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Bachelor of Art and Design

Bachelors Degree

Course snapshot

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  • Course abbreviation

    BAD

  • Course code

    3007160

  • Credit points

    288

  • Equivalent units

    24

  • Indicative Fee


Overview

Do you dream of showcasing your creative work in galleries and exhibitions around the world?

If so, you can take inspiration from the many Southern Cross University graduates whose careers are thriving after completing our Bachelor of Art and Design.

This internationally acknowledged degree is designed to enhance your artistic flair and develop your career options as an artist, curator or designer. Students are immersed in a rich studio experience with an atmosphere that inspires creativity, and access to the dynamic arts scene of the Northern Rivers.

From our purpose-built, well-equipped studios, you'll develop your skills in painting, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture, digital arts and design, and drawing.

Our graduates have featured in some of Australia's most prestigious arts awards, and their work features regularly in commercial and public settings, both nationally and internationally.

You may also use this degree as a precursor to further study, through Honours and PhD, with a view to careers in research and education.

Students applying for the Bachelor of Art and Design must complete a folio presentation and interview prior to being granted entry into the degree. For more information, please contact the Course Coordinator wes.hill@scu.edu.au

Learn more about this degree in our arts showcase.

Course Learning Outcome

Apply intellectual rigour and critical analysis to complex art, social, economic, environmental, political and historical issues.

Develop research and evaluate ideas, concepts and processes through critical and reflective thinking and practice

Demonstrate skills and knowledge of the practices, languages, forms, materials, technologies, techniques and critical reflective thinking in the discipline of Art and Design research.

Negotiate and develop creative and innovative responses to specific fine art challenges.

Apply relevant skills and knowledge to produce creative works and artefacts.

Develop research and evaluate ideas, concepts and processes through critical reflective thinking in the production of creative works.

Interpret, communicate and present ideas, problems and arguments with reference to principles of social justice and creative art's ethical frameworks.

Evaluate issues with reference to principles of social justice and fine arts ethical frameworks.

Demonstrate a command of contemporary art world views and contemporary issues relating to professional or scholarly settings in the creative art industries and communities

Demonstrate knowledge of the practices, languages, forms, materials, technologies and techniques within Art and Design

Independently access, manage and evaluate sources of information in contemporary formats.

Develop the qualities of a reflective, responsible and inclusive practitioner in culturally diverse settings.

Work independently and collaboratively in the culture of fine art, in response to project demands.

Communicate effectively in visual, oral and written form

Work collaboratively to achieve mutually agreed outcomes.

Interpret, communicate, collaborate and present ideas, problems and arguments in modes suited to a range of audiences, including studio critiques.

Demonstrate cultural proficiency, cultural competency and cultural safety in a range of professional and scholarly community contexts.

Recognise and develop cultural understanding and reflect on social and cultural issues, and apply local and international perspectives to practice in the fine arts sector.

Students have the opportunity to undertake an internship in the dynamic arts industries of the New South Wales North Coast. They can also study for a session at universities overseas including the prestigious Pratt Institute in New York, University of Hertfordshire in England, Universitat de Barcelona in Spain, University of Massachusetts in USA, and Kansai Gaidai University in Japan.

Students complete core studies in:

  • Studio studies: painting, printmaking, mixed-media, 3D studies
  • Art theory
  • Curating
  • Studio drawing
  • Design.

In second and third year, students select from a range of creative and media arts units and/or units from across the University to complement their areas of interest.

Location Teaching period UAC code QTAC code
Lismore Session 1 N/A N/A

Requirements

We encourage you to apply for the courses you most want to study. If you are not eligible to enter your chosen course right now, our team will work with you to find the best pathway option.

Before applying, make sure you double check all entry requirements, gather required documentation and review the University’s Rules Relating to Awards, noting any specifics listed below.

Entry requirements

Students applying for the Bachelor of Art and Design must complete a folio presentation and interview prior to being granted entry into the degree. 

Credit for prior learning

Candidates who can demonstrate artistic expertise at a professional level may be granted advanced standing of up to 4 Art and Design units, provided such artistic expertise has been demonstrated within 5 years prior to admission to candidature. 

