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Hello, and welcome to the course information session
for creative arts and communications.
Thanks for this chance to introduce you
to the humanities faculty at Curtin.
I'll take you through a few reasons
why you might choose to study the humanities,
a few reasons why Curtin's the best place
to study the humanities,
and then I'll provide a brief overview
of the key courses, including the Bachelor of Creative Arts,
Bachelor of Communications, and the Bachelor of Arts.
You'll also hear from some students
sharing their experience at Curtin.
Now, I'll take you through a few reasons
why you might consider studying humanities at Curtin.
Students to choose to study here
as it offers a welcoming community
of dedicated staff, inspired students,
and a vibrant campus atmosphere.
Another reason to choose Curtin
is because graduate employability
is a key point of difference.
Most of our courses prepare graduates
for optimum success and which has been recognised
by the Good Universities Guide with a five-star rating.
We're also recognised across a range
of disciplines worldwide with strong rankings,
and Curtin overall is now
amongst Australia's top 10 universities.
Today's graduates are likely to change jobs three times
every decade of their working life.
Fortunately, the knowledge and skills you'll gain
with a humanities degree helps
to future proof your employability.
Being able to think critically,
creatively problem solve, and work in teams
are capabilities you'll develop throughout your studies,
which are valuable attributes of any career.
Our courses provide you
with professional experience opportunities
and industry placements
that will give you a competitive edge when you graduate.
A lot of our teaching staff are also industry practitioners
and have strong connections to leading organisations,
such as Channel 9, ABC, Seven West Media, and more.
Our facilities replicate real workplaces
to enhance your studies and help you graduate
with true-to-life experience.
You'll have the option to study outside the humanities,
which will broaden your knowledge,
networks, and potential job opportunities.
One of the key advantages of studying humanities at Curtin
is that you'll be able to follow your passion.
Most students choose a humanities degree
because they're passionate about particular subject,
such as English or art.
Many of our successful graduates
recommend pursuing your passion to build your skills
and knowledge towards a fulfilling career.
Some of our successful graduates
include Channel 10's "The Project" host Carrie Bickmore
and "Triple J"'s host Stacy Gougoulis, to name a few.
You can choose from a range of study areas,
including architecture and built environment,
creative arts and communications,
which we'll cover in this session,
design, languages, and social science courses.
The Bachelor of Creative Arts is a three-year,
full-time study package.
You'll be guaranteed entry with an ATAR of 70,
and that enables you to choose a major
from the three discipline of fine art,
screen art, and theatre arts.
I should emphasise that the purpose
of doing a Bachelor of Creative Arts,
which is one of our new degree structures,
is that in enables you to really specialise
in one of these three creative disciplines.
The structure of your degree would be one of two options.
Option one, you might choose your major,
whether that's fine art, screen arts, or theatre arts,
and then choose a minor from the many fields
in the faculty of humanities and a number
of electives from any field right across the university.
Option two would involve again choosing a major
from fine art, screen arts, or theatre arts
and then supplementing that with a range of electives.
You would choose option one or two depending
on how you would like to set yourself up
for future career opportunities
or how you would like to engage
with many other excellent educational opportunities
within the faculty of humanities
or indeed the rest of Curtin.
Now let's look at the Bachelor of Communications.
Again, this is a three years full-time study program,
guaranteed entry with an ATAR of 70.
In the Bachelor of Communications,
you choose from the following key focus areas:
corporate screen production, journalism,
web media, digital design, graphic communications,
marketing, photography, and public relations.
The core structure for the Bachelor of Communications
involves firstly selecting a media stream.
So that would be corporate screen production,
journalism, or web media, and then step B is where you
would select another media stream
or a design or business stream.
So this might be from the field of digital design,
graphic communication, marketing,
photography, or public relations.
Now we'll talk about the Bachelor of Arts,
which is a different degree to the Bachelor of Creative Arts
and the Bachelor of Communication.
In this degree, we have the following majors:
anthropology and sociology, Chinese,
creative writing, digital and social media,
geography, history, international relations,
Japanese, journalism, literary and cultural studies,
and professional writing and publishing.
The course structure for the Bachelor of Arts
is four options.
You might choose option one if you
already know two main study areas you'd like
to specialise in.
For example, you could double major in journalism
and international relations.
Option two allows you to select a major and two minors.
This option is ideal
if you know three main study areas you'd like
to focus on throughout your degree.
For example, you might major in creative writing
and then choose to minor in history
and then also geography.
Option three and four are most suitable
for those who'd like to explore study areas
from across the entire university,
as you'll have more elective units available
throughout the duration of your degree.
Which option you choose will again depend
on the career path that you've planned,
as well as your own personal interests.
As you can see, there's a lot for students
to like about the opportunities at Curtin,
so let's hear from a few to see what they think.
I feel really good about what I've achieved so far.
I learnt many different things,
from doing small things like rigging a light
to mixing sounds in cue lab to acting, directing,
being a part of set, to creating props
and going out and buying them,
creating a world to show people and the audience.
I've gotten to see how the newsroom operates
on day-to-day basis because, obviously,
I knew all the theory stuff and how
to write a story and go about that.
But in terms of, I guess, the editing side of things,
putting a newspaper together, how roles are delegated,
and how things work day to day,
I've got to see that firsthand,
and it's been really good practice as well.
Curtin has prepared us a lot because we're
not just focusing on, as I said, one area.
We're focusing on a broad range of areas.
So we're exposed to communicating with people,
getting to know people to work with professionally
as well as students, collaborating,
and yet putting ourselves out there
and working in actual major productions.
Also, the thing that's really important
is a practical aspect that you focus on at Curtin.
So while we have really great tutors
who teach us all the theory stuff,
they're also focused on practical things.
So in our classes at uni, we're writing real stories.
We have an online website, so our stories
are published online that we write, "Western Independent,"
and we're calling people, interviewing people,
always doing, producing journalism.
So if you're interested in joining us at Curtin,
please check the admission criteria
and deadlines on the following websites.
If you have questions, need more information,
or would like to discuss options
for your various study programs,
please contact us on 1300-222-888,
or you can always book an appointment
at future.connect.curtin.edu.au.
Thanks for joining me, and we look forward
to welcoming you here at Curtin University.
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