James Cook University UG Study Area Booklet - CREATIVE ARTS 2015.pdf 2015 | Page 14
Creative
Industries
Cairns
Campus
Course
Bachelor of Creative Industries
CAMPUS: Cairns
MODE: on campus; full time or part time
DURATION: 3 years full time
PREREQUISITES: English
MID-YEAR ENTRY: Yes
QTAC CODE: 321411
What is Creative Industries?
Course structure*
This is a versatile course that combines creative arts and design knowledge with
technology and management skills. The Bachelor of Creative Industries is available at
JCU’s Cairns campus. Graduates will have a skill set that enables them to pursue a range
of careers in contemporary creative industries, either as practising artists and designers,
with arts organisations, or in the large number of contemporary careers that call upon
aesthetic knowledge and design understanding.
Level 1
Teaching Period 1
Core
Core
Major
Elective
Level 1
Teaching Period 2
Core
Major
Elective
Elective
Level 2
Teaching Period 1
Core
Major
Elective
Elective
In addition to the degree’s multi-discipline creative arts core, there are three areas of
specialisation in this degree from which students can choose to major:
Level 2
Teaching Period 2
Core
Core
Elective
Elective
• Media Design
• Photomedia
• Visual Arts.
Level 3
Teaching Period 1
Core
Major
Major
Elective
Level 3
Teaching Period 2
Core
Major
Major
Elective
Course overview
These majors are detailed over the following pages.
* Course structure information is included as an indicator of course content
only and is subject to change.
Course highlights
All Bachelor of Creative Industries students take a common set of multi-discipline
studies. Students then select discipline subjects to form a creative arts major plus
electives, as set out in the information on this page.
Career opportunities
As a Creative Industries student, you will have opportunities for professional
placements or experience with a range of creative organisations in the region,
nationally and internationally.
Each subject involves, on average, three hours of contact
time per academic week (total of 39 hours over the 13-week
teaching period). Students are expected to study and work
for an additional seven hours per subject per week during the
teaching period. Therefore, a full-time student is expected to
be working and studying for 40 hours per week.
Subject information is included as an indicator and is subject
t