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Diploma of Visual Arts

  • Diploma

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.

Key details

Degree Type
Diploma
Course Code
CUA51120, 108215K
Study Mode
In person
Domestic Fees
$12,804 per year / $14,630 total
International Fees
$12,804 per year / $14,630 total

About 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

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, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)
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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.

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.

Please view Admission requirements for your country of origin.

Study locations

Perth

Course structure

To achieve this qualification, students must demonstrate competency in 15 units. These 15 are comprised of 5 core units and 10 elective units. Elective units listed below have been selected in consultation with industry.

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.

Core units
    National ID
    Unit title
  • 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
    National ID
    Unit title
  • 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