CUA60720 Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts
Bring your creative ideas and visions to life in an holistic studio environment
This course is designed for artists and designers from visual art, jewellery and product design who are seeking to refine their skills and knowledge.
Overview
Campus Perth
When Semester 1, 2025
How On campus
Prepare for professional practice as a contemporary artist or designer
During this course you'll explore, practice and demonstrate what it is to be a creative practitioner and gain the skills and knowledge required to be self-sufficient upon graduation.
This course brings together lecturers and students from disciplines in:
- visual art
- jewellery
- product design
and is designed for artists and designers who are seeking to refine skills and knowledge in an holistic studio environment.
You'll develop your own project proposals in one of these three specialisations and work closely with our lecturers and technicians to explore your ideas and bring your visions to life. At the end of the Advanced Diploma of Visual Art you are invited to participate in a graduation exhibition which is renowned nationally for showcasing some of the WA’s best emerging artists and designers.
You will study in our purpose-built art and design facilities and have access to broad range of industry standard equipment and materials. North Metropolitan TAFE’s reputation for producing outstanding graduates is built on over 100 years of high-quality Art and Design training in Western Australia.
As a visual artist or designer, you may choose to develop your own independent practice, seek employment opportunities within specific creative industries or explore other opportunities, such as internships or residencies, that will further focus and extend your creative practice. Visual artists and designers possess transferable ‘creative skills’ that can be applied within a variety of professional contexts and that allow for interdisciplinary collaborations across existing and emerging industries. Career opportunities for artists and designers exist across a broad range of arts, government and commercial organisations.
This course is only offered in semester one of each year.
- High level of practice across chosen medium/s e.g. ceramics, digital art, drawing and illustration, jewellery making, painting, photomedia, printmaking, public art, sculpture, textiles or wood design.
- Application of art theory and history
- Engage in critical discourse
- Debate one’s own work and the work of others
I have the following attributes:
- Creativity, imagination and artistic skill
- Technical ability in area of specialisation
- Good hand-eye coordination
- Dedication and self-motivation
Important information
Select your preferred campus and apply
Semester 1, 2025
Details
Course fees
(Tuition fee* $4,081.95 + Resource fee $1,240.00 )
*Fee disclaimers
The fees quoted are estimates only and are for the entire course for students enrolling on a full-time basis. Please view the full list of Fee disclaimers.
Please note fees listed include all units required to gain this qualification. If you're a continuing student and have successfully completed a lower-level qualification that is a prerequisite for this course, you'll only pay for the units that you need to enrol in, to complete this course.
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Units
Core
| National ID | Unit title |
|---|---|
| BSBCRT611 | Apply critical thinking for complex problem solving |
| CUAACD611 | Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools |
| CUAPPR611 | Originate a body of independent creative work |
| CUAPPR613 | Engage in the business of creative practice |
| CUAPPR614 | Publicly present a body of own creative work |
| CUARES612 | Extend cultural research expertise |
Elective
| National ID | Unit title |
|---|---|
| CUAACD612 | Extend professional expertise across new art forms and media |
| CUADRA501 | Refine drawing techniques |
| CUAINS601 | Realise an installation work |
| CUAPRI511 | Refine printmaking techniques |
| CUARES502 | Critique cultural works |
| CUASCU511 | Refine sculptural techniques |
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