumn |
6 |
CACS102 |
Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice |
Spring |
6 |
Plus 12 credit points from the following: *Note: Some of the 300-level subjects may have pre-requisites at 200-level. | |||
CAVA231 |
Visual Art and Modernism |
Autumn |
6 |
CAVA232 |
Contemporary Art: History, Politics and Aesthetics |
Spring |
6 |
CAVA331 |
Indigenous Art and Visual Culture |
Autumn |
6 |
CAVA332 |
Representation and Space in Post Colonial World |
Spring |
6 |
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Arts (except Visual Arts major) complete 24 cp from the following:
CAVA231 |
Visual Art and Modernism |
Autumn |
6 |
CAVA232 |
Contemporary Art: History, Politics and Aesthetics |
Spring |
6 |
CAVA331 |
Indigenous Art and Visual Culture |
Autumn |
6 |
CAVA332 |
Representation and Space in Post Colonial World |
Spring |
6 |
Creative Writing Minor
To complete a minor study in Creative Writing, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects below.
Please note; the Creative Writing minor is not available to students in the BCA Creative Writing major.
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
CACW100 |
Introduction to Creative Writing |
Autumn, Spring |
6 |
Plus one subject from the following: | |||
CACW103 |
Editing Foundations |
Autumn |
6 |
CACW104 |
Text and Context |
Spring |
6 |
Plus 12 cp from the following: |
6 | ||
CACW201 |
Poetic Studio |
Autumn |
6 |
CACW202 |
Dramatic Studio |
Autumn |
6 |
CACW203 |
Narrative Studio |
Spring |
6 |
CACW231 |
Writing, Representation and Power |
Autumn |
6 |
CACW232 |
Writing and Critical Theory |
Spring |
6 |
Design History Minor
To complete a minor study in Design History, students must complete 24cp from the following. The minor is not available to students in the BCA Graphic Design major.
Students who are not enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Arts must complete the following subjects:
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
CACS101 |
Contemporary Creative Practice |
Autumn |
6 |
CACS102 |
Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice |
Spring |
6 |
Plus 12 credit points from the following: *Note: Some of the 300-level subjects may have pre-requisites at 200-level. | |||
CAGD231 |
Graphic Design and Visual Communications Theory 1 |
Autumn |
6 |
CAGD232 |
Graphic Design and Visual Communications Theory 2 |
Spring |
6 |
CAGD331 |
New Media and Visual Communications Theory |
Autumn |
6 |
CAGD332 |
Advanced Graphic Design and Visual Communications Theory |
Spring |
6 |
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Arts (except Graphic Design major) complete 24 cp from the following:
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
CAGD231 |
Graphic Design and Visual Communications Theory 1 |
Autumn |
6 |
CAGD232 |
Graphic Design and Visual Communications Theory 2 |
Spring |
6 |
CAGD331 |
New Media and Visual Communications Theory |
Autumn |
6 |
CAGD332 |
Advanced Graphic Design and Visual Communications Theory |
Spring |
6 |
Media Arts Minor
To complete a minor study in Media Arts, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects below.
Please note; the Media Arts minor study is not available to students in the Bachelor of Digital Media.
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
MEDA101 |
Introduction to Media Arts |
Autumn |
6 |
MEDA102 |
Computational Media |
Spring |
6 |
MEDA201 |
Time, Space and Data |
Autumn |
6 |
MEDA202 |
System, Play and Interaction |
Spring |
6 |
Theatre Minor
To complete a minor study in Theatre, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects below.
Please note; the Theatre minor study is not available to students in the Bachelor of Performance or BCA Theatre.
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
CAPF111 |
Stagecraft: Technical Aspects of Theatre |
Autumn |
6 |
CAPF112 |
Stagecraft: Practical Aspects of Theatre |
Spring |
6 |
Plus 12 credit points from the following: *Note: Some of the 300-level subjects may have pre-requisites at 200-level. | |||
CAPF221 |
Theatre Studio: Performance Workshop |
Autumn |
6 |
CAPF222 |
Theatre Studio: Vocal Production |
Spring |
6 |
CAPF231 |
Contemporary Theatre and Text |
Autumn |
6 |
CAPF232 |
Contemporary Australian Theatre and its Context |
Spring |
6 |
CAPF233 |
Political Dramaturgy |
Spring |
6 |
CAPF331 |
Theory and Practice of Theatre and Performance in the 20th and 21st Century |
Autumn |
6 |
CAPF332 |
New Writing for the Stage |
Spring |
6 |
Other Information
Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: Creative Arts - fca_enquiries@uow.edu.au