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I love working
alongside my fellow
students
“
Film-making is about
teamwork, and it’s an
incredible feeling to achieve
something together on set.
The VCA has given me an
understanding of how the flm
world operates, and provided
me with lots of contacts.
”
Taylor Beaumont-Whiteley
Bachelor of Fine Arts
(Film and Television)
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
The Victorian College of the Arts has
partnerships with over 30 leading arts
institutions around the world, including
the Universitas 21 and Association of
Pacifc Rim Universities networks.
The VCA is also a member of:
Australian Council of University Art
and Design Schools (ACUADS)
Australian Screen Production
Education and Research Association
(ASPERA)
College of Art Association, US
(affliate member)
International Association of Film and
Television Schools (CILECT).
FURTHER STUDY OPTIONS
At graduate level, there’s a range
of study options available to enable
you to deepen your specialisation, or
develop a new discipline specialisation.
Graduate study is available in areas
such as animateuring, theatre direction,
choreography, flm producing,
screenwriting, production design
for screen, community cultural
development, flm and television
direction, visual art, Indigenous
arts management and writing for
performance.
Programs are also offered across the
University in areas such as architecture,
art curatorship, arts management,
creative writing, humanities, law,
marketing and teaching.
For more information on graduate study
see pages
14–15.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Each year of study comprises subjects
totalling 100 credit points. Studio Studies
comprises 50 points, enabling you
to undertake immersive, experiential
subjects in your area of specialisation.
Contextual Studies (12.5 points per
subject) explores the disciplinary history
of the art forms. Complementary
Studies (12.5 points per subject)
comprises a mixture of intensive
practice and elective opportunities.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts offers you
the opportunity to study in other
disciplines – you can choose an elective
from another artistic discipline within the
VCA, or from a range of undergraduate
subjects from across the University.
Entry requirements
Pages 97–109
13MELB (13 6352)
More info
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Specialisation in Visual Art
Year 1
Semester 1 Studio Studies 1 Related Studies
Critical and
Theoretical Studies 1
Semester 2 Studio Studies 2
Making
Movies 1
Critical and
Theoretical Studies 2
Year 2
Semester 1 Studio Studies 3
The Actor’s Process
Critical and
Theoretical Studies 3
Semester 2 Studio Studies 4 Glee Singing
Critical and
Theoretical Studies 4
Year 3
Semester 1 Studio Studies 5
Critical and
Theoretical Studies 5
Semester 2 Studio Studies 6
Critical and
Theoretical Studies 6
Compulsory subjects
Elective subjects
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This is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be
advised of current subject offerings prior to subject selection and enrolment.
Based at the centre of
Melbourne’s arts
precinct
at Southbank
James Townsend, Emma Hall and Andrew Carolane in
The Merchant of Venice
, 2012, directed by Richard Murphet