Graduate Certificate of Creative Arts

Course overview

Study the Graduate Certificate of Creative Arts to build on skills developed at the undergraduate level and explore contemporary approaches to creativity. Focus on practical skills that prepare you for career growth while collaborating with creatives from diverse disciplines.

Want the skills to unlock new opportunities in your creative industry?

The Graduate Certificate of Creative Arts allows you to hone your creative practice alongside students from our six creative arts disciplines: visual arts, photography, animation and motion capture, visual communication design, dance and drama. By collaborating with artists from different fields, you will broaden your understanding of creativity while developing transferable skills that employers value, such as imaginative thinking, problem solving and leadership.

On top of your core unit of study, you will strengthen your creative repertoire with three elective units. Your electives can play to your strengths, or help you upskill in an unfamiliar discipline. Some of your elective options include:

• Writing with the Camera
• Documentary Production Practice
• Arts Marketing
• Introduction to Digital Photography
• Design Thinking and Problem Solving.

Electives units provide lots of practical experience, including industry-relevant creative projects that challenge you to apply theoretical frameworks in teams and as an individual. You can also get hands-on in our professional standard facilities, including TV broadcast studios, dance and drama studios, a professional photographic light studio, visual arts and design studios and dedicated gallery spaces.