Single degrees
Bachelor of Creative Arts (ABCA) – Melbourne (Bundoora)
This three-year degree consists of 360 credit points, 120 credit points at each year level for full-time study. Part-time is also available. Students choose subjects from those listed and can choose to focus their degree around one of the areas of creative writing, writing for the screen and the media, performance and production; or may combine subjects from several of these areas.
First year (120 credit points)
In their first year students study
- one core subject HUS1PWR,
- four first-year subjects from List A below,
- three first-year electives which can be selected from List A or from other university subjects.
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Professional Writing: words in action | HUS1PWR |
| List A | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Introducing Literature: the short story | ENG1ILS |
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Film Analysis | CST1IFA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Theatre Knowledge and Practices | DRA1TKP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Screenwriting | CST1ITS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Making Sense of the Movies | CST1MSM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Process-based Performance | DRA1PBP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Text, Criticism and the Visual | ENG1TCV |
| TE-SEM-2 | Writing your Own Life | ENG1WYL |
Second year (120 credit points)
Students select four subjects (80 credit points) from the second year subjects listed below. The remaining two subjects (40 credit points) are Elective subjects and may be selected from this list or from other university subjects.
Third year (120 credit points)
Students select four subjects (80 credit points) from the third year subjects listed below including the compulsory core subject CST3CIP Creative Industry Research. The remaining two subjects (40 credit points) are Elective subjects and may be selected from this list or from other university subjects.
Students should check individual discipline listings for availability of the following subjects.
| Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|
| Australian Drama from 1955 to the Present Day | DRA2AUD/DRA3AUD |
| Broadcast and Electronic Journalism | MST3BEJ |
| Creating Non-Fiction | HUS3CNF |
| Creative Industry Research 2 | CST3CIP |
| Drama Performance Making | DRA2PEM |
| Drama Project: group production or individual research | DRA3PRO |
| English: a user’s guide | LIN2EUG/LIN3EUG |
| Modern Drama and Acting Identity | DRA2MOA/DRA3MOA |
| Multi-platform Storytelling | MST2MPS/MST3MPS |
| Publishing and Editing | MST3PAE |
| Re-thinking Jane Austen | ENG2RJA/ENG3RJA |
| Screen Criticism | CST2FCR/CST3FCR |
| Screenplay as Narrative Form | CST2SCN/CST3SCN |
| Screenwriting Project | CST2ADS/CST3ADS |
| Script Development | CST3SED |
| Shakespeare in Performance | DRA2SIP/DRA3SIP |
| Theatre Production | DRA2TPR/DRA3TPR |
| Theatre,Stages and Spaces | DRA2TSS/DRA3TSS |
| Video Project | CST3VID |
| Writing and Editing for Multi-Media | MST3WEM |
| Writing Autobiography | ENG3WAB |
| Writing Fiction | ENG2WFI/ENG3WFI |
| Writing for Radio | MST2WFR/MST3WFR |
| Writing for Video | MST2WFV/MST3WFV |
| Writing, the Internet and Performance | DRA2WIP/DRA3WIP |
Key: 2 Core subject.
Honours
The honours program is designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop skills, which will prepare them for further academic study or for work in specific fields and industries involving creative writing, screenwriting, writing for the media and theatre production.
Students are selected into honours at the end of their third year. Prospective students should make their interest known to the Creative Arts Honours Coordinator by November for commencement in semester one or early June for commencement in second semester.
The normal requirement for selection is consistently high performance (at least a B average) in the creative arts subjects.
The Bachelor of Creative Arts honours year allows students to:
- incorporate more than one discipline i.e. Creative Arts 4, or
- concentrate on one discipline i.e. Cinema Studies 4, English 4 or Theatre and Drama 4.
Creative Arts 4
The course consists of:
- two fourth year subjects offered by the cinema, English, media studies or theatre and drama programs
- a thesis which consists of a negotiated practical project in script writing, creative writing, performance or production which explores a research question, and
- a 5000-word exegesis to support the thesis.
Students wishing to concentrate on one discipline should check the requirements for honours in the Cinema studies, English or Theatre and Drama sections of this Handbook.