School of Visual Arts and Design
Honours Studies
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) Bendigo and Mildura Campuses
Bachelor of Graphic Design (Honours) Bendigo and Mildura Campuses
Studies at honours level are available in:
- Ceramics (Bendigo campus
only)
- Sculpture (Mildura campus only)
- Painting and drawing,
- Multimedia (Bendigo campus only)
- Printmaking
- Photography
- Graphic design
- Illustration. (Bendigo campus only)
The study comprises two units: Studio Practice and Research
- Visual Art.
The Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) and Graphic Design
(Honours) are courses of higher level study offered to select graduates
of the La Trobe Bachelor of Visual Arts, Bachelor of Graphic Design
and other eligible external applicants who wish to undertake research-based
practice in studio art or graphic design, through concentrated individual
studio work, and advanced theoretical studies, in a fourth year. The
courses emphasise the interconnectedness of theory and practice and
provide opportunities for inter-disciplinary studies.
The Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) and Graphic Design (Honours) are
open only to those students who have displayed special potential and
creative capacity, and who have a record of achieving the upper grades
of A or B in their major discipline with strong grades in Art and Visual
Culture in their final semester.
Such degrees are a stepping stone to postgraduate degrees,
Graduate Diplomas, Masters and PhD, either at La Trobe or any other Australian
University, in Visual Arts, Graphic Design and related disciplines, and
in Education. Honours students are recognised as emerging researchers
by museums and public institutions, practitioners and academics and many
doors open to them. These coursesare an ideal preparation for employment
in the visual arts sector where growing employment opportunities exist
for graduates including the vocation of practicing exhibiting artist,
or designer, curatorship in collections, commercial and public galleries,
arts administration in municipal and government community arts programs,
photojournalism, web design, colour and interior design consultancies,
teaching in schools, TAFEs and Universities, Art Therapy, in the media
industries, public relations, advertising, publishing, manufacturing
and leisure industries, community services, travel and marketing, web
development, video, sound or software engineering, amongst many other
fields.
For application form contact Jennifer Uren (below)
For further information contact:
At Bendigo
Robyn Burgess
Telephone : 03 5444 7944
Facsimile: 03 5444 7953
r.burgess@latrobe.edu.au
or
Jennifer Uren
Telephone: 03 5444 7969
Facsimile: 03 5444 7953
j.uren@latrobe.edu.au
At Midura
Neil Fettling
Telephone:03 5051 4004
Facsimile: 03 5022 0043
n.fettling@latrobe.edu.au
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