Version

2

Division

Tropical Environments and Societies

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1– Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Post admission requirements

For flexible delivery option, computer and internet access is required

Additional course rules

Nil

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

In the context of a JCU graduate, on successful completion of the Bachelor of Creative Industries with Honours graduates will be able to:

• Critically reflect on the cultural significance and self-transformative nature of arts practice

• Generate and critically reflect on knowledge of arts industries or contemporary arts practices, including ethical, moral and/or sustainable practices

• Develop, research and evaluate ideas, processes and solutions through critical, creative and reflective thinking and perseverance

• Research, interpret and communicate ideas proficiently and professionally in oral, written, numeric and digital formats, suited to a range of audiences

• Work independently or in collaboration with others in the arts industry to deliver creative outcomes or generate knowledge about the arts, using relevant research methods

• Apply research methods to produce an original, technically competent, considered and communicative body of creative work or thesis that demonstrates coherent and advanced knowledge in the creative arts.

Cairns

Maximum time to complete

4 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

Nil

Maximum allowed

12 credit points

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 9 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course.

Approved abbreviation

BCrInd(Hons)

Exit with lesser award

Not applicable