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Unit of Study ART00623 - Visual Arts Studio Studies III (2016)

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  • Enrolment information

    A minimum 80% attendance record for all scheduled classes is normally required to qualify for a passing grade.

Unit description

Media investigations and/or construction processes are continued at a more advanced level. Students will continue their pictorial/construction investigations and research into concerns and influences in contemporary art.

Unit content

  • Artist's concerns and influences: analysis
  • Modes of expression
  • Materials and equipment
  • Processes and procedures
  • Technical skill extension
  • Journal keeping
  • Health and safety issues.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate an ability to analyse and discuss personal and cultural influences upon artists within contemporary art practice
2 demonstrate an ability to use different modes of expression
3 experiment with a broader range of materials and equipment
4 investigate an extended range of processes and procedures
5 illustrate their command of technical skills in the areas of pictorial design and object construction/assemblage
6 demonstrate an ability to use professional language and terminology and to undertake critical analysis
7 recognise a broader range of health and safety considerations.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate an ability to analyse and discuss personal and cultural influences upon artists within contemporary art practice
    • GA1:
  2. demonstrate an ability to use different modes of expression
    • GA2:
  3. experiment with a broader range of materials and equipment
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. investigate an extended range of processes and procedures
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  5. illustrate their command of technical skills in the areas of pictorial design and object construction/assemblage
    • GA4:
  6. demonstrate an ability to use professional language and terminology and to undertake critical analysis
    • GA1:
  7. recognise a broader range of health and safety considerations.
    • GA4:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.