Bachelor of Creative Industries

What is this course about?

CSU's Bachelor of Creative Industries provides graduates with the necessary skills to enter careers in a range of media, communication and creative areas of practice and provide industry practitioners with critical and contextual understandings to inform their practice and to gain cross-over skills to related areas within cultural industries.

About the course

The course has been developed in direct response to the number of students who wish to study at university after completing TAFE Diplomas in Creative Industries.

It is designed to articulate with specific TAFE diploma programs and will enable students to gain two years of credit towards a three year Bachelor of Creative Industries degree.

The third year articulation will extend practical skill sets gained at TAFE diploma level by further developing students' contextual and critical knowledge in a range of areas relating to Creative Industries including Media Communication, Fine Arts and Television and Sound Production.

Students will apply the skills and knowledge they have developed in their university studies through an integrated course structure that relates theory to practice, and contextual knowledge to applied professional skills and specialisations.

On completion of this course graduates will have:

• an understanding of the impact of technological change on professional communication, particularly in relation to online technologies
• a knowledge of the legal and ethical issues facing media and communication practitioners in their areas of professional activity
• an understanding of a variety of theoretical frameworks, research methods and techniques that can be applied to professional practice
• an understanding of the professional routines, expectations and client relationships involved in creative industries
• appropriate research skills to equip them for life-long learning.