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Bachelor of
Fine Arts
The Bachelor of Fine Arts is Australia’s leading specialist
arts program, offering intensive, studio-based arts training
to students in music, visual and performing arts.
Duration
3 years full time
Part time not available
Fourth year honours available
Campus
Southbank
Entry
Semester 1 or 2
Contact hours (frst year)
Q
40 hours per week
Extra requirements
Selection in the Bachelor of Fine Arts
is talent-based. The selection process
for each specialisation includes:
Animation: Screen test and
interview
Contemporary Music:
Audition, interview and a folio
for Interactive Composition
applicants
Dance: Audition and interview
Film and Television: Screen test
and interview
Music Theatre: Audition and
interview
Production: Written support
material, interview and group
workshop
Screenwriting: Screen test and
interview
Theatre Practice: Audition,
interview and workshop
Visual Art: Interview and folio.
Q
Based on full-time study load
Quick facts
A DEEP AND
TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING
EXPERIENCE
The Bachelor of Fine Arts is taught
by the Victorian College of the Arts at
the Southbank campus at the centre
of Melbourne’s exciting arts precinct.
The program offers you immersive and
experiential studio studies in nine areas
of specialisation.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts is designed to
train highly skilled arts practitioners who
can work independently or in ensemble
in a range of careers and performance or
production opportunities.
The course is characterised by
regular exhibitions, performances and
production work.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts is an
internationally recognised qualifcation
that allows you to successfully work in
your chosen profession or continue on
to further study or research.
SPECIALISATIONS
Animation
Contemporary Music
Dance
Film and Television
Music Theatre
Production
Screenwriting
Theatre Practice
Visual Art
CAREER OUTCOMES
As a graduate of the Bachelor of Fine
Arts you’ll have a sound foundation
in the practices of your chosen
discipline. Our graduates contribute
to the development of original work in
Australia and on the world stage, and
are frequently recognised in the most
prestigious flm festivals, arts prizes and
industry awards.
We produce well-rounded graduates
who can generate and develop ideas
and have skills in a number of areas.
Graduates have portfolio careers that
include:
Actor
Animator
Arts educator
Arts researcher
Arts reviewer/critic
Choreographer
Cinematographer
Composer
Contemporary musician
Costume or set designer
Dancer
Director
Film music composer
Film or television producer
Filmmaker
Lighting or sound designer
Music theatre performer
Photographer
Screenwriter
Stage or production manager
Theatre maker
Visual artist.
HONOURS
The Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours
program provides an opportunity
for you, under the guidance of your
supervisor, to engage in independent
research in your chosen feld of artistic
practice. It introduces you to practice-
led research skills and methodologies
towards producing a major creative
work and related research paper. It
also seeks to develop your capacity
for devising, defning and managing
a major project. The program offers
a direct pathway to a research higher
degree as well as equipping you to work
as a professional practising artist in your
chosen creative feld. You can choose
to specialise in Dance, Contemporary
Music, Film and Television and Visual
Art specialisations.
11:1
student-teacher ratio