The course in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art has three main aims:
1. Provide students with basic geographical and historical frameworks for the study of indigenous visual arts in Australia and the Torres Strait Islands.
2. Familiarise students with concepts that indigenous peoples have expressed as fundamental to their understandings of relationships between art and life, both historically and in a contemporary context.
3. Assist students in developing ideas about how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts contribute to cross-cultural critical theory.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
By the end of this course you should be able to:
1. Identify historical and geographical origin of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island art
2. Conduct a culturally relevant appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island visual arts
3. To formulate cross-cultural awareness in the processes of interpretation of visual arts
4. Research and access information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island art
5. Speak and write with cultural sensitivity and confidence on Australian Indigenous art
Indicative Assessment
Students must submit and perform all assessment tasks in order to complete the course. Failure to submit assessment items by the last day of the exam period and perform assessment tasks on schedule will result in an NCN.
Oral presentation and paper - 2,000 words (25%) (LO 1,2,3,4,5)
Research essay - 3,500 words (45%), (LO 1,2,3,4,5)
End of semester visual test (20%) (LO 1,2,5)
Tutorial participation (10%) (LO 1,3,5)
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Workload
The course consists of two 1 hour lectures, one 1 hour tutorial, and seven hours of associated study time per week.
Preliminary Reading
Wally Caruana, Aboriginal art, Thames and Hudson, 2003
Assumed Knowledge
A basic understanding of the history of art and experience in researching and analyzing art objects.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2604 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Summer Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1774 | 11 Jan 2016 | 18 Jan 2016 | 12 Feb 2016 | 25 Mar 2016 | In Person | N/A |
