VERSIONS: THINKING THROUGH CREATIVE ARTS
CRA2VER
2017
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
CRA2VER Versions, through a trans-disciplinary approach to the Creative Arts advances students understanding of creative practice as a form of research. By developing their research skills, students build an understanding of Creative Arts disciplines and practice, investigating creative arts and industries, within Australia and globally. Through individual and group projects, critical analysis of texts and case studies, the subject asks, how can a creative artist advance their practice through trans-disciplinary understandings and across creative mediums and platforms? The subject addresses La Trobe's Global Citizenship Essential by understanding how Creative Arts contributes to an interconnected world, by acting within diverse communities and across cultures and boundaries.
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Hester Joyce
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Enrolment in ABCA
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Apply relevant skills and knowledge to produce and realise works, artefact and forms of creative expression at intermediate level
- Activities:
- Individual and group projects
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
02. Develop, research and evaluate ideas, concepts, and processes through creative, critical and reflective thinking and practice at intermediate level
- Activities:
- Tutorial critique of exercises using concepts from lectures
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03. Intermediate level skills and knowledge of the practices, languages and techniques in a trandisciplinary approach to creative arts
- Activities:
- Individual and group projects
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04. Interpret, communicate and present ideas, problems and arguments in modes suited to a range of audiences at intermediate level
- Activities:
- Reflective analysis and expand portfolio
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
05. Recognise and reflect on social, cultural, and ethical issues, and apply local and inrternational perspectives to practice in the Creative Arts
- Activities:
- Reflective analysis
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
06. Work independently and collaboratively in the Creative Arts Discipline in response to project demands
- Activities:
- Individual and group projects
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
Melbourne, 2017, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Hester Joyce
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 750-word equiv individual project and presentation | 20 | 01, 02, 03, 04 | |
| 1000-word group project and presentation (equiv total 1250 words) | 40 | 01, 02, 03, 05, 06 | |
| 1750-word research project | 40 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |