The Bachelor of Creative Arts program is designed to give students who already hold a diploma in an artistic discipline the practical business and leadership skills needed to succeed in the creative arts industries. 

Developed for full-time students and those in the workforce, this flexible degree completion program can be completed in as few as 15 months. Students will gain a complete understanding of the methodologies, tools and perspectives of their chosen industries, including talent management, project budgeting, financial planning, and legal and ethical considerations in the creative arts.

The Bachelor of Creative Arts is a degree completion program, requiring the prior completion of an acceptable post-secondary diploma in the creative arts. Don’t have your creative diploma yet? Find qualifying specialized diploma programs that fit your passion at Toronto Film School.

Career Outcomes

The Bachelor of Creative Arts degree program will empower your career with an education that unites your creative talents with the practical industry skills for entrepreneurial opportunities, project-based positions, long-term engagements and senior leadership roles. Because the program enhances the applied skills of a variety of artistic disciplines, the career possibilities are as expansive as they are exciting. For instance:

• Filmmakers could go on to become production executives, producers, or studio heads.
• Actors could become casting directors, talent managers, or agents.
• Screenwriters could become executive producers, consultants, or development executives.
• Fashion Designers could run their own labels or studios.
• Video Game Developers, Animators and Designers could become creative directors, senior managers, or studio heads.
• Graphic Designers could expand into art direction or creative direction.

Completion in good academic standing of a three-year (six-term) diploma from a Canadian college of applied arts and technology or private career college legally recognized in the applicant’s home province (or the equivalent from a post-secondary education institution legally recognized in a jurisdiction outside Canada). 

• The diploma must have been earned in one of the creative arts, which include but may not be limited to: music, dance, drama and theatre, writing, interior design and decorating, painting, sculpture, photography, graphics and computer graphics, animation, game design, crafts, industrial design, fashion and costume design, motion pictures, television, radio, video, sound recording. 
• The applicant must have graduated with a GPA of at least 2.0 (or the equivalent). 
• Equivalent credentials earned in a country other than Canada are accepted