About the school

• Important notice to students

Objectives of the School of Creative Arts

The mission of the SCA is to prepare students to be well educated, culturally literate and active participants in the cultural life of the twenty-first century as flexible practitioners, managers, critics and consumers.

The educational programs provided by the SCA demonstrate a commitment to:

• interface between theory and practice;
• multi-disciplinary arts education and training;
• interculturalism and a respect for diverse cultural backgrounds;
• multiple outcomes for graduates;
• appropriate preparation for the cultural industry of the 21st century;
• focus on new technologies;
• high international and national intake;
• research which recognises both scholarship and industry needs;
• excellence and equity

Strategic Intent

In fulfilling its mission, the SCA intention is to:

• explore new ways of preparing artists to work in interdisciplinary contexts;
• focus on international influences and the intercultural context of the emerging global community;
• facilitate the multi skilling appropriate for graduates who will have a number of career changes in their lifetimes;
• emphasise new technologies and new forms which are emerging through the application of these technologies;
• explore ways to strengthen the interface between theory and practice, particularly by deconstructing the art of diverse cultures during different periods of times in order to identify the expressive modes and aesthetics which are common to humankind;
• use core curriculum and community extension activities to develop critical forums which will challenge and change the cultural industry;
• increase the health of the cultural ecology by promoting better understanding between arts producers, managers, critics and consumers.