• Offered by School of Art
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Visual Arts
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Wendy Teakel
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2015
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This course enables students to gain an understanding of how they can develop ideas and define their interests as sculptors through emerging research strategies. Students apply higher-level skills and conceptual experimentation while critically engaging with historical and theoretical contexts relevant to their interests. Students develop and test ideas with the aim to build an enduring  sculpture practice. Students work independently as well as within tutorial groups. Studio theory aims to develop critical and evaluative skills to interpret and understand art works within a contemporary context. Workplace health and safety (WHS) 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. research, plan and execute an indepent sculptural design-based project;
  2. demonstrate high level skill in the application of sculptural design processes
  3. effectively interpret, communicate and present ideas through integration of concepts and processes in a sculpture context;
  4. demonstrate an expanded awareness of historical and theoretical contexts for art and design practice

Indicative Assessment

Portfolio of studio work, Visual Diaries [Los 1-4] 80%.

Documentation/Studio Theory, Critique [Los 2-4] 20%

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Workload

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

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must be studying a Bachelor of visual arts degree and have successfully completed ARTV2808 and ARTV2809 or ARTV2804 or ARTV2004. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed ARTV2805 and ARTV3026 and DESA3002 and DESA2805 and DESA3801.

Majors

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
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $2604
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $3576
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3109 16 Feb 2015 06 Mar 2015 31 Mar 2015 29 May 2015 In Person N/A

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