Diploma in Creative Studies (Art and Design)

Undergraduate

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1 year(s) full-time
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What courses you'll study

Complete 48 units for either of the following:

  • Both of the following:
  • 36 units for Core courses, and
  • 12 units for Electives, or
  • 48 units for Majors

Complete 36 units comprising:

  • 36 units for all Core courses

Course name Course code Units
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Critical Thinking: Media and Academia
Course code
COMM1032
Units
6
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Writing for Academic Purposes
Course code
COMM1033
Units
6
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Digital Literacy: Screen, Web and New Media
Course code
INFO1062
Units
6
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Introduction to Human Behaviour (UniSA)
Course code
PSYC1022
Units
6
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Global Citizenship in the 21st Century (UniSA)
Course code
SOCI1015
Units
6
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Introduction to Academic Life
Course code
SOCI1032
Units
6

Notes

  • 1. Students are required to complete the diploma within 2 years to transfer into an undergraduate degree, subject to competitive entry. Students who do not transfer into an undergraduate degree within this time will be required to apply via SATAC.

    2. Commencing students may have their enrolments withdrawn if they fail to engage with their studies.

    3. This program requires weekly participation in all enrolled courses. Student engagement is monitored, with a lack of participation or contact with student support services and/or the Program Director resulting in students being unenrolled from courses they have not engaged with. This action will occur in week 3, prior to census, to ensure students' future program performance (cumulative GPA) is protected.

    4. Electives should be selected aligning with the discipline area students wish to pursue in their bachelor degree. Some elective courses may have prerequisite requirements that must be met prior to enrolment.

    5. Students intending on studying Communication Design, Illustration and Animation, or Contemporary Art should complete SOCI1016 - Individual and Society in Contemporary Australia (UniSA).

    6. Students intending on studying Digital Media should complete INFO1027 - ICT Literacies.

    7. Students intending on studying Illustration and Animation or Contemporary Art should complete SOCI1015 - Global Citizenship in the 21st Century (UniSA).

    8. Students intending on studying Communication Design or Digital Media should complete COMM1023 - Future Ideas: Information Literacy and the Internet.

    9. Students intending on studying Product Design should complete PSYC1022 - Introduction to Human Behaviour (UniSA) and SOCI1015 - Global Citizenship in the 21st Century (UniSA).

    10. Students may elect to complete the Online course INFO1024 - UO Introduction to Video Production in lieu of MDIA1009 - Introduction to Film and Television.

Complete 36 units comprising:

  • 24 units for all Core courses, and
  • 12 units from Core selectives

Course name Course code Units
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Course name
Critical Thinking: Media and Academia
Course code
COMM1032
Units
6
course icon
Course name
Writing for Academic Purposes
Course code
COMM1033
Units
6
course icon
Course name
Digital Literacy: Screen, Web and New Media
Course code
INFO1062
Units
6
course icon
Course name
Introduction to Academic Life
Course code
SOCI1032
Units
6

Course name Course code Units
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Course name
Future Ideas: Information Literacy and the Internet
Course code
COMM1023
Units
6
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Course name
ICT Literacies
Course code
INFO1027
Units
6
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Course name
Introduction to Human Behaviour (UniSA)
Course code
PSYC1022
Units
6
course icon
Course name
Global Citizenship in the 21st Century (UniSA)
Course code
SOCI1015
Units
6
course icon
Course name
Individual and Society in Contemporary Australia (UniSA)
Course code
SOCI1016
Units
6

Complete 12 units comprising:

Notes

  • 1. Students are required to complete the diploma within 2 years to transfer into an undergraduate degree, subject to competitive entry. Students who do not transfer into an undergraduate degree within this time will be required to apply via SATAC.

    2. Commencing students may have their enrolments withdrawn if they fail to engage with their studies.

    3. This program requires weekly participation in all enrolled courses. Student engagement is monitored, with a lack of participation or contact with student support services and/or the Program Director resulting in students being unenrolled from courses they have not engaged with. This action will occur in week 3, prior to census, to ensure students' future program performance (cumulative GPA) is protected.

    4. Electives should be selected aligning with the discipline area students wish to pursue in their bachelor degree. Some elective courses may have prerequisite requirements that must be met prior to enrolment.

    5. Students intending on studying Communication Design, Illustration and Animation, or Contemporary Art should complete SOCI1016 - Individual and Society in Contemporary Australia (UniSA).

    6. Students intending on studying Digital Media should complete INFO1027 - ICT Literacies.

    7. Students intending on studying Illustration and Animation or Contemporary Art should complete SOCI1015 - Global Citizenship in the 21st Century (UniSA).

    8. Students intending on studying Communication Design or Digital Media should complete COMM1023 - Future Ideas: Information Literacy and the Internet.

    9. Students intending on studying Product Design should complete PSYC1022 - Introduction to Human Behaviour (UniSA) and SOCI1015 - Global Citizenship in the 21st Century (UniSA).

    10. Students may elect to complete the Online course INFO1024 - UO Introduction to Video Production in lieu of MDIA1009 - Introduction to Film and Television.