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Unit of Study ART73000 - Studio Elective (2017)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    96 credit points in an SCU units

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Enables students to complete a major creative project or to develop advanced-level technical skills related to their creative practice, spanning disciplines such as painting, design, sculpture, printmaking and new media. The unit fosters independent study and studio-based learning, while also offering group supervision for students working within similar creative areas.

Unit content

As well as facilitating the advancement of specific creative skills proposed by individual students, this independent-study unit is also designed to assist in developing advanced project-based skills, including the ability to plan, implement, reflect on and communicate self-directed creative projects. Students will:

  • Propose a creative arts project or area of technical development.
  • Undertake research and studio-based practice in consultation with an appropriate supervisor.
  • Document their project.
  • Provide evidence of the project's impact on the development of practical or creative skills.

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2017

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 Comprehensively specifies the aims, objectives and methodologies of a creative arts project or area of development.
2 Completes a body of work, project or series of skills-based exercises that demonstrates planning, self-reflexivity and creativity.
3 Demonstrates a willingness to reflect on creative arts processes, using problem solving skills to overcome challenges encountered in the project.
4 Appropriately documents the project and its creative or technical outcomes.

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

  1. Comprehensively specifies the aims, objectives and methodologies of a creative arts project or area of development.
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  2. Completes a body of work, project or series of skills-based exercises that demonstrates planning, self-reflexivity and creativity.
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  3. Demonstrates a willingness to reflect on creative arts processes, using problem solving skills to overcome challenges encountered in the project.
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. Appropriately documents the project and its creative or technical outcomes.
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA6: