Bachelor of Communication and Creative Arts (Honours)
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2026 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Communication and Creative Arts (Honours) |
| Course Credit Points | 8 |
| Deakin course code | A450 |
| Course version | 3 |
| Faculty | |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2026 onwards |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Online | No |
| Duration | 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | The course map for students commencing from Trimester 1 2026 will be available soon. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
| CRICOS code | 118467G Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8 |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Research and research-related study
- Fees and charges
Course overview
Explore advanced creative projects and research through a Bachelor of Communication and Creative Arts (Honours). Honours is a year of specialised study that allows you to combine the theory and practical skills gained throughout your undergraduate degree. While undertaking an individual creative project, you will be supported in your development as an independent practitioner as you build your skills, critical engagement and depth of knowledge in your chosen area of study.
It is an opportunity to expand your knowledge in a field you are passionate about and to develop invaluable research and life skills that will stay with you throughout your career.
Do you want to find your creative practice in the field and critically engage with the work of your contemporaries?
With a strong interdisciplinary focus, this course enables students from all creative arts disciplines – dance, theatre, photography, design, and visual arts – to learn from each other and develop their creative arts practice and scholarly research skills.
You will form ongoing relationships with practitioners and peers in related creative areas through critical feedback with industry connections and research experts from government-run and community arts organisations.
Whether you choose to work in industry as an individual practitioner, or within a creative team, this honours program will help you develop as a critically engaged thinker and highly skilled practitioner and researcher.
After graduating, you can further your studies in research or professional practice by applying for direct entry into the second year of the Master of Creative Arts by coursework, a Master of Arts by Research, or you could pursue a PhD.
Career opportunities
The Bachelor of Communication and Creative Arts (Honours) supports your development as a creative arts practitioner and builds your research skills. You will graduate as a specialist in your field of study with the transferable soft skills to thrive in industry – including critical and creative thinking, the ability to effectively communicate and to work both autonomously and collaboratively. The degree provides a pathway for further learning and for practice within creative arts and cultural industries.
You will graduate ready to adapt to changing career opportunities relevant to your specialisation in:
- dance
- design
- theatre
- photography
- visual arts.
For more information go to DeakinTALENT.
Participation requirements
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Identify and apply critical analysis, engagement and evaluation within discipline specific contexts. |
| Communication | Articulate discipline specific and interdisciplinary ideas, through a range of practical creative processes, to inform discussions of approach and relevant contemporary ideas. |
| Digital literacy | Utilise a range of technologies and digital strategies to research, develop and actualize projects within discipline specific contexts |
| Critical thinking | Engage in high-level independent critical thinking to investigate, describe and synthesize ideas and their application within discipline specific discourses. |
| Problem solving | Identify, evaluate and select the methods, techniques, concepts and processes to investigate and apply effective solutions. |
| Self-management | Exercise autonomy, adaptability, responsibility and a continued commitment to learning and skills development in professional, creative and scholarly contexts. |
| Teamwork | This Course Learning Outcome is not explicitly assessed |
| Global citizenship | Apply self-reflexivity and critical analysis to personal cultural values, privileges, and biases while engaging with diverse perspectives, particularly Indigenous Knowledges, in the development of research and creative and industry specific works. |
Approved at Faculty Board May 2025
Course rules
To complete the Bachelor of Communication and Creative Arts (Honours) students must pass 8 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) to be completed in the first trimester of study
- 8 credit points of core units
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.
Course structure
Core units
Compulsory 0-credit point module
To be completed in the first trimester of study:
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin |
Units
| ACA403 | Communication and Creative Arts Research Theory and Methods (2 credit points) |
| ACA404 | Discipline Specific Research Practices (2 credit points) |
| ACA491 | Supervised Creative/Industry Project A |
| ACA492 | Critical Writing: Theory and Contexts |
| ACA493 | Supervised Creative/Industry Project B |
Students will be supported to choose one unit from:
| ACA405 | Reading in the Discipline |
| ACA494 | Supervised Research/Industry Project C |
You may be able to study available units in the optional third trimester to fast-track your degree, however your course duration may be extended if there are delays in meeting course requirements, such as completing a placement.
Research and research-related study
Independent research components are embedded across a number of units.
Fees and charges
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, your study load and/or unit discipline.
Your tuition fees will increase annually at the start of each calendar year. All fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and do not include additional costs such as textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment, mandatory checks, travel, consumables and other costs.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.
Further information
Contact Student Central for assistance in course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements. Student Central can also provide information for a wide range of services at Deakin.