Bachelor of Creative Arts

BCA

Credit points

240

Minimum duration

3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

• Brisbane
• Melbourne

EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

Definition

A Major is 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level, at least 40 cp at 200-level and at least 20 cp from 300-level.

A Minor is 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level and at least 20 cp at 200/300-level.

Completion requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

1. 160 cp from:
2. 2 Majors from Drama, English, Media (Melbourne only); Music and/or Visual Arts (Part A) or
3. 1 Major and 2 Minors from Communication, Creative Writing, Drama, English, Graphic Design (Melbourne only), Media (Melbourne only); Music and/or Visual Arts (Part B and Part C);
4. 20 cp from Capstone units (Part D):
5. HUMA330 Community Engagement: Placement or HUMA331 Big Ideas: Social Enterprise and Innovation
6. HUMA320 Major Creative Project;
7. 40 cp from:
8. Elective units from the Bachelor of Arts schedule of unit offerings (Part E); OR
9. 20 cp from Arts Scholars Program (Part G) units and 20 cp from Elective units (Part E)
10. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part F);

Exit points

Students who have met the requirements of the Diploma in Liberal Arts can exit with this award.

Progression requirements

Unless otherwise specified, students must complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200 or 300-level) in that sequence. Any additional prerequisites for individual units are shown in brackets after the unit in the Schedule of Unit Offerings.

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.

Part A : Majors

Complete exactly 2 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
DRAM	Drama	80
ENGL	English	80
MEDI	Media	80
MUSC	Music	80
VISU	Visual Arts	80

Part B : Major

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
DRAM	Drama	80
ENGL	English	80
MEDI	Media	80
MUSC	Music	80
VISU	Visual Arts	80

Part C : Minors

Complete exactly 2 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
COMM	Communication	40
CRWR	Creative Writing	40
DRAM	Drama	40
ENGL	English	40
GRDE	Graphic Design	40
MEDI	Media	40
MUSC	Music	40
VISU	Visual Arts	40

Part D : Capstone Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
HUMA320	Major Creative Project	10

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
HUMA330	Community Engagement Placement	10
OR
HUMA331	Big Ideas Social Enterprise and Innovation	10

Part E : Electives Units

Complete 20 to 40 credit points from the following:

A student may undertake units listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings from any Bachelor of Arts discipline (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite requirements are met). 

Part F : Core Curriculum Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC100	Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society	10
OR
PHCC102	Being Human	10
OR
PHCC104	Ethics and the Good Life	10

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC300	Justice and Change in a Global World	10
OR
PHCC320	The Just Society	10

Part G : Arts Scholars Program Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
HUMA251	Scholars 1: Ideas, Power and Scholarship	10
HUMA328	Scholars 2: Research Project	10

(Available by invitation only to high achieving students)

Students selected for the Scholars Program will take HUMA251 and HUMA328 as two electives in the degree.