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CUA51120 Diploma of Visual Arts

  • Diploma

Elevate your creative skills with this qualification, focusing on areas such as painting, print media, ceramics, sculpture, and digital art. The course offers state-of-the-art facilities and prepares students for careers in visual arts, including freelance work and arts administration.

Key details

Degree Type
Diploma
Duration
12 - 12 semesters full-time
Course Code
BGR9, 108215K
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
International Fees
$13,140 per year / $13,140 total

About this course

Why choose this course?

Elevate your creative skills with this qualification. Develop your talent and knowledge in selected areas of visual art and craft, with options to focus on painting, print media, ceramics, sculpture and digital art. You will have the opportunity to refine these skills in studio classes designed to bring your ideas to reality.

This course enables you to take on complicated art projects with a developed skill set and knowledge of various materials and mediums.

During your studies you will be exposed to state of the art facilities and an inspiring environment, right in the heart of Perth's Cultural Centre, home to the Art Gallery of WA, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) and many other smaller galleries.

A successful career in visual arts will require you to promote yourself and look outside the square when it comes to gaining employment. You can work on small or large scale public art projects or work as a freelance artist. You can also combine your studies with other courses and become a teacher or work in arts administration.

This course is superseded. You can still enrol in this course, and you will be contacted if you need to transition into the next version when it is available.

Entry requirements

  • An IELTS score (academic) of 6.0 with no band score less than 5.0 or equivalent.
  • Completion of CUA41320 Certificate IV in Visual Arts is required for entry into this course.

Study locations

Perth

What you will learn

Why choose this course?

Elevate your creative skills with this qualification. Develop your talent and knowledge in selected areas of visual art and craft, with options to focus on painting, print media, ceramics, sculpture and digital art. You will have the opportunity to refine these skills in studio classes designed to bring your ideas to reality.

This course enables you to take on complicated art projects with a developed skill set and knowledge of various materials and mediums.

During your studies you will be exposed to state of the art facilities and an inspiring environment, right in the heart of Perth's Cultural Centre, home to the Art Gallery of WA, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) and many other smaller galleries.

A successful career in visual arts will require you to promote yourself and look outside the square when it comes to gaining employment. You can work on small or large scale public art projects or work as a freelance artist. You can also combine your studies with other courses and become a teacher or work in arts administration.

Career pathways

A successful career in visual arts will require you to promote yourself and look outside the square when it comes to gaining employment. You can work on small or large scale public art projects or work as a freelance artist. You can also combine your studies with other courses and become a teacher or work in arts administration.

Course structure

Core units
  • CUAACD531 Refine drawing and other visual representation tools
  • CUAPPR511 Realise a body of creative work
  • CUAPPR512 Develop sustainability of own professional practice
  • CUAPPR513 Present a body of own creative work
  • CUAPPR515 Establish and maintain safe creative practice
Elective units
  • BSBMKG546 Develop social media engagement plans
  • BSBWRT411 Write complex documents
  • CUAACD511 Make moulds and casts
  • CUAACD522 Work with photomedia in creative practice
  • CUAACD534 Research and apply light and colour
  • CUAACD535 Work with the human form in creative practice
  • CUACER511 Refine ceramics techniques
  • CUAILL401 Develop and refine illustrative work
  • CUAPRI512 Investigate printmaking materials and processes
  • CUARES503 Analyse cultural history and theory

Credit for prior study or work

Students who enrol into this qualification will be eligible for credit transfer of the units that they have already achieved. Fees paid by international students are set on a commercial basis and are paid as a whole of course fee - no refund will apply to credit transfers. Please refer to your letter of Offer for detailed duration and costings for your enrolment.

How to apply

Apply to study at TAFE in six steps :

  1. find a course;
  2. check entry requirements;
  3. submit an application;
  4. accept your offer and pay;
  5. apply for your student visa; and
  6. receive your visa and come to Australia for your studies.

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