- 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.
Creative Arts 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 of Wollongong provided they meet pre-requisites where required. Students from other faculties are encouraged to enrol in Creative Arts minor studies to satisfy the elective requirements of their course, where appropriate.
Each minor study is comprised of 24 credit points.
For students in the Bachelor of Creative Arts, undertaking a minor study is an opportunity to undertake a multidisciplinary course of study. Please note that students may not undertake a major and minor study in the same discipline. Subjects taken as part of a major or minor cannot be cross-counted into any other major or minor.
Minor studies are recorded on a student's 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:
* Not available to Bachelor of Creative Arts, Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dean's Scholar) or Bachelor of Performance students.
Art History Minor Study
To complete a Minor Study in Art History, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects.
The Art History Minor Study is not available to students studying the BCA Visual Arts major or BCA Visual Arts and Design major.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Session |
Credit Points |
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 Arts Minor Study
The Creative Arts Minor Study is offered by the Faculty to allow students studying courses in other faculties the opportunity to undertake a broad range of subjects in Creative Arts. To complete a Minor Study in Creative Arts, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects.
The Creative Arts Minor Study is not available to students studying a Bachelor of Creative Arts, Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dean's Scholar) or Bachelor of Performance.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Session |
Credit Points |
12cp from the following 100 level subjects: | |||
CACS101 |
Contemporary Creative Practice |
Autumn |
6 |
CACS102 |
Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice |
Spring |
6 |
CACW100 |
Introduction to Creative Writing |
Autumn, Spring, Summer |
6 |
CACW103 |
Editing Foundation |
Autumn |
6 |
CACW104 |
Text and Context |
Spring |
6 |
CAPA111 |
Technical Production 1 |
Autumn |
6 |
CAPA112 |
Technical Production 2 |
Spring |
6 |
DESN190 |
Design Principles* |
Spring |
6 |
MEDA101 |
Introduction to Media Arts |
Autumn |
6 |
MEDA102 |
Computational Media |
Spring |
6 |
VISA124 |
Introduction to Photography |
Autumn, Summer |
6 |
VISA190 |
Visual Arts Workshop A |
Autumn, Spring |
6 |
Plus 12cp from the following 200 level subjects: | |||
CAOS201 |
Social Intersections |
Autumn |
6 |
CAOS202 |
Word and Image |
Spring |
6 |
CAOS203 |
Audio / Visual Composition |
Spring |
6 |
CAOS204 |
Sound Design for Theatre |
Autumn, Spring |
6 |
CAOS205 |
New Documentary |
Spring |
6 |
CAPF222 |
Theatre Studio: Methodologies |
Autumn |
6 |
DESN290 |
Design Practice* |
Autumn |
6 |
MEDA201 |
Time, Space & Data |
Autumn |
6 |
MEDA202 |
System, Play & Interaction |
Spring |
6 |
VISA290 |
Visual Arts Workshop B |
Autumn, Spring, Summer |
6 |
*Students studying the Bachelor of Journalism cannot count DESN190 or DESN290 towards a Creative Arts Minor Study.
Creative Writing Minor Study
To complete a Minor Study in Creative Writing, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects. The Creative Writing Minor Study is not available to students studying the BCA Creative Writing major.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Session |
Credit Points |
CACW100 |
Introduction to Creative Writing |
Autumn, Spring |
6 |
Plus 6cp from the following 100 level subjects: | |||
CACW103 |
Editing Foundations |
Autumn |
6 |
CACW104 |
Text and Context |
Spring |
6 |
Plus 12cp from the following 200 level subjects: |
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 Minor Study
To complete a Minor Study in Design, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects. The Design Minor Study is not available to students studying the BCA Graphic Design major or BCA Visual Arts and Design major.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Session |
Credit Points |
VISA124 |
Introduction to Photography |
Autumn |
6 |
or | |||
VISA190 |
Visual Arts Workshop A |
Autumn |
6 |
or | |||
MEDA101 |
Introduction to Media Arts |
Autumn |
6 |
Plus the following subjects: | |||
DESN190 |
Design Principles |
Spring |
6 |
DESN290 |
Design Practice |
Autumn |
6 |
CAOS202 |
Word and Image |
Spring |
6 |
Design History Minor Study
To complete a Minor Study in Design History, students must complete 24cp of the following subjects. The Design History Minor Study is not available to students studying the BCA Graphic Design major or BCA Visual Arts and Design major.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
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 Study
To complete a Minor Study in Media Arts, students must complete 24cp of the following subjects. The Media Arts Minor Study is not available to students studying the Bachelor of Digital Media.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
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 |
Technical Theatre Minor Study
To complete a Minor Study in Technical Theatre, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects. The Technical Theatre Minor Study is not available to students studying the Bachelor of Performance Technical Theatre major.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Session |
Credit Points |
CAPA111 |
Technical Production 1 |
Autumn |
6 |
CAPA112 |
Technical Production 2 |
Spring |
6 |
Plus | |||
CAPA211 |
Technical Theatre: Production 1 |
Autumn |
6 |
or | |||
CAPA212 |
Technical Theatre: Production 2 |
Autumn |
6 |
Plus | |||
CAPA221 |
Technical Theatre: Skills 1 |
Spring |
6 |
or | |||
CAPA222 |
Technical Theatre: Skills 2 |
Spring |
6 |
Theatre Minor Study
To complete a Minor Study in Theatre, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects.
The Theatre Minor Study is not available to students studying the Bachelor of Performance or BCA Theatre major.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
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 300-level subjects may have pre-requisites at 200-level. | |||
CAPF221 |
Theatre Studio: Performance Workshop |
Autumn |
6 |
CAPF222 |
Theatre Studio: Methodologies |
Autumn |
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 |
Visual Arts Minor Study
To complete a Minor Study in Visual Arts, students must complete 24cp from the following list. The Visual Arts Minor Study is not available to students studying the BCA Visual Arts major or BCA Visual Arts and Design major.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Session |
Credit Points |
VISA124 |
Introduction to Photography |
Autumn |
6 |
or | |||
MEDA101 |
Introduction to Media Arts |
Autumn |
6 |
Plus | |||
VISA190 |
Visual Arts Workshop A |
Autumn |
6 |
VISA290 |
Visual Arts Workshop B |
Spring |
6 |
And | |||
CAOS201 |
Social Intersections |
Autumn |
6 |
or | |||
CAOS202 |
Word and Image |
Spring |
6 |
or | |||
CAOS205 |
New Documentary |
Spring |
6 |
Other Information
Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: Creative Arts - fca-enquiries@uow.edu.au