Overview 2020
This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students
We are no longer taking applications for this version of the degree (13B) as from 2019.
Continuing students in this course, refer to the archived page link above for the year you commenced.
Course structure
In the Bachelor of Contemporary Arts, you need to choose a major, a minor, 4 degree electives, 6 student electives and 2 breadth units. Students will choose a Theatre major and compulsory History and Theory minor. Please note that Semester 2 intake is not available for entry.
This degree consists of a total of 24 units comprising:
- A major of 8 units: 2 introductory, 2 intermediate, 4 advanced units
- A minor of 4 units: 2 introductory, 2 intermediate units
- Four degree electives: two must be introductory and two at any level (to meet the overall requirements of the minimum and maximum level of units for the whole degree). For example, if you choose 2 advanced level degree electives in year 2 of the degree, you need to enrol in 2 student electives at intermediate level.
- 2 breadth units: 1 introductory and 1 intermediate or advanced level unit (see Breadth Units web page for further information).
- Six student electives: units which may be chosen from this or any other subject area within the University, provided they meet the unit level requirements for the degree (see next point below), unit pre-requisites and quotas.
- Unit level requirements for the degree are:
- between 8-10 units at introductory level,
- 6-10 units at intermediate level, and
- 6-10 units at advanced level.
- For example, this means you could study 8 introductory, 8 intermediate and 8 advanced, or you could take 8 introductory, 7 intermediate and 9 advanced units or other combinations within these ranges.
Theatre stream
Theatre Major
Year 1
Compulsory introductory units
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Credit Points: 12.5
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Year 2
Compulsory intermediate units
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Year 3
Compulsory advanced units
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Credit Points: 25
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History and Theory Minor
Year 1
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View all details for FFA193 Theory in Practice: Body, Audience, Documentation
Year 2
Choose 2 intermediate units from the following list:
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA248 Design: Theatres and Exhibitions
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View all details for FFA250 New From Old: Renaissance and Enlightenment
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View all details for FFA259 Creativity: theories in practice
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View all details for FFA271 Wilderness and Natural Environment
Degree Electives
Introductory Degree Electives list
Introductory Degree Electives
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Intermediate Degree Electives
Intermediate Degree Electives
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View all details for FFA248 Design: Theatres and Exhibitions
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View all details for FFA250 New From Old: Renaissance and Enlightenment
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View all details for FFA259 Creativity: theories in practice
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View all details for FFA271 Wilderness and Natural Environment
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View all details for FFD209 Drawing the Body: Media and Methods
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View all details for FPB231 Creatics: Acting For Performance
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View all details for FPB233 Accents, Dialects and Performance
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
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| Launceston | 5 Week Session Feb A | ||||
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Breadth Units
Breadth units are compulsory in all Bachelor degrees effective 2015.
Introductory Breadth
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View all details for XBR102 Developing your Creative and Entrepreneurial Potential
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View all details for XBR104 Living and Working with Cultural Diversity
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View all details for XBR105 Good Thinking: Reasoning Skills for Life
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View all details for XBR106 Ethics and Social Responsibility
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View all details for XBR107 Asia and Australia: Bound by Sea
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View all details for XBR108 The Dark Arts: Culture, Crime and Corruption
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| Hobart | Intensive Session Jan B | ||||
| Hobart | Intensive Session Jun | ||||
View all details for XBR110 Discover your potential: Leadership, Service and Employability
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View all details for XBR111 Big Decisions! Rational belief and action in an uncertain world
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View all details for XBR113 Indigenous Lifeworlds: Local to the Global
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View all details for XBR120 Complementary Medicines in Contemporary Society
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View all details for XBR121 The Global Challenge of Understanding Dementia
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View all details for XBR122 Sport Doping, Performance Enhancing Drugs and their Detection
Intermediate Breadth
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View all details for XBR201 The Art of Persuasion: How to Build and Communicate Effective Arguments
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View all details for XBR206 Resilience in the Face of Emergencies
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View all details for XBR210 Beyond Human - Exploring Science and the Humanities
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View all details for XBR211 From bugs to bucks: The business of fermented food and drink
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View all details for XBR212 Interdisciplinary Social Research
Advanced Breadth
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View all details for XBR301 War! The Moral and Legal Limits of Political Violence
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View all details for XBR302 Social Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age
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Student Electives
Student electives will comprise 1 introductory unit in Year 1; and 5 in Year 2&3 that can comprise 0min-1max introductory* unit ; 2min-3max intermediate units and 2min-3max advanced units in Year 2&3. *if unable to add select a introductory unit please contact Arts Student Central.
To explore the many study areas available as student electives, go to www.utas.edu.au/courses/search-units? and use the search criteria fields (eg level, study period, location, year, study area). View the full unit description to check requisites (ie prerequisites, anti-requisites). If you need further assistance please contact Arts Student Central, tel 61 3 6226 7814 or email Arts.Faculty@utas.edu.au.
Once the student electives have been chosen, login to your study plan via eStudent to add these units to choice of student elective(s) under Year 1 or Year 2&3 of the study plan and to then enrol.
Visual Arts stream is in teach-out from 2017 and is only available to students who commenced BCA in 2016 or earlier.
The Visual Arts major is in teach-out and is only available to students who commenced BCA in 2016 or earlier.
Visual Arts Major
Year 1
Compulsory introductory units
Year 2
Choose 2 intermediate units from the following list:
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Credit Points: 12.5
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Year 3
Compulsory advanced units
History and Theory
Year 1
Compulsory introductory units
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Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for FFA193 Theory in Practice: Body, Audience, Documentation
Year 2
Choose 2 intermediate units from the following list:
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA237 Australia in Performance and Art
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA248 Design: Theatres and Exhibitions
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Credit Points: 12.5
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA250 New From Old: Renaissance and Enlightenment
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Credit Points: 12.5
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Credit Points: 12.5
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Credit Points: 12.5
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA259 Creativity: theories in practice
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Credit Points: 12.5
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA271 Wilderness and Natural Environment
History and Theory Major
Year 1
Compulsory introductory units
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA193 Theory in Practice: Body, Audience, Documentation
Year 2
Choose 2 intermediate units from the following list:
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Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for FFA237 Australia in Performance and Art
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA248 Design: Theatres and Exhibitions
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Credit Points: 12.5
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA250 New From Old: Renaissance and Enlightenment
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA259 Creativity: theories in practice
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA271 Wilderness and Natural Environment
Year 3
Choose 4 advanced units from the following list:
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View all details for FFA301 Investigation: creative research practice
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View all details for FFA337 Australia in Performance and Art
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA348 Design: Theatres and Exhibitions
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for FFA350 New From Old: Renaissance and Enlightenment
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View all details for FFA359 Creativity: theories in practice
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View all details for FFA371 Wilderness and Natural Environment
Visual Arts (Teachout)
Year 1
Compulsory introductory units
Year 2
Choose 2 intermediate units from the following list:
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Need help choosing your first year units? Try the Unit Selection Guide.
Entry requirements
Eligibility
Continuing students refer to the course page for the year you commenced. New students go to 13R.
Detailed Admissions Information
Detailed admissions information and advice for all undergraduate courses, including comprehensive, course-level student profiles, is available from UTAS Admissions.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
2020 Total Course Fee (international students): $0 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $29,000 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
- Domestic
- 1300 363 864
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
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