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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Unit aim
Introduces students to the key thinkers, theories, methods and issues associated with looking at, and thinking about, art. A variety of Western and non-Western creative practices are examined, from prehistory to the present, focussing on the tools of semiotic analysis as applied to art, historical artefacts and cultural production more broadly.
Unit content
- The practice of art history
- Pre-modern, modern and contemporary art
- Visual literacy
- The politics of looking
- Material analysis
- Interpretation and context
Learning outcomes
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 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | recognise the semiotic processes underpinning engagement in art and culture | |||||||
| 2 | demonstrate creativity when analysing cultural products | |||||||
| 3 | recognise and communicate the political implications of cultural production | |||||||
| 4 | identify and innovatively analyse a range of cultural products from different eras. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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recognise the semiotic processes underpinning engagement in art and culture
- GA4:
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demonstrate creativity when analysing cultural products
- GA5:
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recognise and communicate the political implications of cultural production
- GA4:
- GA6:
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identify and innovatively analyse a range of cultural products from different eras.
- GA5:
- GA6:
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.