Master of Creative Arts

Program Overview

The Master of Creative Arts program at this institution offers a multidisciplinary approach to creative arts education, allowing students to specialize in one of six areas while developing transferable skills for various creative pursuits. Through coursework, research, and electives, students gain practical experience, collaborate with industry professionals, and contribute to the field of creative arts. Graduates are prepared for careers in arts administration, design, filmmaking, photography, and more.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Course Overview:

Realise your full potential as a creator while specialising in an area of passion with a Master of Creative Arts. Graduate with an eye-catching portfolio and build transferable skills that prepare you to be flexible across the creative jobs of the future.

Program Description:

Want to push your creative practice to new heights? The Master of Creative Arts allows you to focus your studies on one of six creative areas: animation and motion capture, dance, drama, photography, visual arts, or visual communication design. But that doesn't mean your knowledge will be limited to your specialisation. Throughout the course, you will be studying complementary disciplines and practising alongside creative thinkers from different backgrounds, broadening your understanding of creativity and arming you with transferable skills that prepare you for any creative pursuit.

Outline:

Program Content:

• Course work units

Modules:

Course work units:Creative Studio A (2 credit points) ACA701 Creative Studio B (2 credit points)ACA702 Contemporary Debates in the Creative Arts ^ACA710 Methods and Design for Creative Arts Research ^ACA711 Transgressive Acts in Cinema, Art, Performance ^ACA712 Creating Your Arts Business ACA715 Research units:Advanced Creative Research Project A (2 credit points)ACA703 Advanced Creative Research Project B (2 credit points)ACA704 Electives:Choose 4 credit points of electives from within the Master of Communication or Master of Arts (Writing and Literature) Other units that may be counted as electives are:Documentary Production Practice ACF705 Design Thinking and Problem Solving ACG708 Introduction to Digital Photography ACI700 Arts and Sports-based Approaches to Community Development ADS720 Social Media Content Creation ALC708 Creativity and the Arts ECP711 Arts Marketing MMK792 Arts Management MMM790 ACF700 Writing with the Camera [No longer available for enrolment]

Assessment:

Assessment methods in this course may include: Course work assessment is designed to build on an iterative process of engagement, evaluation and refinement. It encourages you to develop your creative work through research and experimentation throughout the study period, rather than just assessment points; Project proposals provide feedback to enable creative exploration in safe and manageable iterations that build throughout units or even throughout coursework; Formative feedback in tutorials; Peer feedback and critique; Presentations; Essays;

Unique Approaches:

• Multidisciplinary approach to creative arts education: The program provides a unique opportunity to study creative arts from a multidisciplinary perspective, allowing students to develop a broad understanding of the field and to collaborate with students from different disciplines.
• Focus on practical experience: The program places a strong emphasis on practical experience, with students completing internships, working on industry-relevant projects, and producing a major creative work.
• Close collaboration with industry: The program has close ties to the creative industries, with guest lecturers, industry advisors, and internship opportunities providing students with valuable insights and connections.
• Emphasis on research: The program includes a research component, which allows students to develop their research skills and to contribute to the field of creative arts.

Careers:

Career Paths:

• Arts administrator
• Arts educator
• Creative director
• Curator
• Designer
• Filmmaker
• Photographer
• Producer
• Writer

Opportunities:

• The program provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary to pursue a wide range of careers in the creative industries.