UOW's Bachelor of Creative Arts - Bachelor of Computer Science double degree is designed for students who are interested in developing artistic works using computer software.  This combination enables you to acquire specialist knowledge and skills across the continually changing landscape of information communication and technology (ICT), as well as applying technical skills in design, visual communications and multimedia. Your high-level programming skills can be applied across a wide range of applications and you will learn how the structure of data plays an important role in delivering solutions to complex problems in a creative way. Through your reading, practice-based subjects and your own research you will attain a broader understanding of the digital world in which we live.

A Bachelor of Creative Arts supports you to develop your creative, practical and conceptual skills enabling you to join the creative industries, one of the fastest growing sectors in the world.  In Australia, over 600,000 people create a living from working in film, television and radio as well as pod and webcasting; writing and editing; recording and performing; advertising and marketing; visual arts, design and architecture; as well as in museums (art and science), galleries, theatres and arts organisations. The opportunities to develop creative and practical skills in the Bachelor of Creative Arts is complemented by the acquisition of specialist technical skills across the continually changing landscape of information communications and technology, skills that are in high demand in today’s global marketplace.

What you will study

The Bachelor of Creative Arts involves the study of theory and practice-based work in the following major study areas: Creative Writing, Music (including Music Technology), Visual Arts or Visual Arts and Design.

Find your strengths and interests in Computer Science as you study the fundamentals of computer science and IT: programming, problem-solving, network and communications, web technology, data management, system analysis, human-computer interaction, and project management   Choose a major in your second year in Big Data, Cyber Security, Digital Systems Security, Game and Mobile Development or Software Engineering.  In your final year, you will develop your own application as part of an annual student team project, developing solutions to real-world problems provided by our industry partners.

• Copywriter
• Novelist 
• Feature Writer 
• Screen Writer 
• Editor
• Creative Director
• Photographer
• Graphic Designer 
• Web Designer
• Fine Artist
• Sculptor
• Musician 
• Actor
• Theatre Performer 
• Theatre Director
• Dancer
• Curator 
• Museum Manager
• Digital Media Manager
• Digital Game Designer
• Lighting Designer
• Stage Manager 
• Film And Television Producer