Academic Program: 3014XBDA
3 yrs fulltime
144 credit points
Study@ANU details

The aim of the Bachelor of Design Arts is to equip graduates to take advantage of changing opportunities within the field of creative arts industries especially in the areas of professional/commercial design for production and small scale individual craft production. It is currently offered with Majors in Ceramics, Furniture, Glass, Gold and Silversmithing, Sculpture and Textiles and draws on both hand-built and computer-aided design and technologies.

The course is similar in structure to the Bachelor Visual Arts, sharing space resources and expertise while at the same time developing professionally-oriented applied design outcomes through project-based coursework.

In first year, full time students enrol in four 6 unit courses in each of the two semesters: Major Study, two Core courses and a Art Theory course. In subsequent years three courses are taken every semester: a 12 unit Major Study and a 6 unit Complementary Studies course and a 6 unit Art Theory course.

Both Art Theory and Complementary Studies courses are design-specific in the Bachelor of Design Arts - lists of these can be found on Study@ANU.

The objectives of this program are to:

• enable students to become professional Designer/Makers in contemporary craft and design practice

• develop creative, critical, analytical, research and communication skills enabling students to participate and contribute to the practical and theoretical discourses in their professional field.

• provide students with personal support and academic guidance in making informed judgements and choices relating to their path of study and career development.