Undergraduate Courses
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Creative Arts Minor Studies

Creative Arts offers a range of minor studies open to all undergraduate students 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.

For students in the Bachelor of Creative Arts, selecting a minor study is an opportunity to undertake a multidisciplinary course of study. Please note that students may not enrol in 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.

Minors do not appear on the testamur but do appear on the transcript (i.e. academic record).  Students are reminded that to have a minor study recorded they must declare their minor study by submitting an Application to Declare or Change Intended Major/Minor.

Subjects Required for Minor Study

Each minor study comprises 24 credit points.

Creative Arts offers minor studies in the following areas:

 

Art History

To complete a Minor Study in Art History, students must complete the following 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 Credit Points Session(s)
CORE:
CAVA232 Contemporary Indigenous Art: Theory and Practice 6 Autumn
CAVA231 Visual Art, Modernism and the Avant-garde 6 Spring
CAVA331 Contemporary Artworlds 6 Autumn
CAVA332 Globalisation and Contemporary Art 6 Spring

Creative Arts

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. Students studying the Bachelor of Journalism cannot count DESN190 or DESN290 towards a Creative Arts Minor Study.

Subject Code subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
Students must complete TWO of the following 100-level subjects:
CACS101 Contemporary Creative Practice 6 Autumn
CACS102 Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice 6 Spring
CACW100 Introduction to Creative Writing 6 Autumn, Spring, Summer
CACW103 Editing Foundation 6 Autumn
CACW104 Text and Context 6 Spring
CAPA111 Stage Management 6 Autumn
CAPA112 Introduction to Lighting and Sound 6 Spring
CAVA111 Visual Arts Studio Workshop A 6 Autumn
CAVA112 Visual Arts Studio Workshop B 6 Spring
CAVA113 Visual Arts Studio Workshop C 6 Summer
CAVA124 Introduction to Photography 1 6 Autumn
CAVA125 Introduction to Photography 2 6 Spring
CAVA126 Introduction to Photography Intensive 6 Summer
CAGD190 Design Principles 6 Spring
MEDA101 Introduction To Media Arts 6 Autumn
MEDA102 Computational Media 6 Spring
Plus TWO of the following 200-level subjects:
CAOS201 Social Intersections 6 Autumn
CAOS202 Word and Image 6 Spring
CAOS203 Audio/Visual Composition 6 Spring
CAOS204 Sound Design 6 Autumn
CAOS205 New Documentary 6 Spring
CAPF222 Theatre Studio: Methodologies 6 Autumn
CAVA211 Visual Arts Studio Workshop D 6 Autumn
CAVA212 Visual Arts Studio Workshop E 6 Spring
CAVA213 Visual Arts Studio Workshop F 6 Summer
CAVA224 Advanced Photography 1 6 Autumn
CAVA225 Advanced Photography 2 6 Spring
CAVA226 Advanced Photography Intensive 6 Summer
CAGD290 Design Practice 6 Autumn
MEDA201 Time, Space & Data 6 Autumn
MEDA202 System, Play & Interaction 6 Spring

Creative Production

To complete a Minor Study in Creative Production, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects.

Subject Code subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
CORE:
CAMS103 Introduction to Audio Production 6 Autumn
CAMS104 Introduction to Music Production 6 Spring
Plus TWO of the following 200-level subjects:
CAOS204 Sound Design 6 Autumn
CAOS203 Audio/Visual Composition 6 Spring
CAPA216 Lighting 6 Autumn

Creative Writing

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 Credit Points Session(s)
CORE:
CACW100 Introduction to Creative Writing 6 Autumn, Spring, Summer
Plus ONE of the following 100-level subjects:
CACW103 Editing Foundation 6 Autumn
CACW104 Text and Context 6 Spring
Plus TWO of the following 200-level subjects:
CACW201 Poetic Studio 6 Spring
CACW202 Dramatic Studio 6 Autumn
CACW203 Narrative Studio 6 Autumn
CACW231 Writing, Representation and Power 6 Autumn
CACW232 Writing and Critical Theory 6 Spring

Design

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 Credit Points Session(s)
CAGD190 Design Principles 6 Spring
CAGD290 Design Practice 6 Autumn
CAOS202 Word and Image 6 Spring
Plus ONE of the following 100-level subjects:
CAVA111 Visual Arts Studio Workshop A 6 Autumn
CAVA112 Visual Arts Studio Workshop B 6 Spring
CAVA113 Visual Arts Studio Workshop C 6 Summer
CAVA124 Introduction to Photography 1 6 Autumn
CAVA125 Introduction to Photography 2 6 Spring
CAVA126 Introduction to Photography Intensive 6 Summer
MEDA101 Introduction To Media Arts 6 Autumn

Design History

To complete a Minor Study in Design History, students must complete 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 Credit Points Session(s)
CAGD231 Graphic Design and Visual Communication Theory 1 6 Autumn
CAGD232 Graphic Design and Visual Communication Theory 2 6 Spring
CAGD331 New Media and Visual Communication Theory 6 Autumn
CAGD332 Advanced Graphic Design and Visual Communication Theory 6 Spring

Media Arts

To complete a Minor Study in Media Arts, students must complete the following subjects.

