The Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design) requires 4 years of full-time study. The course is offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
Additionally, applicants will have to demonstrate their creative abilities through the submission of a portfolio, written statement, curriculum vitae and referee details. Short-listed applicants may be required to take part in an in-depth interview with a panel.
The specialisation aims to:
On completion of the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design) students will be able to:
To qualify for the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design), a student must complete 144 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
The award of a grade of Fail (F) on more than one occasion in the same topic may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University’s Policy on Student Progress.
Not all topics necessarily are available in a given year.
Students achieving a credit level average or better at the end of the third year will be eligible to continue to the fourth year honours degree program. Students who do not meet the GPA requirement will exit with the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design) on completion of 108 units according to the first three years of the program.
Students who have completed 108 units according to the first three years of the program may choose to exit with the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design).
27 units comprising:
CREA1001 Introduction to the Creative Arts (4.5 units)
VEED1003 Essential Multimedia (4.5 units)
VEED1400 Digital Fundamentals 1 (4.5 units)
VEED1401 Digital Fundamentals 2 (4.5 units)
VEED1402 Core Studio 1 (4.5 units)
VEED1403 Digital Principles 1 (4.5 units)
plus 4.5 units of SCME or VEED topics at level 1
plus 4.5 units of COMP, CREA, INNO, SCME, VEED, VISA topics at level 1
27 units comprising:
VEED2108 Multimedia Production Part 1 (4.5 units)
VEED2109 Multimedia Production Part 2 (4.5 units)
VEED2400 Digital Fundamentals 3 (4.5 units)
VEED2401 Digital Fundamentals 4 (4.5 units)
VEED2402 Core Studio 2 (4.5 units)
VEED2403 Digital Principles 2 (4.5 units)
plus 4.5 units of COMP, CREA, INNO, SCME, VEED, VISA topics at level 2
plus 4.5 units of Elective topics*
31.5 units comprising:
VEED3301 Digital Entertainment Production 1 (4.5 units)
VEED3302 Digital Entertainment Production 2 (4.5 units)
VEED3400 Research and Development 1 (4.5 units)
VEED3401 Creative Practice (4.5 units)
VEED3410 Research and Development 2 (4.5 units)
VEED3420 Creative Production 3 (4.5 units)
VEED3421 Creative Production 4 (4.5 units)
plus 4.5 units of Elective topics*
*Elective topics may be selected from any offered by the University, provided entry and course requirements.
27 units comprising:
CREA7001 Exegesis (4.5 units)
CREA7100 Understanding Research Methods in the Creative Arts (4.5 units)#
CREA7010A Creative Arts Honours Major Work (4.5/18 units)
CREA7010B Creative Arts Honours Major Work (4.5/18 units)
CREA7010C Creative Arts Honours Major Work (4.5/18 units)
CREA7010D Creative Arts Honours Major Work (4.5/18 units)
Plus 9 units from the following topics
CREA7002 Professional Practice for the Creative Arts (4.5 units)
CREA7400 Entertainment Design Honours Project (4.5 units)
ENGL7702 Reading Literature, Reading the World (4.5 units)
HASS7000 Industry or Community Placement in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units)
HASS7001 Research Communication in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units)
HASS7002 Honours Special Project in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units)
HIST7056 Critical Theory: Past and Present (4.5 units)
HIST7057 Making History: Current Directions in Historiography (4.5 units)
PHIL7340 Creativity and the Imagination (4.5 units)
SOCI7031 Research Design: Principles and Practices (4.5 units)
Or up to 4.5 units of honours appropriate topics with the approval of the Honours co-ordinator
#With Honours co-ordinator approval students can replace CREA7100 Understanding Research Methods in the Creative Arts with HASS7003 Understanding Research Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences (4.5 units)
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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