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Bachelor of Visual Arts, Bachelor of Visual Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 28 November 2023.
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Visual arts (Degree)

The following units are only available to Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Visual Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies students

Bachelor of Visual Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Visual Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies, a candidate must complete 192 credit points including:
(i) 72 credit points of Studio units
(ii) 24 credit points of Art History units, of which 12 credit points must be from 1000 level and 12 credit points must be from 2000 or 3000 level.
(iii) A major from Table S, excluding the Visual Arts major
(iv) 6 credit points of Open Learning Environment units from Table O
(v) a minimum of 24 credit points at 4000 level from this table
(vi) elective units from this table, Table O or Table S where appropriate

Bachelor of Visual Arts

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Visual Arts, a candidate must complete 144 credit points including:
(i) 72 credit points of Studio units
(ii) 24 credit points of Art History units, of which 12 credit points must be from 1000 level and 12 credit points must be from 2000 or 3000 level
(iii) 48 credit points from Elective units in this table, Table O or Table S, which may, optionally include a minor or major, excluding the Visual Arts major or minor

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Studio units

1000 level units of study
CASF1001
Studio Foundation 1
12 N CAVA1001 or CAVA1002
CASF1002
Studio Foundation 2
12 P CASF1001
N CAST1001 or CAVA1001 or CAVA1002
2000 level units of study
CAST2001
Studio 1
12 P CASF1002 or CAST1001
CAST2002
Studio 2
12 P CAST2001 or EXCH2005
3000 level units of study
CAST3001
Studio 3
12 P CAST2002 or EXCH2005
CAST3002
Studio 4
12 P CAST3001 or EXCH3005

Art History units

1000 level units of study
ARHT1001
Style and Substance: Introducing Art History
6  
ARHT1002
Shock of the Now: Global Art Since 1900
6  
2000 level units of study
ARHT2614
Pollock to Psychedelia

6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies
ARHT2636
Contemporary Indigenous Art
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Indigenous Studies
N ARHT2036
FILM2000
From Silent to Sound Cinema
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts
N ARHT2052 or ARHT2652
FILM2001
Haunted Screens: Film and Memory
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies
N ARHT2053 or ARHT2653
ARHT2602
Romanticism and Visual Art
6 P ARHT1001 and ARHT1002
ARHT2616
High Renaissance Art
6 N ARHT2016
P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies
ARHT2618
French Art, Salon to Cezanne
6 N ARHT2018
P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies
ARHT2640
Contemporary Turns in Asian Art
6 N ARHT2040
P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies
ARHT2671
Art, Race and Resistance 1788-Now
6 N ARHT2071
P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History
ARHT2674
Fashion and Dress: Past and Present
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History
ARHT2676
Planetary Art: Nature, Ecology, Environment
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies
ARHT2677
Art, Memory, and Identity
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History
ARHT2678
Islamic Visual Cultures: China to Spain
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts
ARHT2680
Why Art Matters
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History
ARHT2681
Global Modernisms: Radical Images
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in ARHT
3000 level units of study
ARHT3633
Australian Art: Mainstream to Marginal

6

P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Film Studies or 6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and CASF1001 and CASF1002

N ARHT2632

ARHT3617
Modern Art: Europe and the Islamic World
6 N ARHT2617
P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and CASF1001 and CASF1002)
ARHT3662
On Photography and the Wretched Screen
6 N ARHT2662
P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History
ARHT3663
Gender and Sexuality in Asian Art History
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies
ARHT3646
The Asian Modern: Art in East Asia

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and (CASF1001 and CASF1002))
N ARHT2646
ARHT3673
Art and the Aesthetics of the Everyday
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and CASF1001 and CASF1002
ARHT3675
Objects and Problems at Chau Chak Wing Museum
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and (CASF1001 and CASF1002))
ARHT3678
Text, Image, Sound: Islamic Book Arts
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and CASF1001 and CASF1002
ARHT3679
First Nations Art
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History, or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and CASF1001 and CASF1002)
ARHT3680
A Material World: Cultures of Design
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History
ARHT3681
Fieldwork: Art and the City
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and CASF1001 and CASF1002
ARHT3682
Art, Cities and Early Modern Worlds
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and CASF1001 and CASF1002)
ARHT3683
Sensation: Encountering Contemporary Art
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History, or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and CASF1001 and CASF1002)
N ARHT2024
FILM3000
Cinematic Transformations
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in FILM or 12 credit points at 2000 level in ARHT or 12 credit points at 2000 level in ARIN
N ARHT3601

