Certificate IV in Visual Arts

Entry Requirements

Academic IELTS score of 5.5 Overall with minimum of 5.0 in all bands or equivalent.
Satisfactory completion of Year 11 or overseas equivalent .

TAFE SA English Language Centre: English for Academic Purposes (EAP20) Pass

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) – iBT: Score of 46, with reading: 4-7, listening: 4-6, speaking: 14-15, and writing: 14-17

Pearsons Test of English (PTE) Academic: Minimum 42 with 36 in all for communicative skills ((listening, reading, writing and speaking)

Occupational English Test OET: Pass

Cambridge C1 Advanced or B2 First previously Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) and First Certificate of English (FCE): Overall score of 162 with a minimum of 154 in all bands

Course Details

Enjoy a studio-based learning environment where you’ll be introduced to design, illustration, drawing, and object making. Your creative future in the arts starts here with this studio-based qualification. You’ll learn and create in dedicated visual arts spaces at the Adelaide College of the Arts, including purpose-built studios, workshops, and exhibition spaces. Develop your practical studio skills as you learn the fundamentals of art history and theory. Studios are offered in ceramics, jewellery, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. The program culminates with an exhibition featuring artworks you’ve developed during your study.

Employment Outcomes

Graduates of these courses are equipped to excel in activities that embrace an artist's and designer's practice. Artists and designers may choose to practise independently, join industry enterprises or participate in public art commissions and community art activities. Opportunities include working in jewellery, sculpture, painting, ceramics, art photography, printmaking, galleries and in education.

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