Bachelor of Creative Arts - Bachelor of Arts | 2019

* Students eligible for Credit Transfer may begin in Summer Session if appropriate subjects are available.

Overview 

Studying a double degree combination of Bachelor of Creative Arts and Bachelor of Arts offers a vibrant and progressive approach to learning. The Bachelor of Arts allows you to gain experience in analysing and synthesising complex ideas; skills that are essential in real world problem solving and highly valuable to a wide range of employers. The Bachelor of Creative Arts supports you to develop your creative, practical and conceptual skills enabling you to join the creative industries, one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. 

UOW offers hands-on studio production with critical reflection, and practice-based subjects with theoretical analysis in study areas including creative writing, music, theatre, performance, or visual arts and visual arts and design. A double degree encompassing both the Creative and the Liberal Arts gives graduates the edge in a world that increasingly values flexibility and interdisciplinary knowledge.

In Australia, over 600,000 people create a living from working in film, television and radio as well as pod and webcasting; writing and editing; recording and performing; advertising and marketing; visual arts, design and architecture; as well as in museums (art and science), galleries, theatres and arts organisations. The practical learning undertaken in the creative arts is complemented by the interpretive and critical skills offered by study in the humanities, leading to employment can be found in the public, private or non-for profit sectors and giving you an edge in the global market place. 

Entry Requirements & Credit Arrangements

Information on academic and English language requirements, as well as eligibility for credit for prior learning, is available from the Course Finder.

Course Learning Outcomes 

The course learning outcomes in each of these degrees complement and consolidate outcomes in the partner degree. Please refer to the Course Handbook page of each individual degree for a comprehensive list of degree course learning outcomes. 

Course Structure

To qualify for award of the degree, the Bachelor of Creative Arts - Bachelor of Arts, a candidate must successfully complete at least 216 credit points, comprised of:

1. The core subjects prescribed for the Bachelor of Creative Arts (24 credit points);
2. One of the majors listed for the Bachelor of Creative Arts (minimum 72 and a maximum of 96 credit points);
3. At least one of the majors listed for the Bachelor of Arts (minimum 48 and maximum of 60 credit points);
4. A second major (minimum 48 and maximum 60 credit points), or a minor (minimum 24 credit points), from within the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts; and
5. If required, elective subjects to bring the total number of credit points completed to 216.

Notes:

• No more than 90 credit points at 100 level.
• A clear pass in the core 300 level subjects. 

Majors and Minors

Students completing this degree will complete at least two majors. One chosen from the Bachelor of Creative Arts, and one from the Bachelor of Arts.

As part of their Bachelor of Arts Component, students will also choose either a second Major, or Minor chosen from the Bachelor of Arts.

Note that depending on the choice of majors in each degree, the total number of credit points may vary and be more than 216.

Work Integrated Learning

Undertaking a work integrated learning experience during your university education is now a significant contributor to being competitive in securing employment in your field of choice when you graduate from UOW.

Bachelor of Creative Arts students may apply via their Course Coordinator to enrol into the Creative Arts Internship subject, CACS302. The Faculty offers a limited number of industry placements each year. These offer students hands-on experience in cultural organisations that have agreed to partner with the Faculty on this initiative. Typically students will spend a minimum of 60 hours in an organisation, working on an agreed project from their major study area, with exposure to a fully operational professional environment. These hours can be undertaken on a daily basis or as a single block as negotiated with the host organisation. Students are selected for this opportunity on the basis of both strong academic achievement and through application and interview.

In their third year students will undertake a major project in their chosen discipline continuing to build student experience, expertise and maturity, working with a range of methodologies and processes in a context that simulates professional working conditions.

Third year students may choose to take an additional history/theory subject, particularly if they are interested in Honours or teaching, however, they also have the option of enrolling in CACS301, the Professional Practice subject. In this subject, students will map professional and career pathways in the context of both individual artistic practice and the creative and cultural industries. It will develop an understanding of arts infrastructure, including government agencies, the commercial and the not-for-profit sector. Fundamental professional avenues of support such as legal advisory services and funding structures will be introduced as well as individual portfolios and curriculum vitae, project and funding submission development and making presentations. Students will undertake an individual research assignment into an aspect of the arts that fits with their career ambitions. The subject will be delivered in partnership with key arts and cultural organisations.

The Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts internship program also provides students with an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in their degree in a workplace setting.

Some Majors will have a specific internship subject available for students. Otherwise, students can consider CRLP200 'Career Ready Learning and Practice' (6cp). CRLP200 includes a quality assured workplace internship or industry project to give you that competitive edge by developing your professional skills through authentic learning in a real world context. You will focus on your career goals and receive career direction guidance, strengthen your resume and gain skills to navigate the rapidly changing world of work, develop your communication skills and begin to build a professional network.

Honours

Honours is a fourth year of study that provides training in independent research. Students who complete the double degree with the required academic standard are encouraged to proceed to the Honours degree in either the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) or the Bachelor of Arts (Honours). Please refer to the Honours handbook pages for the single degrees for further information about these degrees and their entry requirements.

Other Information

Creative Arts may apply quotas to subjects to ensure optimal class sizes.

Further information is available via email: lha-enquiries@uow.edu.au