Program

Art - 5307

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Art & Design

Contact: http://www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Paddington

Career: Postgraduate

Typical Duration: 1 Years  

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 48

Award(s):

Graduate Diploma in Art (Specialisation)

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Program Description

The Graduate Diploma in Art provides a interdisciplinary postgraduate experience in contemporary Fine Arts practices for those who wish to extend their professional qualifications with a shorter period of study and those wishing to broaden or change directions in their art practice.

The Graduate Diploma in Art has two main components: a core of specialised Art courses and studio-based classes from a number of specialisations.

In the art core you will learn about the key and evolving concepts and practices of contemporary studio fine art practice, to help you situate yourself in a world marked by interdisciplinarity.

The studio-based courses enable you to either focus on a specific area of fine art practice, or to put together your own suite of courses.

Studio-based art specialisations can be taken in the following areas:
  • Planar Practices which engages with creative practice using colour, line, and surface. It works across the disciplines of painting, drawing, printmaking and the screen.
  • Temporal and Spatial Practices addresses creative practice using lens, time, space and objects, which works across the disciplines of photography, video, animation, sculpture, installation and performance.
  • Future Making focuses on the making of objects, with new materials and digital technologies and craftsmanship. It addresses the integration of technical knowledge and skills with material and contextual understanding. Future Making works with ceramics, jewellery, metal, textiles, furniture and lighting.
As well, students may take studio specialisation courses from:
  • Visualisation and Visual Effects which focuses on the practices of designing for animation, 3D, sound, film, video, illustration and computing
  • Interaction Design and User Experience which addresses visual communication and user-experience across graphics, media and emergent inter-actives.
  • Experience Design engages with the design of products, processes, services, events and environments, with a focus on the quality of the user experience.
  • Graphic Communication which addresses graphic design for paper and print, the screen and broadcast, encompassing contemporary typography, graphic design and cross-cultural communication strategies in designing for different audiences.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

The Graduate Diploma in Art provides for pathways for both those with backgrounds in art and those who wish to enter fine arts practice from other backgrounds. Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Art have enhanced skills and understanding and can either complete a Master of Art or work as fine arts professionals.

Program Structure

Students who are approved to enter the GradDipArt requiring the completion of 48 uoc over 1 year full time or 2 years part time, must complete:
For the list of Art Studio courses, please see 9314 Master of Art.

Academic Rules

The Graduate Diploma in Art requires completion of 48 UOC (normally 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time) including:
  1. 30 UOC in Core courses
  2. 18 UOC in approved specialisation courses

Fees

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  UNSW Fee Website.

Entry Requirements

Admission to the Graduate Diploma in Art requires a Bachelors degree in any field.

Applicants who apply with a bachelors degree completed more than 10 years ago can be admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Art where they have a history of visual arts practice since graduation. They can articulate up to the GradDipArt if they hold a credit average in their courses taken under the Graduate Certificate.

Applicants without a Bachelors degree may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate on a case-by-case basis by the Program Director, on the basis of a Portfolio of work and professional experience. The student may articulate up to the Graduate Diploma if they hold a credit average in their courses taken under the Graduate Certificate.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Consideration of RPL, including industry experience, will only be relevant for:
  1. entry into the program without a Bachelors degree; and
  2. entry with a Bachelors degree awarded more than 10 years prior to proposed year of commencement.

Articulation

Students who have completed the requirements for the Graduate Certificate with a credit average are eligible for admission to the Graduate Diploma in Art with full credit for courses already completed.

Students who wish to exit the Graduate Diploma program early may nominate to transfer to and graduate from the Graduate Certificate provided the requirements for the program have been met.

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