ACA310 - Creative Studio 3A

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong)

Trimester 1 2024 will be the final offering of this unit

Credit point(s):2
EFTSL value:0.250
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Miles O'Neil
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in A352, A356, A357, A359
Prerequisite:

Students must have completed units ACA210 and ACA211

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 300-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 4-hour practical per week

Note:

*Students in courses A356 & A357 must complete this unit at the Burwood campus

Content

This unit builds on the disciplinary knowledge, understanding and skills developed in the second year. Students will extend and challenge their creative practice in photography, dance, drama and visual arts. Working within their discipline, students will develop a project for presentation that requires independent and critical practice.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Demonstrate an ability to write precisely and eloquently on their creative work while locating the practice within appropriate historical and theoretical contexts

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Apply a range of critical skills to the development of a workbook, which highlight critical thinking, self-reflexivity and the assorted processes required to build a resilient and coherent body of art and/or performance

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Outline a clear rationale from concept to presentation in relation to the development of a body of art and performance work

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Demonstrate evidence of an ability to consider and manipulate appropriate media and contexts to achieve a clearly defined and resolved outcome

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Project Proposal 1600 words
or equivalent
25% Information not yet available
Assessment 2: Individual Workbook 1600 words
or equivalent
25% Information not yet available
Assessment 3: (Individual and Group) Portfolio and Presentation of Final Work 3200 words
or equivalent
50% Information not yet available

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via ACA310
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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