Overview 2020
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You will gain an awareness of your own creative practice and the role and function of visual art and design within contemporary culture. You can choose from a range of selected units, which will provide a foundation for further study in fine art and/or enable you to encounter and develop skills in diverse art disciplines.
Practical experience
Practice in generous spaces that fuel your imagination; Hobart’s former IXL jam factory and Launceston’s historic Western Railway Yard, in the heart of Tasmania’s creative precincts. Studios are specially designed to foster a variety of skills and specialisations.
Our staff are closely linked with and active in industry, giving students access to real world insights, skills and contacts. Students have a variety of opportunities to build close working relationships with renowned visiting artists, and artists in residence.
Work placement
Students are offered a wide range of opportunities to participate in festivals such as Ten Days on the Island, Junction Arts Festival, The Unconformity and engage with acclaimed artists commissioned by MONA, TMAG, QVMAG, and more. Take a look at just a few highlights of student works at Panopticon III, part of Dark Mofo 2019.
Career outcomes
Diverse opportunities
Build a career you love in the ever expanding creative arts sector. In a world being redefined by innovation, design and creativity, a vast selection of exciting career opportunities present themselves:
- Advertising and brand
- Animator
- Art historian
- Arts administrator
- Creative director
- Fashion and costume designer
- Film editor
- Furniture designer
- Graphic designer
- Illustrator
- Industrial designer
- Jeweller
- Marketing and advertising
- Media and journalism
- Multimedia artist
- Museum or gallery curator
- Painter
- Photographer
- Urban planning and public art
- Printmaker
- Researcher
- Sculptor, potter or ceramic artist
- Sound designer
- Teacher
Further study
Open your options with further study, students who successfully complete the Diploma of Fine Arts may progress to the Bachelor Fine Arts.
Course structure
Entry requirements
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
International students
International students should refer to the International Students course fees page to get an indicative course cost.
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.
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- 13 8827 (13 UTAS)
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
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