This course provides students with training in research principles and methods as they relate to practice-led research. The course covers studio investigative processes and methodologies, analytical and critical thinking. Students experiment with skills relevant to individual research projects.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- devise, plan and execute a body of studio investigations;
- select and combine materials and processes skilfully to give visual form to ideas;
- develop a studio-based methodology relevant for a specified topic;
- apply progressive research questions to studio investigations;
- identify and describe relevant historical and contemporary practices and relate them to the project's concerns by integrating studio and contextual investigation/research; and
- explain and provide a rationale for the practice-led research project.
Indicative Assessment
- Studio Investigations - body of work and experiments (80) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
- Research Presentation (assessed by two School of Art & Design staff members and recorded) (20) [LO 3,4,5,6]
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Workload
260 hours of total student learning time made up from:a) 35 hours of contact over 12 weeks: seminars, lectures, reading groups and/or critiques, including a minimum of 3 hours of direct contact with the supervisor. It is the joint responsibility of the student and supervisor to arrange times for face-to-face contact. The supervisor is normally only available for email or face-to-face consultation during teaching weeks of each semester; and
b) 225 hours of independent studio and allied investigations.
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Not applicable
Assumed Knowledge
Students must demonstrate they have the base knowledge/skills required to carry out their proposed project.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:
- 12 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 |
|---|---|
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $7200 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $9960 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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