Unit Code:	ARH2AAE
Alternative Unit Code:	ARH3AAE
Unit Short Title:	AUSTRALIA: ENVIRONMENT AND VISUAL CULTURE
Credit Points:	20
Unit Description:	How did convicts, soldiers and other early settlers picture the country and come to terms with its difference? How were British 'ways of seeing' transferred to Australia? How did this contrast with Aboriginal conceptions of the land? Why has national identity traditionally resided in depictions of the Australian bush, desert or beach? How have political and social issues such as Indigenous dispossession and environmentalism find potent expression in our visual imagery?
Prerequisites:	30 credit points of first-year art history or history
Class Requirements:	one 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 1,500-word tutorial presentation	30	Third year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second year students.
one 2,500 word essay	50
one 1-hour (visual test) examination	20

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Recommended	The colonial earth,	Bonyhady, T.	Miegunyah Press 2000
Recommended	Landscape and western art,	Andrews, M.	Oxford University Press 1999

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
1   01-MAR-10   04-JUN-10	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Dr	Caroline	Jordan	BUNDOORA	Y