Connections (VACAP3003)

This course is about artists connecting with their audiences. It is aligned with VASAP3016 and builds on VAPAP3005. In preparation for life as a visual arts graduate, students need to be flexible and adaptive in how they communicate the outcomes of their work and projects. To that end this course is designed to reflect changeable circumstances, and is flexible in how the outcomes are reached. For example, the individual contribution to the end of year graduate exhibition is an assessable part of this course whether that exhibition is a traditional physical exhibition in a local space or it takes place completely in the online environment. This course is therefore designed as a reflexive, responsive and agile engagement of creative art skills that challenge and affirm thinking through materials, actions and propositions that have a public outcome. Students are also encouraged to think beyond their chosen medium (as in the work for VASAP3016) and create/ experiment with new work tailored for connecting to a broader public whether it is for exhibition, pop-up space, projection or another alternative public presence. The propositional responses may incorporate drawing, video and photographic and or digital production that acknowledge the presence of the final work across online media platforms, thus engaging and encouraging national and international connectivity. In summary, students will explore and respond to various modes and media by which artists connect with their audiences.

For further information regarding the course please refer to the Course Outline found at the following link (PDF, 197kB).

Credit point 15
EFTSL 0.125
Band 2

Commonwealth supported place (CSP)

A CSP is subsidised by the Australian Government and students pay a contribution amount. Each unit is classified into a student contribution band, depending on the study area of the unit (this discipline may be different from the study area of your course).

2024 contribution amount* - $1,118
2024 contribution amount - continuing student who commenced before 1 Jan 2021* - $1,118

* for Clinical Psychology (Clin Psych) & Professional Pathways (Prof Path) bands the contribution amount is determined by accredited course. Students in Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, Professional Pathway Psychology or Professional Pathway Social Work accredited courses should visit our CSP page for further information.

Note: The Job-ready Graduates Package introduced new funding clusters and contribution amounts from the 2021 academic year. If you are a continuing student who commenced before 1 January 2021 studying units in disciplines with increased contribution amounts, you will continue paying the same amount (indexed each year) as you would have. For further information visit the Australia Government's Study Assist website.

Domestic Full Fee-paying

These places are offered for postgraduate studies or to CSP ineligible students and tuition fees are not subsidised by the Australian Government. Domestic postgraduate tuition fees are course-based annual fees and the unit fee you pay will vary according to the degree you are studying. To find out more about domestic tuition fees and view the relevant fee schedule visit our fees website.

International Full Fee-paying

International tuition fees are course-based annual fees and the unit fee you pay will vary according to the degree you are studying. To find out more about international tuition fees and view the relevant fee schedule visit our fees website.

Semester census dates

It is important to check unit delivery details including location and census date, prior to making decisions about enrolment. Detailed semester and census date information can be found on the Important Dates page.