Elective units of study

1000 level units of study
CAEL1001
Contemporary Drawing: Experimental
6 N CADR1006
CAEL1002
Contemporary Drawing: The Figure
6 N CADR1005
2000 level units of study
CAEL2039
Screen Arts: an Introduction
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studio Foundation
CAEL2041
The Art of Sound and Noise
6 P 12 credit points at 1000-level from CAVA or 12 credit points at 1000 level from CASF
CAEL2042
Photography and the Darkroom
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studio Foundation
CAEL2046
Painting Music
6 P 12 credit points of 1000 level units in Visual Arts subject area or 12 credit points of 1000 level Studio Foundation units in Bachelor of Visual Arts
CAEL2076
Light and Space, Glass in Art
6 P 12 credit points of 1000 level from CAVA or 12 credit points of 1000 level from CASF
CAEL2080
Introduction to Etching Through Drawing
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in CAVA or 12 credit points at 1000 level in CASF
CAEL2081
Fusion: Jewellery and Ceramics
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studio Foundation
CAEL2099
Intermediate Glass: Fusing and Slumping
6 P CAEL2076 or relevant glass fusing experience commensurating with a 12 week introductory glass fusing unit
CAEL2100
The Art of Documentary
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts subject area or 12 credit points of Studio Foundation units in Bachelor of Visual Arts
CAEL2101
Digital Effects for Film and Video
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts subject area or 12 credit points at 1000 level Studio Foundation units in Bachelor of Visual Arts
CAEL2102
Digital Editing for Film and Video
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts subject area or 12 credit points at 1000 level Studio Foundation units in Bachelor of Visual Arts
CAEL2103
Visualisations: Art and Sustainability
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in CAVA or 12 credit points at 1000 level in CASF or (SUST1001 and ENVI1003)
CAEL2104
Mixed Reality Production
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level Studio Foundation unit in Bachelor of Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures
CAPP2003
Professional Placement for Artists
6  
CAEL2047
Animation

6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studio Foundation
CAEL2048
Investigating Clay
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studio Foundation
CAEL2049
Vessel as Concept: Hot Glass Intro
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit point at 1000 level Studio Foundation units in Bachelor of Visual Arts
CAEL2053
Screen Printing: an Introduction
6 P 12 credit points at 1000-level from CAVA or 12 credit points at 1000 level from CASF
CAEL2054
Introduction to Silversmithing
6 P 12 credit points of 1000 level from CAVA or 12 credit points of 1000 level from CASF
CAEL2055
Introduction to Contemporary Jewellery
6 P 12 credit points of 1000 level from CAVA or 12 credit points of 1000 level from CASF
CAEL2069
Screenwriting and Directing
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in CAVA or 12 credit points at 1000 level in CASF or 12 credit points at 1000 level in FILM
CAEL2072
Ceramics: Potter's Wheel as Sculptural Tool
6 P 12 credit points at 1000-level from CAVA or 12 credit points at 1000 level from CASF
CAEL2085
Photography and the Lighting Studio
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studio Foundation
CAEL2092
Sculpture: Form and Materials
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in CAVA or 12 credit points at 1000 level in CASF
CAEL2093
Sculpture: Installation and Space
6 P 12 credit points at 1000-level from CAVA or 12 credit points at 1000 level from CASF
CAEL2095
Video Art
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit point at 1000 level Studio Foundation units in Bachelor of Visual Arts
CAEL2096
Non-Objective Painting

6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit points of 1000 level Studio Foundation unit in Bachelor of Visual Arts
CAEL2098
Intermediate Hot Glass
6 P CAEL2049 or relevant prior experience commensurate to a 12 x 3hrs per week introduction to glass blowing
3000 level units of study
CAEL3014
Image/Object in Photomedia
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studio Foundation
N CAEL2043
CAEL3015
Glass in Time: Advanced Hot Glass
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in CAEL or ARHT including CAEL2049 or 18 credit points at 2000-level in CAST unit including CAEL2049
N CAEL2078
CAEL3016
Experimental Film
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level from CAEL or 12 credit points at 2000 level from CAST
CAEL3017
Skin and Sign: Ceramic Surfaces
6 N CAEL2073
P 12 credit points in CAEL units of study at 2000 level including CAEL2048 or CAEL2072
CAEL3018
Design for Digital Publishing
6

P 12 credit points at 2000 level from CAEL or 12 credit points at 2000 level from CAST

N CAEL2052

CAEL3019
Alternative Photographic Practices
6 P (12 credit points at 2000 level from CAEL including CAEL2042) or (12 credit points at 2000 level from CAST and CAEL2042)
CAEL3020
Critical Bodies: Performance Art Practice
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Visual Arts subject area or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Bachelor of Visual Arts
CAEL3021
Expanded Painting
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or Studio Foundation
CAEL3022
Posters to Paste-Ups - Public Space
6 N CAEL2051
P 12 credit points from CAEL 2000 level units or 12 credit points from CAST 2000 level units
CAEL3026
Advanced Ceramics: The Potter's Wheel

6 P (12 credit points from CAEL 2000 level units including CAEL2072) or (12 credit points from CAST 2000 level units and CAEL2072)
CAEL3027
Representational Painting
6 P 12 credit points from CAEL 2000 level units or 12 credit points from CAST 2000 level units

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
28/11/2023 ARHT2640 title published as:
Contemporary Asian Art
ARHT2640 title amended to:
Contemporary Turns in Asian Art