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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Advanced

Former School/College

Former School of Arts and Social Sciences

Pre-requisites

96 credit points in an SCU units

Unit aim

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.

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.

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