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Bachelor of Creative Arts - Bachelor of Computer Science | 2019
Testamur Title of Degree: | Bachelor of Creative Arts - Bachelor of Computer Science |
Abbreviation: | BCA-BCompSc |
UOW Course Code: | 844 |
CRICOS Code: | 031166K |
Total Credit Points: | Minimum 216* |
Duration: | Minimum 4.5 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
Home Faculty: | Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts |
Intake Session(s): | Autumn |
Delivery Mode: | On-campus |
Delivery Campus / UAC Code: | Wollongong / 751503 |
* This is a minimum and may vary depending on the chosen major
Overview
UOW's Bachelor of Creative Arts - Bachelor of Computer Science double degree is designed for students who are interested in developing artistic works using computer software. This comibination enables you to acquire specialist knowledge and skills across the continually changing landscape of information communication and technology (ICT), as well as applying technological skills in design, visual communications and multimedia. Your high-level programming skills can be applied across a wide range of applications and you will learn how the structure of data plays an important role in delivering solutions to complex problems in a creative way. Through your reading, practice-based subjects and your own research you will attain a broader understanding of the digital world in which we live.
A 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. 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 opportunities to develop creative and practical skills in the Bachelor of Creative Arts, is complemented by the acquisition of specialist technological skills across the continually changing landscape of information communications and technology, skills that are in high demand in today’s 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
A number of the course learning outcomes in each of these degrees complement and consolidate outcomes in the partner degree. Applied across two discipline areas, the outcomes are achieved at a broader and more comprehensive level.
The outcomes which are common and consolidated in this joint degree ensure that on successful completion of the course students will be able to:
| CLO | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demonstrate sound discipline knowledge; | ||||||
| 2 | Apply relevant skills and knowledge to produce disciplinary work; | ||||||
| 3 | Communicate effectively with a range of audiences; | ||||||
| 4 | Function effectively as part of a team to accomplish a set of common goals; | ||||||
| 5 | Apply ethical principles to a range of contexts. | ||||||
Please refer to the Course Handbook page of each individual for a comprehensive list of degree course learning outcomes.
Course Structure
To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Creative Arts - Bachelor of Computer Science, students must complete a minimum of 216 credit points comprised of the following:
- The core subjects prescribed for the Bachelor of Creative Arts (24 credit points);
- One of the majors listed for the Bachelor of Creative Arts (minimum 72 and maximum 96 credit points);
- A major sequence in the Bachelor of Computer Science as prescribed by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences (120 credit points).
Notes:
- No more than 90 credit points at 100 level.
- Students must achieve a clear pass in the core 300 level subjects to be eligible to graduate with a Bachelor of Creative Arts - Bachelor of Computer Science.
- Students undertaking a major study in Visual Arts and Design are required to complete 240 credit points.
Majors
Students completing this degree will complete at least two majors. One chosen from the Bachelor of Creative Arts, and one from the Bachelor of Computer Science. Follow the links to each Course Handbook page for information on the majors available.
Students undertaking a major study in Visual Arts and Design are required to complete 240 credit points
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.
Honours
Honours is an additional year of study that provides training in independent research. Students who complete the double degree with the required academic standard are encouraged to proceed toeither the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) or Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours). Please refer to the Course Handbook pages for further information about these degrees.
Other Information
Further information is available via email: lha-enquiries@uow.edu.au