This course has an emphasis on quality creative output and critical inquiry, with an international outlook. Students will gain professional artistic experience through development of creative networks, production, studio work and exhibitions, combined with theoretical insights that engage with our current visual culture. Course Learning Outcomes Apply creative thinking and innovation to generate and evaluate complex ideas and provide sustainable solutions to contemporary challenges. Demonstrate International and cross-cultural awareness, including Indigenous cultural competence as they relate to visual representation and critical inquiry. Demonstrate a professional level of written and oral communication skills to synthesize existing research and articulate new creative concepts. Demonstrate deep theoretical and conceptual knowledge of Visual Art principles and history and their application to contemporary arts. Demonstrate initiative and judgment in planning, problem solving, and decision making processes to manage the workflow of projects in a professional and ethical manner. Reflect on and evaluate own understandings of the range of theories, techniques, and strategies relevant to area(s) of specialization to adapt to the evolving multidisciplinary needs of arts practice. Work independently and collaboratively to produce creative outcomes and evaluate the critical engagement. Major you can study in this course Fashion Uses the material garment and textiles as a vehicle for exploration in relation to the body, object, site, image, contemporary fashion, found garment and contemporary art. Students investigate and apply a range of non-industrial construction techniques, creative material methodologies and contextual research approaches. The major also engages students in a range of contextual and historical investigations to do with the garment and textiles and the contexts in which they function. It prepares students for a range of creative design and contemporary art outcomes such as textile design and production, pattern making and garment construction, contemporary art and fashion presentation, and contemporary art practice. Photo media A unique major that combines production and critical analysis of still images. It encourages students to become critically aware of visual languages, and at the same time explore creative approaches to photography. Visual Arts A practice-based visual arts major offering focused investigation across a range of two and three-dimensional studios including drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. Through critical theory and potential cross-experimentation with existing studios such as glass, design, fashion, writing, film and video, animation, and photography, students are immersed within visual culture to develop hybrid and traditional approaches to their creative praxis. The major is complemented by a rigorous conceptual focus to enable the student to develop their professional studio practice through a contemporary and historic lens. Students develop the confidence to exhibit publicly and to identify career opportunities in teaching, curating, independent studio practice, and with private and public arts agencies and institutions. The major culminates in a significant public exhibition, which further enhances the emphasis placed on professional practice.