Bachelor of Arts

At ECU we’ve developed an Arts course that prepares graduates with the skills needed to adapt to future workforces, whatever they may be.

Art graduates are highly employable and have an impact across our communities in many ways. They have strong critical, creative, practical and ethical skills that are highly adaptable within our increasingly diversified workplaces. So when you study a Bachelor of Arts, you’ll experience a dynamic, creative and critical immersion in culture, history and politics. It’s a transformative experience that’s both interdisciplinary and empowering.

The course allows you to choose between disciplines including Visual Arts, Creative and Professional Writing, English, or Historical and Political Studies. Most importantly, you’ll be interacting with and learning from our dynamic staff who are accomplished artists and published writers of national and international standing and passionate about culture, politics and teaching.

Majors you can study in this course

• Creative and Professional Writing

• English

• Historical and Political Studies

• Visual Arts

Clinical or professional work placement option

In the core unit SAH3200 Industry and Community (which is mandatory for all those who enrol in the Bachelor of Arts), students will produce work in the form of presentation, performance, exhibition, strategic report or research project that will be driven and assessed by a community and/or industry representative. Projects can also be carried out in teams and be based on an industry/community problem. The unit requires students to engage in authentic project management process as they develop their project, analysing needs and appropriate methods, developing design and implementation plans and critically evaluating results, establishing clear metrics and responding to criteria.

Students also have the option to undertake the unit CCA3104 Professional Placement, as an elective, which provides students with an opportunity to undertake a workplace internship.

Course Structure

Students will be required to complete;

• Eight core units (120 credit points) and
• An eight-unit major (120 credit points) from within the Bachelor of Arts: Creative and Professional Writing, English, Historical and Political Studies, or Visual Arts.
• A further eight units (120 credit points) in the form of an eight-unit major, minor(s), and/or elective units. These may be selected from anywhere within the university.

Majors you can study in this course

• Creative and Professional Writing
• English
• Historical and Political Studies
• Visual Arts