Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art
Griffith University
CRICOS provider number: 00233E TEQSA provider ID: PRV12076
Courses included
This course has been cancelled
About
This degree is designed to prepare Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to become professional artists.
You will focus on traditional Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art media, styles and forms, together with strategies for their viable adaptation within a highly urbanised society. It is planned in accordance with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander principles and philosophies. Teaching respects Aboriginal laws concerning the ways in which techniques and images may be used.
Your study will be based on research into your own family history and traditions. You will undertake field trips to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and study contemporary culture and politics.
Note: Admission to this program requires a portfolio of images and interview. Griffith University will contact applicants with information on how to upload the portfolio. Admission to this degree is open to those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Areas of study
Indigenous studio practice, painting, photography, sculpture.
Career opportunities
Public artist, installation artist, gallerist, curator, sculptor, or arts critic/writer.
Fees and charges
Prerequisites
Portfolio and interview. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples only.
Admission criteria
Applicants with recent secondary education
Assumed knowledge: Any two units of English (Band 3).
All applicants
Further information
View all details of this course on the Griffith University website.
The academic content of all programs is subject to routine review.
ATAR profile
ATAR-based offers only (semester 1, 2024)
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- The ATAR values exclude any adjustment factors.
- The selection ranks include the ATAR and any adjustment factors.
Abbreviations
– = data is not available.<5 = less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made.
N/A = no offers were made on the basis of ATAR.
NC = new course
NP = Not provided by institution
NR = No reportable profile
NS = No Semester 1 offers
NN = Unavailable (other)
NO = Entry on other criteria
Student profile
Course updates
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