• Offered by School of Art
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Design Art
  • Areas of interest Design Arts
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Raquel Ormella
  • Mode of delivery Online or In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2015
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This course provides students with training in research principles and methods especially as they relate to practice-led research. The course covers research writing modes and methods, studio investigative processes and methodologies, and critical thinking. Students will experiment with skills relevant to individual research projects.

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. Devise, plan and execute a body of studio investigations.
  2. Select and combine materials and processes skilfully to give visual form to ideas.
  3. Develop a studio-based methodology relevant for a specified topic.
  4. Apply progressive research questions to studio investigations.
  5. Identify and describe relevant historical and contemporary practices and relate them to the project's concerns by integrating studio and contextual investigation/research.
  6. Explain and provide a rationale for the practice-led research project.

Indicative Assessment

Studio Investigations: 50% (LO 1, 2, 3, 4)

Research Journal: 20% (LO 1, 2, 3, 4)

Expanded Proposal: 1500 words 30% (LO 5, 6)

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Workload

39 hours Seminar classes and lectures

13 hours Workshop based tutorials, reading groups and/or critiques

208 hours Independent studio and allied investigations

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must be studying the Bachelor of Design Arts (honours) (HDESA).

Assumed Knowledge

Completion of a cognate major


Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

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Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
12 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
12.00 0.25000
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $5208
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $7152
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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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
3430 16 Feb 2015 06 Mar 2015 31 Mar 2015 29 May 2015 In Person N/A

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