Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design)

The Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design) requires 4 years of full-time study.

The course is offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

To qualify for the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design), a student must complete 144 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

The award of a grade of Fail (F) on more than one occasion in the same topic may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University’s Policy on Student Progress.

Not all topics necessarily are available in a given year.

Students achieving a credit level average or better at the end of the third year will be eligible to continue to the fourth year honours degree program. Students who do not meet the GPA requirement will exit with the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design) on completion of 108 units according to the first three years of the program.

Students who have completed 108 units according to the first three years of the program may choose to exit with the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design).

Core - Year 1 topics

27 units comprising:

CREA1001 Introduction to the Creative Arts (4.5 units) VEED1003 Essential Multimedia (4.5 units) VEED1400 Digital Fundamentals 1 (4.5 units) VEED1401 Digital Fundamentals 2 (4.5 units) VEED1402 Core Studio 1 (4.5 units) VEED1403 Digital Principles 1 (4.5 units)

Option - Year 1 Topics

plus 4.5 units of SCME or VEED topics at level 1

plus 4.5 units of COMP, CREA, INNO, SCME, VEED, VISA topics at level 1

Core - Year 2 topics

27 units comprising:

VEED2108 Multimedia Production Part 1 (4.5 units) VEED2109 Multimedia Production Part 2 (4.5 units) VEED2400 Digital Fundamentals 3 (4.5 units) VEED2401 Digital Fundamentals 4 (4.5 units) VEED2402 Core Studio 2 (4.5 units) VEED2403 Digital Principles 2 (4.5 units)

Option - Year 2 topics

plus 4.5 units of COMP, CREA, INNO, SCME, VEED, VISA topics at level 2

Elective - Year 2 topics

plus 4.5 units of Elective topics*

Core - Year 3 topics

31.5 units comprising:

VEED3301 Digital Entertainment Production 1 (4.5 units) VEED3302 Digital Entertainment Production 2 (4.5 units) VEED3400 Research and Development 1 (4.5 units) VEED3401 Creative Practice (4.5 units) VEED3410 Research and Development 2 (4.5 units) VEED3420 Creative Production 3 (4.5 units) VEED3421 Creative Production 4 (4.5 units)

Elective - Year 3 topics

plus 4.5 units of Elective topics*

*Elective topics may be selected from any offered by the University, provided entry and course requirements.

Core - Year 4 topics

27 units comprising:

CREA7001 Exegesis (4.5 units) CREA7100 Understanding Research Methods in the Creative Arts (4.5 units)# CREA7010A Creative Arts Honours Major Work (4.5/18 units) CREA7010B Creative Arts Honours Major Work (4.5/18 units) CREA7010C Creative Arts Honours Major Work (4.5/18 units) CREA7010D Creative Arts Honours Major Work (4.5/18 units)

Option - Year 4 topics

Plus 9 units from the following topics

CREA7002 Professional Practice for the Creative Arts (4.5 units) CREA7400 Entertainment Design Honours Project (4.5 units) ENGL7702 Reading Literature, Reading the World (4.5 units) HASS7000 Industry or Community Placement in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units) HASS7001 Research Communication in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units) HASS7002 Honours Special Project in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units) HIST7056 Critical Theory: Past and Present (4.5 units) HIST7057 Making History: Current Directions in Historiography (4.5 units) PHIL7340 Creativity and the Imagination (4.5 units) SOCI7031 Research Design: Principles and Practices (4.5 units)

Or up to 4.5 units of honours appropriate topics with the approval of the Honours co-ordinator

#With Honours co-ordinator approval students can replace CREA7100 Understanding Research Methods in the Creative Arts with HASS7003 Understanding Research Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences (4.5 units)

On completion of the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design) students will be able to:

• apply the advanced creative, cognitive and technical skills required by professional practitioners in the creative industries to produce and promote original creative work
• prioritise high-level knowledge of the processes involved in producing creative work and communicate a clear exposition of knowledge and ideas
• work collaboratively with a range of professionals and participate effectively in a creative team
• model appropriate, high level knowledge of research principles and methods, including the ethical considerations of research and artistic activity in the creative industries
• independently design, plan and execute research activities and artistic projects using critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems
• consider employment structures in their chosen field and have demonstrated the ability to identify some of the employment opportunities available in the creative industries