KYB220 Creative Professional Practice

This unit focuses on the varying professional settings and contexts of your creative practice. It is a core unit in the Bachelor of Fine Arts. It will discuss ideas such as: the development of a professional identity and presenting yourself publicly; the art of pitching and developing proposals and grant applications; creative and social entrepreneurship and defining a market for your creative practice; professional agreements and processes, such as contracts, copyright and intellectual property, how to document your creative works and creative practices for professional contexts; how to appraise key industry opportunities and devise professional strategies relevant to building an ethical and sustainable career in creative practice and the creative industries.

Unit information

Unit code: KYB220
Faculty: Faculty of Creative Industries Education and Social Justice
School/Discipline: School of Creative Arts
Study area: Creative industries
Credit points: 12

Dates and locations

Teaching period	Dates	Locations
Semester 1, 2026	23 February 2026 - 20 June 2026	Kelvin Grove
Semester 2, 2026	20 July 2026 - 14 November 2026	Kelvin Grove

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Previous study requirements

Prerequisites: 72cp of completed study from current course

Guide to previous study requirements

Prerequisites: To enrol in this unit, you must have completed these prerequisite units (or have credit, advanced standing or exemption for them), or be able to demonstrate that you have equivalent background knowledge.
Anti-requisites: You can’t enrol in this unit if you have completed any of these anti-requisite units.
Co-requisites: To enrol in this unit, you must have already completed these co-requisite units, or you must enrol in them at the same time.
Equivalents: You can’t enrol in this unit if you have completed any of these equivalent units.
Assumed knowledge: We assume that you have a minimum level of knowledge in certain areas before you start this unit.

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