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Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Arts
Testamur Title of Degree: | Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Arts |
Abbreviation: | BCA-BA |
UOW Course Code: | 720 |
CRICOS Code: | 028395A |
My University: | Creative Arts, Creative Writing, Graphic Design, Theatre, Visual Arts, Music, Drama, Acting, Drawing, Fine Arts, Painting, Performance, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, Fibres, Arts, Community, Culture and Environment, English Literatures, History, Indigenous Studies, Sociology |
Duration: | 4.5 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
Total Credit Points: | 216 |
Home Faculty: | Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts |
Intake Session(s): | Autumn or Spring |
Delivery Mode: | On campus |
| Delivery Campus / UAC Code: | Wollongong / 751501 |
ATAR: | 75 |
Additional Information: |
course description
Combine artistic development with humanities. Perhaps Italian with Performance; Communication Studies with Graphic Design; Indigenous Studies with Visual Arts; Creative Writing with English Literatures.
Entry Requirements
Academic requirements, English requirements and credit transfer information are available from Course Finder.
Course structure
To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Creative Arts - Bachelor of Arts, students must complete a minimum of 216 credit points (cp) comprised of the following:
1. 18 credit points comprising the core BCA subjects:
- CACS101 Contemporary Creative Practice
- CACS102 Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice
- CACS301 Professional Practice
2. A major study in one of the following disciplines:
- Creative Writing (72 credit points)
- Graphic Design (72 credit points)
- Music (72 credit points)
- Photography (84 credit points
- Theatre (72 credit points)
- Visual Arts (72 credit points)
- Visual Arts & Design (96 credit points)
- 6 credit points of 300-level BCA theory subjects
- Prescribed subjects for one of the Majors in the Bachelor of Arts degree or a Major in Psychology
- Electives to bring the total number of credit points completed to 216
Minors
Students can also take a minor study as part of their degree program under both the Bachelor of Creative Arts and Bachelor of Arts. Subjects taken as part of a minor study cannot be cross counted into any other minor or major study. 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.
Students must consult academic advisors in the relevant Faculties concerning the selection of appropriate subjects.
Note: No more than 90 credit points at 100 level can be counted towards the Bachelor of Creative Arts - Bachelor of Arts degree. 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 Arts.
Honours
Students who complete the double degree to the required academic standard in the relevant major are eligible to apply for either Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) or Bachelor of Arts (Honours).
Other Information
For information on double degrees please see the Standard on Courses. The Faculty may impose quotas on subjects to ensure optimal class sizes.
Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: lha-enquiries@uow.edu.au