The Media Arts Minor Study is not available to students studying the Bachelor of Digital Media.

Subject Code subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
MEDA101 Introduction To Media Arts 6 Autumn
MEDA102 Computational Media 6 Spring
MEDA201 Time, Space & Data 6 Autumn
MEDA202 System, Play & Interaction 6 Spring

Music

To complete a Minor Study in Music, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects.

The Music Minor Study is not available to students studying the Bachelor of Creative Arts Music major.

Subject Code subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
CAMS101 Music Skills 1 6 Autumn
CAMS102 Music Skills 2 6 Spring
Plus TWO of the following 200-level subjects:
CAMS201 Music Studio 1 6 Autumn
CAMS231 Critical Studies in Music 1 6 Autumn
CAMS232 Critical Studies in Music 2 6 Spring

Photography

To complete a Minor Study in Photography, students must complete 24cp from the following list of subjects.

The Photography Minor Study is not available to students studying the Bachelor of Creative Arts Photography major.

Subject Code subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
Students must complete TWO of the following 100-level subjects:
CAVA124 Introduction to Photography 1 6 Autumn
CAVA125 Introduction to Photography 2 6 Spring
CAVA126 Introduction to Photography Intensive 6 Summer
Plus TWO of the following 200-level subjects:
CAVA224 Advanced Photography 1 6 Autumn
CAVA225 Advanced Photography 2 6 Spring
CAVA226 Advanced Photography Intensive 6 Summer

Technical Theatre

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 Credit Points Session(s)
CAPA111 Stage Management 6 Autumn
CAPA112 Introduction to Lighting and Sound 6 Spring
Plus ONE of the following 200-level subjects:
CAPA211 Technical Theatre: Production 1 6 Autumn
CAPA212 Technical Theatre: Production 2 6 Not offered in 2015
Plus ONE of the following 200-level subjects:
CAOS204 Sound Design 6 Autumn
CAPA216 Lighting 6 Autumn

Theatre

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 Credit Points Session(s)
CAPF111 Stagecraft 1 6 Autumn
CAPF112 Stagecraft 2 6 Spring
Plus TWO of the following subjects:
CAPF221 Theatre Studio: Performance Workshop 6 Autumn
CAPF222 Theatre Studio: Methodologies 6 Autumn
CAPF231 Contemporary Theatre and Text 6 Autumn
CAPF232 Contemporary Australian Theatre and its Context 6 Spring
CAPF331 Theory and Practice of Theatre in the 20th and 21st Century 6 Autumn
CAPF333 Political Dramaturgy 6 Spring

Visual Arts

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 Credit Points Session(s)
Students must complete TWO of the following 100-level subjects:
CAVA111 Visual Arts Studio Workshop A 6 Autumn
CAVA112 Visual Arts Studio Workshop B 6 Spring
CAVA113 Visual Arts Studio Workshop C 6 Summer
CAVA124 Introduction to Photography 1 6 Autumn
CAVA125 Introduction to Photography 2 6 Spring
CAVA126 Introduction to Photography Intensive 6 Summer
MEDA101 Introduction To Media Arts 6 Autumn
Plus TWO of the following 200-level subjects:
CAOS201 Social Intersections 6 Autumn
CAOS202 Word and Image 6 Spring
CAOS205 New Documentary 6 Spring
CAVA211 Visual Arts Studio Workshop D 6 Autumn
CAVA212 Visual Arts Studio Workshop E 6 Spring
CAVA213 Visual Arts Studio Workshop F 6 Summer
CAVA224 Advanced Photography 1 6 Autumn
CAVA225 Advanced Photography 2 6 Spring
CAVA226 Advanced Photography Intensive 6 Summer

Other Information

The Faculty may impose quotas on subjects as required to ensure optimal class sizes.

For further information email the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts: lha-enquiries@uow.edu.au

Last reviewed: 3 February, 2015