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Diploma in Arts

ProviderAdelaide University
Course code: SATAC426011UniversityStudy area: Society and CultureData JSON
AttendanceOn campus
Intakes & start datesPlease check the official website.

Course overview

Students undertake the Diploma in Arts as an alternative pathway that will guarantee entry into UniSA and UniSA Onlines most popular arts-related degrees.

The Diploma in Arts is a two-year program providing a direct pathway into Aboriginal Studies; Animation and Visual Effects; Applied Linguistics; Architectural Studies; Arts; Creative Writing and Literature; Communication and Media; Communication Design; Comicbook Creation; Contemporary Art; Creative Industries; Cultural Studies; Design; Digital Media; Early Childhood Education; English Language; Festivals; Film and Television; Games Design and Production; History and Global Politics; Illustration and Animation; Interior Architecture; Journalism and Professional Writing; Languages; Law, Policy and Politics; Marketing and Communication; Performing Arts; Primary Education; Product Design; Psychology; Secondary Education; Screen Studies; Social Media; Social Science; Social Work; or Sociology degrees with UniSA. Pathways to online programs are also available including Communication; Criminal Justice; Digital Media; Marketing and Communication; Psychology; and Psychological Science and Sociology.

In the first year, you'll complete introductory courses in your disciplinary area of focus as well as core courses that will develop your critical writing, communication, numeracy, and research skills. In the second year, you'll start studying first-year courses from your linked UniSA or UniSA Online degree. You'll access the same lectures and tutorials as other first-year bachelor students, but you can rely on UniSA College for extra support.

Upon successful completion of the diploma, students will seamlessly transition into the second year of their selected UniSA degree.

Entry requirements

Review the captured standard entry requirements, English requirements and additional notes for this course.

Standard entry

Recent secondary

  • Qualify for the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) or equivalent recent year 12 qualification (including the International Baccalaureate Diploma), and achieve a competitive selection rank.
  • Selection by Grades: Applicants who have not achieved the Selection Rank required for automatic selection into their preferred program may be selected for any remaining places based on their year 12 subject grades.

If you have studied at higher education level for a total of more than two years, you are not eligible to use your year 12 results.

Higher Ed

  • Completed a University Foundation Studies, Bridging or Enabling program

Work-Life Other

  • Completed a non-recent SACE or equivalent secondary education qualification with a competitive selection rank, including the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB),
  • Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT)

If you have studied at higher education level in the last two years, you must not have accumulated more than a total of two full-time years of higher education study in order to use your STAT results.

If you have been employed in the Australian Defence Force you may be eligible to apply for an undergraduate course on the basis of your service.

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VET

  • Completed an award from a registered training organisation at Certificate III level or abovel.
English requirement
IELTS 6, no band below 6TOEFL iBT 60, no band below 18PTE Academic 50, no band below 50Cambridge C1 Advanced / C2 Proficiency 169, no band below 169

If the student's current English result is below the direct-entry requirement, consider the university's recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package. When the student successfully completes the approved pathway at the required level, the university may accept that pathway for English entry without requiring a new IELTS, TOEFL or PTE result. Always confirm exclusions for professional registration courses and the offer conditions.

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Past offer reference

Current-course cases first, supplemented by same-institution scored cases.

Scored cases
Source countriesMalaysia
Common pathwayFoundation background
Target levelBachelor degree
Offer fieldsCivil
1
MalaysiaFoundation background
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)Bachelor degree · Civil · Offshore
Percentage90.0%90% · top band · approx. top 5-10%

Campuses & intake dates

  • City West CampusSA