Bachelor of Creative Arts(Honours)

• explore new ways of preparing artists to work in interdisciplinary contexts;
• focus on international influences and the intercultural context of the emerging global community;
• facilitate the multi-skilling appropriate for graduates who will have a number of career changes in their lifetimes;
• emphasise new technologies and new forms which are emerging through the application of these technologies;
• explore ways to strengthen the interface between theory and practice, particularly by deconstructing the art of diverse cultures during different periods of time in order to identify the expressive modes and aesthetics which are common to humankind;
• use core curriculum and community extension activities to develop critical forums which will challenge and change the cultural industry;
• increase the health of the cultural ecology by promoting better understanding between arts producers, managers, critics and consumers.

The BCA (Honours) involves one year of study at fourth-year level. Students must complete 75 points of compulsory subjects and 25 points of elective subjects.

Students are required to achieve an honours grade (ie. H1, H2A, H2B, H3) for each component of assessment in the BCA (Honours), and an overall grade of at least H3. If this requirement is not fulfilled, the student will only be eligible for the BCA pass degree. A pass or fail grade in any component will disqualify the student from taking out the BCA (Honours) degree.

Fourth-year studies are usually taken full-time. In exceptional circumstances (such as work commitments, ill-health etc.) and with both school and Faculty approval, students may be permitted to take fourth-year part-time over two years. Students will not usually be permitted to transfer to part-time studies after commencing fourth year, nor will they be permitted to withdraw from fourth-year subjects after the first two weeks of each semester without school and Faculty approval. In all cases, the research project must be completed over two consecutive semesters within a 12-month period of enrolment. Withdrawal from the research project will only be permitted in very exceptional circumstances.

Once fourth-year studies have commenced, leave of absence will only be approved in exceptional circumstances and with the support of the school. The maximum leave that will be granted is two semesters (12 months). If leave is granted, the student must still complete their studies within a maximum of three years of the original commencement date of their fourth-year studies.

Extensions of time for outstanding work during fourth-year studies (eg. as a result of illness) may be granted to 31 December (30 June for mid-year entry students). Extensions must be approved by the school or honours coordinators. Any further extensions will require the prior written approval of the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies) as well as the written support of the School.

Compulsory subjects

Creative writing electives

Theatre studies electives

Visual media electives

Additional electives

Note: 2010 is the last intake into BCA Honours. Students wishing to enter the BCA (Honours) program must have:

• completed all the requirements of the BCA pass degree within the last five years; and
• completed a major in the particular area/s of study, including any prerequisite subjects; and
• attained the appropriate standards across the major area/s of study, an average grade of at least H2B over the second/third-year subjects of the major/s.
• A selection committee will review all applications. The selection process may include an interview.