Creative arts
Dance, drama, film, media, writing, visual arts and visual communication design: this rich diversity of experience helps prepare you for creating outstanding works of art in your chosen field.
| Undergraduate (Bachelor) degrees | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
| Bachelor of Arts | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
| Bachelor of Creative Arts (Animation and Motion Capture) | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
| Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance) | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
| Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
| Bachelor of Creative Arts (Film and Digital Media) | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
| Bachelor of Creative Arts (Film and Television) | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
| Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography) | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
| Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
| Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Communication Design) | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
| Postgraduate degrees | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy | Course information for: | Local Students | International Students |
What can I study?
Also see Performing Arts
Today, the moving image is everywhere on screens large and small. Whether for exploring complex ideas in contemporary art contexts, or for entertainment, instruction or communication purposes, animators play a key role in contributing creative content to the contemporary world of the moving image.
Film, Television and Digital Media
Deakin's Film and Television students have access to state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. They develop creative and critical thinking, and practical hands-on skills.
Photography at Deakin University is focused on creative, critical or professional practice, giving students the opportunity to develop their artistic, academic or professional aspirations.
Today's visual arts careers can encompass traditional media including painting, drawing or 3D modelling or new technologies, such as digital/photo imaging and computer generated prints.
Design students at Deakin University consider the broader applications of graphic design and visual communication in a multi-faceted contemporary environment.
Dance at Deakin is focused on developing students' physical, creative and intellectual skills, resources and capacities through study and practice in the art of contemporary dance. Our graduates are self-motivated dance-makers and contributors to the wider field of the arts and physical culture.
Deakin's Drama graduates are dynamic, independent and entrepreneurial - equally at home performing, creating performance, directing, designing, teaching, and producing performance for a wide range of contexts.
Professional and Creative Writing
Writers have never been more in demand. Writers use the most basic, flexible and powerful of technologies - language and the ability to tell stories. This postgraduate course will provide you with further skills to enhance your writing career.
Why study at Deakin?
Prized facilities
Students have access to work in an array of industry-standard production and performance studios, with dedicated studios for dance, drama, visual arts, television and sound.
There are also screening rooms, mixing facilities, digital video editing and animation suites, computer labs, photographic darkrooms and digital imaging studios, and collaborative spaces for hybrid art forms.
The cutting-edge technology used to make Avatar, The Lord of the Rings and Happy Feet is also available to students at Deakin through the Deakin Motion.Lab - one of the most technologically advanced motion capture facilities in Australia.
Teaching and research excellence
Deakin's lecturers are active within their profession, which means you'll be taught by specialists who know, understand and have connections within industry.
Our researchers are internationally renowned for their research and hold key roles in national and international associations and on editorial boards of journals.
Dance, drama, film, media, writing, visual arts and visual communication design: this rich diversity of experience helps prepare you for creating outstanding works of art in your chosen field.
It will also give you an enhanced cultural sensitivity, skills and knowledge relevant to employment in the modern workforce, and an understanding of information technology tools and systems used in learning and employment.
Career opportunities for graduates
- Advertising agencies
- Art galleries
- Contemporary performance companies
- Creative digital industries
- Dance associations
- Film production companies
- Freelance choreography
- Graphic design businesses
- Marketing consultancies
- Multimedia businesses
- Museums
- Performing arts centres
- Television corporations
- Video and film businesses
- Web development companies