Bachelor of Creative Arts (BCAR) (Visual Arts) University of Southern Queensland

Expand and grow your abilities as a visual artist while you expand your resume with exhibitions of your work and gain a formal qualification. Offering practical and theory streams, the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) lets you explore a variety of studios to ensure specialization in the medium that best suits your profile as an emerging artist.

You will be able to undertake studies in one or a combination of studios including ceramics, spatial construction (sculpture and textiles), painting, printmaking, drawing, and gallery studies. This entire degree in Visual Arts is able to be studied online (with studio options concentrating on painting and gallery studies), as well as on campus.

Take the opportunity to specialise in one studio for virtually the entire degree or combine disciplines within creative arts or other areas of study.

Professional experience

Unique within Australia, this degree enhances your professional opportunities through specialised activities and partnerships. We regularly host international exchange exhibition programs with universities like the University of Saskatchewan, Universities Sebelas Market (Indonesia) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) as well as interstate partnerships. Taught by nationally and internationally renowned artists, these exhibition programs provide excellent opportunities to enhance your skills.

Career outcomes

This degree will enable you to emerge as a practicing, professional artist. Other career paths include vocations as secondary school teacher (with further study), art critic, librarian, curator, arts administrator, studio and gallery manager, community arts and arts researcher.

Entry requirements for this course

Contact University of Southern Queensland to find course entry requirements.

View foundation and pathway programmes to help you meet academic and language entry requirements.