TAFE South Australia

Course Details

Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design

Course Description

Arts and design industry activities are centred on visual communication, visual merchandising, photography and graphic design, fashion and footwear design, fashion retail, floristry, multimedia, screen and motion picture, radio and television, graphic reproduction and printing. Acting and dance subjects also fall into this category. TAFE SA qualifications in these disciplines can lead to careers in graphic design, commercial photography, multimedia development, screen and game art, graphic pre-press, printing and screen printing, binding and finishing, desktop publishing, photographic developing and printing, fashion design and marketing, as well as performance and production of drama and dance.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
3year

Career outcomes

Employment Outcomes All aspects of our lives are enriched by visual culture, craft and design. Graduates of these courses are equipped to excel in activities that embrace an artist’s and designer’s practice. Artists and designers may choose to practise independently, join industry enterprises or participate in public art commissions and community art activities. Opportunities include working in jewellery, sculpture, painting, ceramics, art photography, printmaking, galleries and in education.All aspects of our lives are enriched by visual culture, craft and design. Graduates of these courses are equipped to excel in activities that embrace an artist’s and designer’s practice. Artists and designers may choose to practise independently, join industry enterprises or participate in public art commissions and community art activities. Opportunities include working in jewellery, sculpture, painting, ceramics, art photography, printmaking, galleries and in education. Note: Completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome. Formal requirements other than educational qualifications (eg licensing, professional registration), may apply to some occupations.




Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design TAFE South Australia