Creative and Communication Arts
It's all about our courses...
Want to communicate enriching ideas?
It's an exciting time to be working in the Communication Arts industry. Once dominated by the limits of transmission, media is becoming a freer exchange between producer and consumer.
But before you can communicate, you need to have something to say. And the Creative and Communication Arts programs at UWS offer a wealth of meaningful perspectives on communicating ideas.
As you explore the convergence of culture, communication, and technology, you will find traditional art forms and craft techniques are speaking with new technologies to create entirely new forms of communication. You'll have the opportunity to combine theoretical and practical studies across a wide range of related disciplines. And you'll engage with the communities around you, so that the result of your work gives something back to those communities.
Creative and Communication Arts graduates don't just reproduce knowledge; they produce ideas, enrich cultures, and contribute positively to their workplaces and communities.
UWS's School of Communication Arts breaks new ground by bringing together communication, design, new media, music, media production, journalism, public relations and advertising. It also fosters collaboration between students from other disciplines on production projects.
You'll be guided through this process by experienced staff. Many academics are engaged in professional practice and active research.
There is a range of Creative and Communication Arts programs offering advantages such as:
- Professional recognition
- Industry and community based projects and placements
- Radio podcasting
- Highly trained technical staff
- Media production suites
- Recording studios, animation and design studios and photography and print facilities
- Full-time or part-time study
- Free choice of elective studies
- Exciting career options
- Emphasis on reflective practice
- Opportunities to publish and exhibit your work while studying
If you're driven to communicate your ideas, enrol in a UWS Creative and Communication Arts degree.
It's all about opportunities...
A UWS Creative and Communication Arts degree is your doorway to a culturally significant career:
- advertising
- animation
- journalism
- media production
- research
- graphic design
- multimedia
- music
- public relations
Read each course description for more detailed career options.
It's all about our students...
Here's proof...
Practical projects in the Community
Creative and Communication Arts students regularly work with local community groups to their mutual benefit. Some of the works may be broadcast on TV Sydney (TVS), located in the Werrington South campus.
Award winning performers
UWS Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) students regularly win major national awards such as the JEA Ossie Awards for Journalism, and the FECCA-SBS Multicultural Journalism Student of the Year.
UWS Journalism Student Awards include:
- 2004 FECCA-SBS Award for Student Multicultural Journalism
- 2004 Ossie Award for Best Story (Any Medium)
- 2004 Ossie Award for Best Radio Current Affairs
- 2004 and 2005 Responsibility Prize for Mental Health Reporting
- 2004 Infostrada Sports Cadet of the Year
- 2005 Ossie Award for Best Radio Current Affairs
- 2006 Ossie Award in Radio and Television Current Affairs
Bachelor of Music graduate, Blair Joscelyne, has been making news with her music for the short film 'Fishy', which recently placed third at the Sony Tropfest 2006.
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) student, Brecon Littleford, recently won the RPRSNT MTV On-Air design competition. And Angelo Osborne-Jones won first prize for the Clip-Art design competition for Western Sydney Drug and Alcohol Resource Centre (WESDARC).
