This course considers different methodological approaches to works of art, craft and design in order to illuminate their potential range of meanings. It is structured around seminar presentations and responses by staff, students and academic visitors, including artists, curators and writers, and involves visits to collections and displays at national institutions where different examples of research approaches are demonstrated and tested.
Students are required to choose an art, craft or design object as the focus of their study. This may be a work in any medium. The only requirement is that at some time in the recent past, students have seen their chosen object first-hand. Through discussion with the course convenor and their peers, students will develop a body of research in which the potential meanings of the chosen object are traced in terms of its origins, the collection in which it is housed, relevant current debates and contemporary critical frameworks. This research will include a contextualised account of the object's history and provenance, and an exploration of different modes of analysis and interpretation. Students should seek to extend our current understanding of the object through substantiated interpretation.
Students are encouraged to contact the course convenor to discuss their choice of object.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- analyse works of art, design and other forms of visual communication;
- evaluate selected historical, cultural and theoretical contexts of works of art in relation to their study object;
- identify and apply appropriate modes of analysis, evaluation and comparative critical frameworks; and
- present reasoned, referenced, and structured arguments in both written and audio-visual forms.
Indicative Assessment
- Introductory presentation, 5 minutes (10) [LO 1,2,3,4]
- Major presentation and submission of powerpoint, 20 minutes (30) [LO 1,2,3,4]
- Essay, 4000 words (60) [LO 1,2,3,4]
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 30 hours of contact: lectures and tutorials, delivered intensively over 5 days; and
b) 100 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
Contact hours may include visits to major art institutions in Canberra.
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the School of Art and Design to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
Prescribed texts will be made available on the course Wattle site.
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 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $3180 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $4890 |
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.
Spring Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6536 | 16 Aug 2021 | 03 Sep 2021 | 01 Oct 2021 | 29 Oct 2021 | In Person | View |
