Drawn to illustrate
The Bachelor of Illustration at NMIT will develop your practical skills and knowledge to a high level and enhance your capacity to visually conceptualise. The degree also addresses business practice and opportunities for entrepreneurship in today’s creative arts industry.
Research is an essential component of the Bachelor of Illustration. You will investigate a wide range of visual art practices and draw on history, technology, commerce, media and cultural studies as you analyse and critique the development of illustration and visual language.
Let creativity lead to a career
New avenues of creativity will be explored. As new technologies have emerged over recent decades, so too has the context for illustration. As well as addressing traditional practices such as publishing, advertising, promotion and editorial work, illustration now embraces the gamut of contemporary visual culture.
Graduate illustrators can look to diverse career options in new media, film and urban design and art. You may realise your potential for personal expression and social commentary through the creation and production of comics and graphic novels.
Learn theory and practice for creativity and commerce
NMIT’s Bachelor of Illustration enables and supports the development of a personal style through exploration of traditional and contemporary art skills and practices. You’ll engage with both industry and the community through Work Integrated Learning projects.
You’ll learn with our staff of experienced, supportive teachers, all leading industry practitioners with wide ranging fields of expertise. Benefit from their networks as you attend the Bachelor of Illustration weekly Creative Forum with leading creative industry figures.
Be part of NMIT’s Creative Arts Department, a community of creative degrees students and teachers at our friendly Fairfield campus, peaceful yet buzzing with creativity.
Students who have successfully completed the first two years of the bachelor degree may choose to exit with the Associate Degree of Illustration qualification.
About the Course
- Local Students
- International Students
- National Code: HEVAILL
- CRICOS Code: 061836F
Campus: Fairfield
Duration
Full-time:
3 years
Part-time:
available
Contact the department for more information on part-time study.
Part-time not available to International Students
Modes of Delivery
Studio Practice, Lecture, Research
Further Study and Careers
Career Opportunities
The career opportunities exist in areas of self employment (small business), advertising, publishing, new media areas of content and games, film and animation, creative directorship, creative consultancy, event management, exhibition design and curating.
Entrance Requirements
Local Students:
Prerequisite: Units 3 and 4 English and visual communication and design (or equivalent). School leavers require results in prerequisite studies, interview & folio presentation (or equivalent). Mature age applicants require an interview and folio presentation (or equivalent).
International Students:
Successful completion of studies equivalent to Australian Year 12. English language proficiency equivalent to Academic IELTS overall band score of 6.0. Applicants from overseas are required to contact the department to arrange an interview and folio presentation with web-teleconferencing possible for overseas applicants.Materials
Assessment Methods
Assessment will be based on one or more of the following: development of a portfolio, group projects working to brief, group/individual oral presentation, individual projects working to brief.
Materials
Lists of materials required costing approximately $750 AUD are provided at enrolment and collected during orientation week.
Fees
Local Fees:
$12,000 pa. FEE-HELP is available to eligible students. For more information on fees and charges, please contact the department.
International Fees:
AU$14,500.00 per year
How to Apply:
Local Students
Full-time:
Entry to this course in 2014 is via VTAC.
For more information, contact NMIT directly.
Part-time:
Please contact the department directly if you are interested in studying part-time.
International Students:
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Units of Study
Credit points are a basic measure of student workload. All subjects are given a credit point value. Most subjects at NMIT are 12 credit points. A normal full-time annual workload is 96 credit points. The academic year is divided into two main semesters; full-time students usually enrol in 48 credit points each semester, part time students usually enrol in 24 credit points each semester or less.
