Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) trains world-class designers, technicians, makers and managers.

By studying Production at the Victorian College of the Arts, you’ll gain the professional training and industry connections you need to pursue a rich and varied career in the design, technical, and management areas of live performance.

Starting in the studio and progressing to the production environment, you will cultivate your conceptual and technical skills in your chosen specialisations as you advance through the course.

Work in production is inherently collaborative and throughout your course you'll contribute to the creation of large-scale performances with Music Theatre, Theatre, Acting and Dance students from across the VCA. When you graduate you will have a portfolio of experience to enable you to embark on a career in the Performing Arts.

While studying Production you will be taught by academic staff and mentors experienced in their specialist areas and currently working in the industry at a high-level.

Areas of specialist study include stage management and the design and realisation of sets, costumes, lighting and sound.

Breadth subjects at each year level enable you to choose from our VCA elective subjects, or explore cross disciplinary studies from the wider University community, accessing multi-disciplinary knowledge and skills that will build on existing knowledge or present opportunities for you to investigate and develop new interests.

You will

• Develop extensive skills across chosen areas of specialisation including Design, Stage Management, Set & Props, Costume, Lighting, Digital Media & Projection, and Sound
• Gain experience in the design and realisation of live performance across a broad range of performance contexts for stage
• Consolidate a working methodology as an autonomous, collaborative creator in the arts sector
• Collaborate with VCA Music Theatre, Theatre, Dance and Acting students throughout the course.

Future pathways

Upon completion of the course, you may choose to apply for a fourth-year Honours degree. An honours year provides an intensive mode of study allowing you to master your specialisation and create a pathway into advanced graduate study options in production.

• Completed secondary education recently (within the past two years)
• • Once the course application is submitted applicants must pay an additional administration fee and submit a supplementary application form.
  • All applicants must attend an interview. Applicants who are shortlisted from their interview will be required to attend a workshop.
  • Applicants who satisfy the above requirements will be assessed to ensure they meet the minimum (academic) entry requirements of the University – completion of the VCE or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent and meeting the University’s English language requirement.
  • Once these academic requirements have been satisfied applicants are ranked according to the interview and the workshop

  ATAR-based admission information in Semester 1, 2024

  ATAR-based admission for the Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations) (includes data also for any Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations) Graduate Degree Package offers, if applicable).	ATAR
  Lowest ATAR where a recent Year 12 student offer was made (excluding students made offers through special entry schemes)	RC (Range of Criteria used for selection)
  Lowest ATAR to which an offer was made (including students made offers through special entry schemes)	RC (Range of Criteria used for selection)
  Minimum ATAR required for consideration (only applicants eligible for special entry schemes were admitted below the minimum)	RC (Range of Criteria used for selection)
  Guaranteed ATAR for applicants who completed Year 12 and were eligible for the Access Melbourne categories of rural or isolated and/or disadvantaged financial background*	N/A for this course
  Guaranteed ATAR for Indigenous applicants who completed Year 12	N/A for this course
  Guaranteed ATAR for Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars who completed Year 12 and attended an under-represented school*	N/A for this course
  Guaranteed ATAR for Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars who completed Year 12 and did not attend an under-represented school*	N/A for this course

  _{*All students who achieve the specified guaranteed ATAR and meet the course prerequisites will be offered a place}

  ATAR profile of those offered places in the Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations) wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in Semester 1, 2024 (includes data also for any Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations) Graduate Degree Package offers, if applicable). Does not include consideration of student background and equity.

  ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds	ATAR
  Highest rank to receive an offer	RC (Range of Criteria used for selection)
  Median rank to receive an offer	RC (Range of Criteria used for selection)
  Lowest rank to receive an offer	RC (Range of Criteria used for selection)

• Completed some or all of a higher education qualification
• • Once the course application is submitted applicants must pay an additional administration fee and submit a supplementary application form.
  • All applicants must attend an interview. Applicants who are shortlisted from their interview will be required to attend a workshop.
  • Applicants who satisfy the above requirements will be assessed to ensure they meet the minimum (academic) entry requirements of the University – completion of the VCE or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent and meeting the University’s English language requirement.
  • Once these academic requirements have been satisfied applicants are ranked according to the interview and the workshop

• Completed some or all of a VET qualification
• • Once the course application is submitted applicants must pay an additional administration fee and submit a supplementary application form.
  • All applicants must attend an interview. Applicants who are shortlisted from their interview will be required to attend a workshop.
  • Applicants who satisfy the above requirements will be assessed to ensure they meet the minimum (academic) entry requirements of the University – completion of the VCE or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent and meeting the University’s English language requirement.
  • Once these academic requirements have been satisfied applicants are ranked according to the interview and the workshop

• Applicants with work and/or life experience
• • Once the course application is submitted applicants must pay an additional administration fee and submit a supplementary application form.
  • All applicants must attend an interview. Applicants who are shortlisted from their interview will be required to attend a workshop.
  • Applicants who satisfy the above requirements will be assessed to ensure they meet the minimum (academic) entry requirements of the University – completion of the VCE or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent and meeting the University’s English language requirement.
  • Once these academic requirements have been satisfied applicants are ranked according to the interview and the workshop