University of Wollongong

Course Details

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Graphic Design)

Course Description

If you are doing, or have done particularly well in your Bachelor of Creative Arts degree, you should consider an Honours year. This normally involves one additional year of study following the successful completion of a three-year undergraduate degree. Your Bachelor of Creative Arts would have introduced you to a wide range of topics, and an Honours project enables you to explore one in much greater depth. Honours research topics are various and negotiable if you are really interested in a topic and want to find answers, you'll be encouraged and supported. From a potential employer's perspective, whatever your topic, being able to demonstrate an ability to achieve a complex goal, meet deadlines, investigate independently, use resources effectively and write coherently will be highly regarded. This degree The Honours year has two functions at UOW: as an in-depth project at the end of undergraduate study, and as a bridge between undergraduate study and advanced research. Studying Honours is about: Learning research skills, navigation skills and information systems (archives, the Library, databases, electronic research networks) The opportunity to practise articulating complex ideas orally and in writing. It provides the experience of working closely with a supervisor on a project and in preparing a major project to meet a deadline Experiences in devising, researching and writing up an individual topic of study in an extended argument/thesis of approximately 20,000 words.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
1year

Career outcomes

Overview of careers: Copywriter Novelist Feature Writer Screen Writer Editor Creative Director Photographer Graphic Designer Web Designer Fine Artist Sculptor Musician Actor Theatre Performer Theatre Director Dancer Curator Museum Manager Digital Media Manager Digital Game Designer Lighting Designer Stage Manager Film And Television Producer.

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Graphic Design) University of Wollongong