The Bachelor of Visual Arts at ANU is a practical degree which offers you the opportunity to develop and refine high-level technical and creative skills and knowledge for working with the forms, materials and technologies of a chosen studio discipline.

You can choose a major from the following range of studio disciplines: animation and video, ceramics, furniture, glass, hybrid art practice, jewellery and object, painting, photomedia, printmedia and drawing, sculpture and spatial practice, or textiles. You will have the opportunity to deepen your study through elective courses drawn from the School of Art & Design and the wider university.

Majors:

• Animation and Video Major
• Ceramics
• Furniture
• Glass 
• Hybrid Art Practice
• Jewellery and Object
• Painting
• Photomedia
• Printmedia and Drawing
• Sculpture and Spatial Practice
• Textiles

Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide.

The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of a Bachelor of Visual Arts, graduates will be able to:

1. Apply technical skills and specialist knowledge to realise works, artefacts and forms of creative expression.
2. Demonstrate skills and knowledge of the practices, languages, forms, materials, technologies and techniques in the visual arts.
3. Recognise and reflect on social, cultural and ethical issues, and apply historical and theoretical perspectives to practice in the visual arts.
4. Develop and evaluate ideas, concepts and processes by thinking creatively, critically and reflectively.
5. Interpret, communicate and present ideas, problems and arguments in modes suited to a range of audiences
6. Work independently and collaboratively in response to project demands.

Applicants must have either completed recognized upper secondary studies to the required standard and recognised by ANU as comparable to Australian Year 12 or completed at least one year of tertiary study to the required standard.

At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is on a competitive basis. Therefore, meeting all admission requirements does not automatically guarantee entry.

• TOEFL: Paper-based score: 570 (min. 4.5 in TWE). Internet-based score: 80 (min. 20 reading and writing, 18 in speaking and listening
• IELTS Academic:  6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)
• PTE Academic: 64 overall (min. 55 in each of the communicative skills)

• Cambridge CAE: 176 overall (min.169 in each subtest)

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