• Offered by School of Art
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Visual Arts
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Simon Cottrell
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2014
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This is a project-oriented course, which introduces students to various types of casting with a range of different metal alloys. Students will apply critical thinking to devise an innovative approach to casting techniques. Occupational health and safety instruction is an integral part of this course.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Utilise skills relevant to small scale metal casting in response to Gold and Silversmithing Workshop projects;
  2. Explore material/s used in small scale metal casting projects;
  3. Recognise relationships between concept and process relevant to small scale metal casting;
  4. Identify historical and theoretical contexts relevant to Gold and Silversmithing Workshop projects

Indicative Assessment

Portfolio of studio work (80%) [LOs 1, 2, 3, 4]

Journal/Documentation/Studio (20%). [LOs 3 and 4]

Assessment includes periodic critique and review sessions that provide ongoing feedback on work in progress.

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Workload

4 hours per week lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice and 6 hours per week independent studio practice.

Majors

Minors

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. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. 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
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
1994-2003 $1110
2014 $2484
2013 $2358
2012 $2358
2011 $2310
2010 $2250
2009 $2178
2008 $2178
2007 $2178
2006 $2178
2005 $2178
2004 $1836
International fee paying students
Year Fee
1994-2003 $2454
2014 $3246
2013 $3090
2012 $3090
2011 $3090
2010 $3090
2009 $3090
2008 $3090
2007 $2988
2006 $2988
2005 $2988
2004 $2778
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
5069 17 Feb 2014 07 Mar 2014 31 Mar 2014 30 May 2014 In Person N/A

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