F2007 Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor of Business

All applicants must satisfy the equivalence of the VCE subject prerequisites.
VET Certificate IV, diploma or advanced diploma graduates: To be considered, applicants will normally require at least a minimum 60% average to be considered for selection. Preference will be given to students whose prior studies are related to the course in which they are seeking admission. Programs that involve competency-based assessment without grades or marks will not meet the admission requirements.
University: Completion of two single units (equivalent to 12 Monash credit points) satisfy minimum entry requirements, but more units may be useful for selection, especially in areas of study related to the course in which admission is being sought. Applicants should have at least a 60% average in their studies. Studies must have been completed within five years of intended commencement.

Monash Level A, that is: IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall (no band lower than 6.0); or Pearson Test of English (Academic): score of 58 overall with no band lower than 50; or TOEFL Internet-based test: score of 79 overall with minimum scores: Writing: 21, Listening: 12, Reading: 13 and Speaking: 18; or Equivalent approved English test

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You can enrich your degree to hone your academic and professional skills with a range of Flagship Rich Educational Experiences (FREE). These flagship rich educational experience units may be credited utilising your free electives, or alternatively in place of your discipline specific electives (up to 6 credit points) if approved by the faculty. There are both 6 and 12 credit point unit options available.*

For information on eligibility please see FREE.

*If you are enrolled in a double degree it may be possible to utilise credit from one or both of your degrees to do a 6 and/or 12 credit point flagship rich educational experience. For information on eligible double degree combinations please see FREE.

The Bachelor of Fine Art will educate you in all aspects of contemporary creative visual practices to enable you to build a high level of expertise in Fine art. You will engage directly with professional artists, as well as with practitioners from allied creative fields including art history and theory, curatorial, design and architecture.

Fine art will prepare you for a career as a contemporary professional artist and provide you with transferable creative, critical and problem-solving skills that open pathways across creative industries, cultural sectors and broader professional fields. You can take an interdisciplinary approach and explore a range of studio methods, material processes, and techniques across drawing, ceramics, glass, jewellery, painting, photography (digital and analogue), printmaking, sculpture and installation, sound and video, as well as digital fabrication technologies. Or you can practice and focus on a single medium. Studio practice is complemented by an understanding of critical contexts through art history and theory and an introduction to Indigenous Australian creative practice and ways of knowing ensuring conceptual and contextual learning is continually integrated into creative practice.

The Bachelor of Business will enable you to delve into the dynamic world of business. You will have the opportunity to understand what makes organisations, brands and markets function effectively and sustainably. Whether you are interested in working for a large corporation, or a not-for-profit organisation, managing a business, or becoming an entrepreneur, the Bachelor of Business will give you the knowledge and skills you need to thrive in a competitive business landscape. The course provides choice and flexibility by allowing you to develop broad business knowledge as well as specialised expertise in one or two chosen areas of business practice. It also offers you the opportunity to study overseas or undertake an internship, as well as a range of other experiences which enable you to maximise your employability at graduation.

You will be well equipped to seek employment in both private and public-sector enterprises.

This double degree course has been developed in response to the demand for artists and designers with first-class business skills.

You can expect to develop knowledge of the major business disciplines, together with theories and practices associated with a career in fine art. You will gain an understanding of their relationship, and have the business skills to support your creative endeavours.

Combining the cultural awareness fostered in fine art alongside business skills will allow you to creatively engage with management, marketing, accounting or international business. It will also offer greater insight into the production and professional presentation of artwork.