Disciplines offered include:
Interactive Multimedia Development
Professional Writing & Publishing
Psychology & Disability Studies
ECU has given me a place in the arts world.
Studying at ECU has given me solid art history grounding and an understanding of my place in the world - and the art world.
The program at ECU encouraged me to be conceptual, taught me the skills to visually communicate my ideas precisely plus provided access to word-class lecturers and artists who became a fabulous support network for life.
Above all, ECU equipped me with the confidence to step out into a very competitive world. I'm now fulfilling my ambition as a gallery curator and artist.
Jessica Jubb
ECU Visual Arts graduate
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Communications & Arts
Our Communications & Arts disciplines offer a range of programs in communications, media, design, arts and the humanities, all designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to live, work and contribute to the technological and creative culture of the 21st Century.
The availability of our wide range of specialisations, gives you the flexibility to tailor your chosen course to match your interests, providing the valuable potential to graduate with more than one area of expertise.
Creative achievements
Course structures designed to promote multi-skilling, combined with our focus on community projects and industry placements serves to increase the employment prospects of our students in an increasingly competitive market.
Our students have been highly successful both nationally and internationally in gaining recognition through awards, competitions and employment in the rapidly growing creative industries.
Qantas Spirit of Youth awards
Visual Arts graduate Danielle Freakley recently won the Spirit of Youth Awards for Visual Arts.
This is the leading award for Australia's best emerging artists, musicians, designers and creatives.
Danielle and her live performance the Quote Generator was among 4,598 other artists and over 32,000 works to be entered. Danielle's unique award consisted of a combination of cash, a ticket to fly anywhere in the country or the world and mentoring from internationally recognised, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Director of Museum of Contemporary Art.
Team Boomerang take out UN Award
Defeating 29 other entries from 22 countries, our 3rd year Advertising student's Team Boomerang won the prestigious International Advertising Association Dentsu InterAd XI Global Student Competition in New York in 2007.
Team Boomerang also recently won the 2007-08 International Advertising Association Student Chapter of the Year to be presented in Washington DC in April 2008.
Australian Writers Guild Industry Award goes to Media Studies student
Media Studies student Claire Tonkin won the most prestigious award for scriptwriting in the country - the Australian Writers' Guild annual awards for excellence in screen, stage, radio and new media writing, (AWGIE) for her short film Button.
Claire has worked as the Script Co-ordinator for All Saints and is currently Drama Executive for Network Ten while completing her degree with an independent unit which involves her drafting a feature film script.
WA Web Designers and Developers Award
The first prize in the student sections of the 2007 West Australian Web Awards went to ECU student team "Risbec Design and Drafting" comprising Daniel Roffman, Alex MacRae, Moe Aung, Keith Atkinson and Andrew Ellis.
Students experience photojournalism in action
16 students completing studies in Photomedia participated in the inaugural Summer School program in Bangladesh in January 2008. The students worked in collaboration with students from Pathshala, an institution which trains local Bangladeshi students in photojournalism.
Each ECU student completed a photojournalist project which explored the impact of climate change in Bangladesh, a country which is particularly vulnerable to the effects of global warming and climate change.
Students travelled to locations throughout Bangladesh to compile a comprehensive, yet intimate vision of people living with the realities of global warming.
The students work was exhibited at Spectrum Project Space (SPS). SPS is a continuing initiative of the School of Communications and Arts, Edith Cowan University.
ECU Lecturer shortlisted for Commonwealth Writer's Prize
The regional shortlists for the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book Award and Best First Book Award have been announced, with ECU lecturer Dr Marcella Polain's novel, The Edge of the World, shortlisted for the Best First Book award.
Four international judging panels in each Commonwealth region; Africa; Canada and the Caribbean, Europe and South Asia; and South East Asia and South Pacific selected nominees from an impressive list of 320 entries.
Dr Polain, a course coordinator for the Writing & Editing disciplines, is among six writers short listed in the South East Asia and South Pacific region.
Published in 2007 by Fremantle Press, Dr Polain's novel is a powerful story about family, genocide, emigration and exile. Order The Edge of the World from ECU Bookshop >>
ECU alumni and ECU lecturers featured in 2008 FotoFreo Festival
FotoFreo is a biennial international festival of photography. It showcases the work of photographers to generate an awareness of and a discussion about their work. Photographic works by several ECU alumni and ECU staff were featured in the 2008 exhibition, including:
- I Like Roses - a tribute to the life and work of ECU alumnus, Allan Radich
- Hijacked - curated by ECU Alumnus, Mark McPherson
- Landlines - features work by School of Communication and Arts Photomedia lecturers Kevin Ballantine, Duncan Barnes, Max Pam and Norm Leslie
See our students' work
See Communication & Arts students' work in our online galleries: