• Offered by School of Art and Design
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Visual Arts
  • Areas of interest Visual Arts, Creative Arts
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Erica Seccombe
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2021
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This course consists of project based activities, enabling students to develop practice-led research processes with an in-depth awareness of studio-based practice in relation to visual arts. The course supports speculative methods of investigation and studio-based exploration with critical reflection and analysis. It creates a collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment for students to articulate and critique ideas. Through research processes students build relevant theoretical contexts. Students engage with set projects and self directed tasks as they relate to their own developing practice through a series of creative responses.

Learning Outcomes

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

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
  1. clearly articulate aims and area of investigation;
  2. locate developing works in visual arts practice and relevant theoretical context;
  3. demonstrate in-depth understanding of practice-led research methodologies through creation of a portfolio of studio work; and
  4. consolidate integration of concepts and processes through the production of completed creative works and their display solution.

Other Information

School of Art & Design studio courses have a limited enrolment capacity. Students are advised to enrol as early as possible to maximise the opportunity of securing a place.

Indicative Assessment

Portfolio of studio work (70%) Learning Outcomes 1-4
 
Journal/documentation (20%) Learning Outcomes 1-4
 
Participation (10%) Learning Outcomes 1-3
 

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks comprising lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice; and
b) 82 hours of independent studio practice, reading and writing.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVART) and have completed 84 units of courses towards an ANU degree, or with permission of the convenor. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed ARTV2819, ARTV1022, or DESA1022.

Fees

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

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
12
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found 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
2021 $3180
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2021 $4890
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
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
4366 22 Feb 2021 01 Mar 2021 31 Mar 2021 28 May 2021 In Person View

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