Certificate III in Design Fundamentals (Visual Arts Focus)

Start building a future-proof creative career with the traditional and digital creative skill-sets found within the Certificate III of Design Fundamentals (Visual Arts Focus). In this course, you will explore themes of colour, form, light, texture, layout and composition through the mediums of painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and photography, while combining traditional and digital methods.

Throughout your studies, you will be working towards the creation of a professional portfolio of work, demonstrating your traditional and digital skills. This portfolio can then be used in your application for further studies in creative fields such as visual arts, graphic design, interior design, photography, illustration, animation, visual merchandising, and fashion.

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Enrolment Type VE3

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Consider this course if.....

Consider this course if you:

Are creative and like making art
Enjoy and have basic skills in drawing and illustration
Are comfortable using computer software programs
Are keen to develop a portfolio

Program Content

Sample competencies covered in Units 1 & 2 include:

Explore the use of colour
Follow a design process
Produce varied works of art

Sample competencies covered in Units 3 & 4 include:

Students entering the second year of the course will build upon the skills and techniques of the previous units completed. Students will develop a folio of design work and participate in an exhibition of their work

Career opportunities

Artist
Illustrator
Graphic designer
Desktop publisher

Work placement

Work placement is not required.

Contribution to VCE/VCAL/Vocational Major

VCE/VCAL/VM: Certificate III qualifications provide credit at VCE Units 1 to 4 level. Each completed 90 nominal hours of training provides one VCE unit of credit. Credit accrues in the following sequence: Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 3 and 4 up to a maximum of six VCE units.

ATAR: This subject does not have a study score and therefore cannot contribute towards the student’s primary four. Students who receive a Units 3 & 4 sequence may be eligible for a 10% increment towards their ATAR (10% of the lowest result of your primary four scaled studies).

Please note: the student must already have English and three other fully scored VCE/VET subjects to create the primary four. VCAL and the VCE Vocational Major do not contribute towards an ATAR.