| Course title | Bachelor of Visual Arts |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
| Study level | Undergraduate coursework |
| Credit points | 144 |
| CRICOS code | 008451G |
The Bachelor of Visual Arts with Sydney College of the Arts will allow you to develop the conceptual, theoretical and technical skills you will need to succeed as a practising artist or in a range of careers in the creative industries.
First year develops your creative practice through projects designed to expand your awareness of the potentialities of contemporary art practice. You will be introduced to two-dimensional, three-dimensional and four-dimensional realms of studio based creative practice in a range of contemporary art disciplines in SCA’s well equipped studios. You will be introduced to interdisciplinary principles and relevant theories designed to blend conceptual and technical proficiencies, in order to develop your own critical and visual language, ideas and mode of expression.
In addition to your studio studies, you will also be required to undertake units in Art History in your first and second years of study. These units will widen your cultural and historical awareness as well as your literacy with both historical and contemporary art. You will also have the option of doing a major in Art History, which is strongly encouraged if you wish to pursue Honours studies.
In second year, you will explore and develop your own emerging ideas and personal artistic voice through projects that engage with a range of disciplines in contemporary art:
Here you will explore and develop emerging ideas and a personal artistic voice. Your studies will be supported by tailored technical workshops across all areas.
Third year is the consolidation of your creative practice. You will work on self-directed projects that continue to develop and extend concepts, theories and methods learned first and second year. You may take a disciplinary or interdisciplinary approach to a refined body of work appropriate for the graduate exhibition, a public event held at the conclusion of semester two.
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Visual Arts, a candidate must complete 144 credit points including:
Subject areas available in this course are listed under Subject areas (Table S).
A major consists of 48 credit points in a single subject (discipline) area. A minor consists of 36 credit points in a single subject (discipline) area.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Visual Arts may choose to complete a major or a minor (excluding the Visual Arts major and minor) from Table S (shared pool) to meet degree requirements.
Note: Students who may wish to undertake the Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) degree are strongly encouraged to complete the Art History major. The skills and knowledge earned in doing so will equip students with the higher levels of understanding required in the final stages of their study. Students undertaking an Art History major will have space to undertake up to 24 credit points of BVA elective units. Students undertaking a major other than Art History will need to take 48 credit points in that subject area as well as the mandatory 24 credit points from Art History. This would preclude taking Bachelor of Visual Arts studio electives.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Visual Arts can complete elective units of study from the Visual Arts table A, Table S (shared pool), and Table O (Open Learning Environment).
The available shared elective units of study are listed in Table S in the Interdisciplinary Studies handbook.
Details of available OLE units can be found in Table O in the Interdisciplinary Studies Handbook.
Honours is available via the appended honours degree Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours).
Admission into Honours is via the Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) and requires the following:
Prior to commencing honours, you will need to ensure you have completed all other requirements of the Bachelor of Visual Arts or other bachelor degree, including Open Learning Environment (OLE) units.
* Students entering honours from the University of Sydney BVA who have not completed a second major can enrol in up to 12 credit points to complete the requirements for a second major concurrently with honours in fourth year.
The requirements for honours in Visual Arts are described in the degree resolutions for the Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours).
Requirements and units of study for honours can be found on the Visual Arts honours units of study page.
| School Website | School of Art, Communication and English |
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| Other Website | Sydney College of the Arts |