Course requirements

To be eligible to receive the Bachelor of Art and Design, students must complete the equivalent of 24 units (288 credit points), comprising:

16 core units (240 credit points) and 

4 equivalent elective units or a shared minor (48 credit points). 

Exit Awards

Students may be eligible to exit with an Associate Degree of Art and Design after completing the equivalent of 16 units (192 credit points) with a minimum of 12 core units. 

Students may be eligible to exit with a Diploma of Art and Design after completing the equivalent of 8 core units (96 credit points).

 

Course structure

Your course progression is in the recommended order you should complete your course in. It is important that you follow this to ensure you meet the course requirements. For further assistance see How to Enrol in Units using My Enrolment.

Students should use course progression information to select units specific to their course and enrol in these units using My Enrolment.

Unit Code Unit Title Available Credit points Notes

Year 1, Session 1

ARTD1001 Drawing
Session1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Anti-requisites ART00621 - Visual Arts Studio Studies I: Foundation
ARTD1002 Painting Essentials
Session1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Anti-requisites ART00621 - Visual Arts Studio Studies I: Foundation
ARTD1004 Photography and Digital Imaging
Session1,3
Location Domestic International
Coomera
Session1
Session1
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Online
Session1,3
Session1
Anti-requisites ART10275 - Digital Photography I
CRTV1002 Create: Innovate: Change
Session1,2
Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Session1
Session1
Gold Coast
Session1
Session1
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Online
Session1,2
Session1,2
Anti-requisites DSGN1001 - Design Fundamentals ART00630 - Design ART10094 - Digital Art and Design I

Year 1, Session 2

ARTD1005 Printmaking Fundamentals
Session2
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Anti-requisites ART00622 - Visual Arts Studio Studies II
ARTD1006 Sculpture and Spatial Practice
Session2
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Anti-requisites ART00622 - Visual Arts Studio Studies II
ARTD1008 3D Printing and Fabrication
Session2
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
ARTD1007 Looking at Art
Session2
Location Domestic International
Online
Session2
N/A
Anti-requisites ART00600 - Introduction to Visual Culture, CAR10001 - Creativity and Arts Industries

Year 2, Session 1

ARTD2001 Studio Practice I
Session1
Note 1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Pre-requisites ARTD1005 - Printmaking Fundamentals; ARTD1006 - Sculpture and Spatial Practice; ARTD1001 - Drawing; ARTD1002 - Painting Essentials
Anti-requisites ART00623 - Visual Arts Studio Studies III
ARTD2002 Modern Art and the Avant-Garde
Session1
Location Domestic International
Online
Session1
N/A
Anti-requisites ART00601 - Framing Modernity
1 unit from any University Wide Elective

Year 2, Session 2

ARTD2003 Studio Practice II
Session2
Note 1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Pre-requisites ARTD2001 - Studio Practice I
Anti-requisites ART00624 - Visual Arts Studio Studies IV
ARTD2004 Art after 1960
Session2
Location Domestic International
Online
Session2
Session2
Anti-requisites ART00498 - Contemporary Debates in Visual Culture
1 unit from any University Wide Elective

Year 3, Session 1

ARTD3002 Advanced Studio Practice I
Session1
Note 1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Pre-requisites ARTD2003 - Studio Practice II
Anti-requisites ART00625 - Visual Arts Studio Studies V
ARTD3001 Advanced Theories of Contemporary Art
Session1
Location Domestic International
Online
Session1
N/A
Pre-requisites ARTD2004 - Art after 1960 OR ARTD1007 - Looking at Art
Anti-requisites CUR30001 - Curating Contemporary Culture
1 unit from any University Wide Elective

Year 3, Session 2

ARTD3003 Advanced Studio Practice II
Session2
Note 1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Pre-requisites ARTD3002 - Advanced Studio Practice I
Anti-requisites ART00626 - Visual Arts Studio Studies VI
ARTD3004 Professional Practice
Session2
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Pre-requisites 240 credit points
Co-requisites Must have completed or be currently enrolled in ARTD3003 - Advanced Studio Practice II
Anti-requisites CAR10503 - Arts Industry Studies
1 unit from any University Wide Elective

Unit Code Unit Title Available Credit points Notes

Year 1, Session 1

ARTD1001 Drawing
Session1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Anti-requisites ART00621 - Visual Arts Studio Studies I: Foundation
ARTD1002 Painting Essentials
Session1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Anti-requisites ART00621 - Visual Arts Studio Studies I: Foundation

