Master of Creative Arts

2015 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2015 course information
Award granted	Master of Creative Arts
Campus	*Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong)
Cloud Campus	No
Duration	2 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code	083981D Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong)
Deakin course code	A759
* Disciplines: Burwood (Melbourne) - Animation & Motion Capture, Dance, Drama, Film & TV, Photography, Visual Communication Design and Visual Arts Waterfront (Geelong) - Photography & Visual Arts

Course sub-headings

Course overview

The Master of Creative Arts provides students with advanced academic and professional skills in practice-led research and creative arts production. The course enables students to understand and explore the social, political and cultural contexts and history of ideas that inform contemporary approaches to the creative arts. Students build and develop sustainable creative practices as independent or commissioned practitioners with advanced knowledge and skills in art-making and creative arts research.

The Master of Creative Arts is available in any of the seven disciplines of the Creative Arts: Visual Arts, Photography, Film and Television, Animation and Motion Capture, Visual Communication Design, Dance or Drama.

Alternative exits

Graduate Certificate of Creative Arts (A559)
Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts (A659)

Course rules

To qualify for the Master of Creative Arts, a student must successfully complete 16 credit points of study comprising:

10 credit points of course work units (ACA701, ACA702, ACA703, ACA710, ACA711, ACA712, ACA715)
a further 6 credit points research units (ALX702, ALX703, ALX704)