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CUA60720 Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts

  • Diploma

Prepare for a career as a contemporary artist or designer with this qualification. Refine your skills in a holistic studio environment, develop project proposals, and participate in a graduation exhibition showcasing emerging artists and designers. Benefit from over 100 years of high-quality art and design training in WA with access to industry-standard facilities and materials.

Key details

Degree Type
Diploma
Duration
2 - 2 semesters full-time
Course Code
BGV3, 108216J
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
International Fees
$13,140 per year / $13,140 total

About this course

Why choose this course?

Prepare for a career as a contemporary artist or designer with this qualification. Refine your skills in a holistic studio environment and explore, practice and demonstrate what it is to be a creative practitioner. Gain the skills and knowledge required to be self-sufficient upon graduation.

You will have the opportunity to develop your own project proposals, working closely with our lecturers and technicians to explore your ideas and bring your visions to life. At the end of your course you will be invited to participate in a graduation exhibition, renowned nationally for showcasing some of the WA's best emerging artists and designers.

Benefit from over 100 years of high-quality art and design training in WA. You will study in purpose built art and design facilities, and have access to a broad range of industry standard equipment and materials.

Visual artists and designers have transferable 'creative skills' that can be broadly applied within a variety of professional contexts. These skills allow for interdisciplinary collaborations across existing and emerging industries. Career opportunities for artists and designers exist across a broad range of arts, government and commercial organisations.

As a visual artist or designer, you may choose to develop your own independent practice, seek employment opportunities within specific creative industries or explore other opportunities, such as internships or residencies.

This course is superseded.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 CUA51120 Diploma of Visual Arts is required for entry into this course.

Study locations

Perth

What you will learn

Why choose this course?

Prepare for a career as a contemporary artist or designer with this qualification. Refine your skills in a holistic studio environment and explore, practice and demonstrate what it is to be a creative practitioner. Gain the skills and knowledge required to be self-sufficient upon graduation.

You will have the opportunity to develop your own project proposals, working closely with our lecturers and technicians to explore your ideas and bring your visions to life. At the end of your course you will be invited to participate in a graduation exhibition, renowned nationally for showcasing some of the WA's best emerging artists and designers.

Benefit from over 100 years of high-quality art and design training in WA. You will study in purpose built art and design facilities, and have access to a broad range of industry standard equipment and materials.

Visual artists and designers have transferable 'creative skills' that can be broadly applied within a variety of professional contexts. These skills allow for interdisciplinary collaborations across existing and emerging industries. Career opportunities for artists and designers exist across a broad range of arts, government and commercial organisations.

As a visual artist or designer, you may choose to develop your own independent practice, seek employment opportunities within specific creative industries or explore other opportunities, such as internships or residencies.

Career pathways

Career opportunities

  • Visual Artist

Course structure

Core units
  • BSBCRT611 Apply critical thinking for complex problem solving
  • CUAACD611 Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools
  • CUAPPR611 Originate a body of independent creative work
  • CUAPPR613 Engage in the business of creative practice
  • CUAPPR614 Publicly present a body of own creative work
  • CUARES612 Extend cultural research expertise
Elective units
  • CUAACD612 Extend professional expertise across new art forms and media
  • CUADRA501 Refine drawing techniques
  • CUAINS601 Realise an installation work
  • CUAPRI511 Refine printmaking techniques
  • CUARES502 Critique cultural works
  • CUASCU511 Refine sculptural techniques

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.

View our TAFE application process page for detailed advice