Year 1, Session 2

ARTD1005 Printmaking Fundamentals
Session2
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Anti-requisites ART00622 - Visual Arts Studio Studies II
ARTD1006 Sculpture and Spatial Practice
Session2
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Anti-requisites ART00622 - Visual Arts Studio Studies II

Year 2, Session 1

CRTV1002 Create: Innovate: Change
Session1,2
Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Session1
Session1
Gold Coast
Session1
Session1
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Online
Session1,2
Session1,2
Anti-requisites DSGN1001 - Design Fundamentals ART00630 - Design ART10094 - Digital Art and Design I
ARTD1004 Photography and Digital Imaging
Session1,3
Location Domestic International
Coomera
Session1
Session1
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Online
Session1,3
Session1
Anti-requisites ART10275 - Digital Photography I

Year 2, Session 2

ARTD1007 Looking at Art
Session2
Location Domestic International
Online
Session2
N/A
Anti-requisites ART00600 - Introduction to Visual Culture, CAR10001 - Creativity and Arts Industries
ARTD1008 3D Printing and Fabrication
Session2
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2

Year 3, Session 1

ARTD2001 Studio Practice I
Session1
Note 1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Pre-requisites ARTD1005 - Printmaking Fundamentals; ARTD1006 - Sculpture and Spatial Practice; ARTD1001 - Drawing; ARTD1002 - Painting Essentials
Anti-requisites ART00623 - Visual Arts Studio Studies III

Year 3, Session 2

ARTD2003 Studio Practice II
Session2
Note 1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Pre-requisites ARTD2001 - Studio Practice I
Anti-requisites ART00624 - Visual Arts Studio Studies IV

Year 4, Session 1

ARTD2002 Modern Art and the Avant-Garde
Session1
Location Domestic International
Online
Session1
N/A
Anti-requisites ART00601 - Framing Modernity
1 unit from any University Wide Elective

Year 4, Session 2

ARTD2004 Art after 1960
Session2
Location Domestic International
Online
Session2
Session2
Anti-requisites ART00498 - Contemporary Debates in Visual Culture
1 unit from any University Wide Elective

Year 5, Session 1

ARTD3002 Advanced Studio Practice I
Session1
Note 1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session1
Session1
Pre-requisites ARTD2003 - Studio Practice II
Anti-requisites ART00625 - Visual Arts Studio Studies V

Year 5, Session 2

ARTD3003 Advanced Studio Practice II
Session2
Note 1
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Pre-requisites ARTD3002 - Advanced Studio Practice I
Anti-requisites ART00626 - Visual Arts Studio Studies VI

Year 6, Session 1

ARTD3001 Advanced Theories of Contemporary Art
Session1
Location Domestic International
Online
Session1
N/A
Pre-requisites ARTD2004 - Art after 1960 OR ARTD1007 - Looking at Art
Anti-requisites CUR30001 - Curating Contemporary Culture
1 unit from any University Wide Elective

Year 6, Session 2

ARTD3004 Professional Practice
Session2
Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Pre-requisites 240 credit points
Co-requisites Must have completed or be currently enrolled in ARTD3003 - Advanced Studio Practice II
Anti-requisites CAR10503 - Arts Industry Studies
1 unit from any University Wide Elective

Note 1:

This is a double weighted unit [equal to 24 credit points]

Unit Code Unit Title Notes

Art and Design Core

ARTD1001 Drawing
ARTD1002 Painting Essentials
ARTD1005 Printmaking Fundamentals
ARTD1006 Sculpture and Spatial Practice
ARTD2001 Studio Practice I Note 1
ARTD2003 Studio Practice II Note 1
ARTD3002 Advanced Studio Practice I Note 1
ARTD3003 Advanced Studio Practice II Note 1
ARTD1004 Photography and Digital Imaging
ARTD1008 3D Printing and Fabrication
ARTD1007 Looking at Art
ARTD2002 Modern Art and the Avant-Garde
ARTD2004 Art after 1960
ARTD3001 Advanced Theories of Contemporary Art
ARTD3004 Professional Practice
CRTV1002 Create: Innovate: Change