The operational requirements are:

• Students who complete units of study selected from both Visual Arts and Specialised Visual Arts may form a Studies of Visual Arts Minor, Major, Major Minor, or Double Major.
• One Independent Study unit may be included in this course. An Independent study unit can be proposed by an individual student for their own study and negotiated with their teacher. An Independent study unit requires the principal’s written approval. The program of learning for an Independent study unit must meet all the content descriptions as appears in the course. Independent study units are only available to individual students in Year 12. Pre-requisites for an Independent study unit are that students have completed at least THREE standard 1.0 units from Visual Arts and Specialised Visual Arts.
• Colleges must be aware of policies concerning transfer of units and whole courses (refer section 4.3.5.2.2 Units in Other Courses) to another course and policies relating to moderation scaling groups. (Refer section 5.4.1 Course Combination into Moderation Scaling Groups.)
• The above requirements must be clearly identified in student handbooks.

The Studies of Visual Arts course is written under The ARTS Framework 2021: BSSS ARTS Framework

Achievement Standards for ARTS courses can be found within the Framework.

Through the study of the Arts, students learn to express their ideas, thoughts and opinions, as they discover and interpret an increasingly complex technological and interconnected world. The subjects in this Learning Area share common understandings and broad conceptual underpinnings and imperatives.

Studies of Visual Arts A/T/M (292 KB)

Studies of Visual Arts A/T/M (199 KB)