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Course Overview
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Graduates of the Bachelor of Fine Arts / Education (Secondary) can pursue careers across education and the arts, including:
Education: High school visual arts teacher, high school graphic design teacher, high school multimedia technology teacher, high school music teacher, high school principal, corporate trainer, curriculum specialist
Animation & Moving Image: Animator, 3D artist, texturing artist, concept artist, storyboard artist, creature effects artist, visual effects artist, visual effects compositor, media arts practitioner, digital publishing, digital communications specialist, art director, advertising director, film producer, television producer, post-production designer, media strategist, sound designer, cinematographer
Art Theory: Art critic, art director, archive manager, creative director, creative entrepreneur, communications officer, community engagement officer, cultural event manager, cultural policy adviser, cultural research officer, cultural consultant, exhibit planner, festival curator, gallery curator, museum curator, public event programmer
Music: Audio producer, audio engineer, broadcaster, composer, classroom music teacher, music journalist, performing artist, private music teacher, session artist, songwriter, sound designer, soundtrack producer, tour manager, talent manager, talent scout
Visual Arts: Advertising creative, art critic, art director, artist, arts educator, arts journalist, arts publisher, creative director, commercial photographer, communications officer, cultural administration, cultural policy consultant, event program manager, exhibition manager, festival curator, illustrator, installation artist, interdisciplinary artist, painter, performance artist, photographer, photojournalist, printmaker, private art teacher, sculptor
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Common Questions
You can specialise in one of three creative streams: Animation & Moving Image (including sub-specialisations in animation, moving image, visual effects, sound, and 3D visualisation), Music (with pathways in music, creative practice, music pedagogy, or sonic arts), or Visual Arts (choosing two studio disciplines from drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and moving image). Your choice of specialisation determines which teaching subjects you will be accredited to teach in secondary schools.
You will complete up to 80 days of supervised professional placement across at least two NSW secondary schools in your final two years. The first placement is a one-day intensive orientation followed by a four-week supervised work placement, and the second placement goes for nine weeks with a gradual shift towards more autonomy, responsibility and accountability. Before starting placements, you must obtain a Working with Children Check, complete mandatory anaphylaxis training, and pass two NESA LANTITE tests.
Upon graduation, you will be NESA-accredited to teach in secondary schools. Depending on your fine arts specialisation and education method courses, you can qualify to teach visual arts, music, or graphics and multimedia technology. It is also possible to gain accreditation in two teaching subjects — for example, visual arts and graphics and multimedia technology — by choosing an appropriate combination of fine arts studio disciplines and education method courses.
Yes. The Bachelor of Fine Arts / Education (Secondary) is accredited by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) as an initial teaching qualification for both government and non-government secondary schools throughout Australia, and is widely accepted as a teaching qualification internationally.
The program consists of 192 Units of Credit (UOC) across 31 individual courses, typically completed over four years of full-time study at eight courses per year. It is structured as a double degree: a Bachelor of Fine Arts (96 UOC, comprising a fine arts specialisation) and a Bachelor of Education Secondary (96 UOC, comprising education core courses of 66 UOC, prescribed education method electives of 24 UOC, and a prescribed education elective of 6 UOC). Note that your second teaching internship counts as two courses in one, which is why the total is 31 courses rather than the typical 32 for a double degree.
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