mss4iam issues and methods
ISSUES, METHODS AND CREATIVE PRACTICES RESEARCH
MSS4IAM
2019
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
This subject prepares Honours students in the Creative Arts to become highly skilled, independent researchers. Students will develop individual projects and extend their disciplinary knowledge in weekly seminars which will include close analysis of scholarly arguments in the creative arts. Library sessions will focus on individual projects, helping students to find relevant search terms, databases and bibliographies for their Honours projects. Creative practice as research will be foregrounded in seminar readings and class discussions. Students will explore ethical issues and ethics approval for research projects involving participants in interviews, surveys, focus groups and creative practice. The subject is available to Honours students in the Bachelor of Creative Arts and the BA. It is compulsory for BA students undertaking Honours in Screen Studies.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorFelicity Collins
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Enrolment in AHA or AHCA or AHMS or co-ordinator's approval
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects CST4IAM or CST5IAM
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditions This subject is a core subject for Honours.
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Readings | Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity & Grace | Prescribed | Williams, Joseph M 1999 | LONGMAN |
Readings | The Craft of Research (third edition) | Prescribed | Booth, Wayne., Columb, Gregory G., & Williams, Joseph M. | UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, 2008 |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Develop advanced research skills in the discipline.
- Activities:
- Participate in workshop by library to develop advanced research skills, using databases and relevant search terms.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
02. Expand knowledge of relevant research methodologies in screen theory and creative practice.
- Activities:
- Workshop project proposals in class and develop an individual project exploring a relevant theoretical or creative methodology.
- 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)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
03. Advanced ability to evaluate key concepts and debates in screen, sound and performance theory and creative arts practice.
- Activities:
- Reading and viewing of written and audio-visual texts on a contemporary issue in screen, sound and performance studies and related fields of creative practice. Critical review essay or creative project.
- 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)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
04. Advanced ability to recognise and reflect on cultural and ethical issues. and apply local and international perspectives to Screen theory and Creative practice.
- Activities:
- Participation in seminars, presentation of local and international screen, sound and performance texts, application of diverse perspectives to creative arts practices.
- 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)
05. Advanced ability to communicate in written and spoken forms.
- Activities:
- Working independently (on line & in class) and in teams to workshop individual Honours and MA proposals in ways that are attentive to ethical concerns and cultural awareness and the need to continue to work in teams in life long activities.
- 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)
Subject options
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Melbourne, 2019, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorFelicity Collins
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays at night from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Timetable 4pm-7pm, preferably on Thursda"
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
---|---|---|---|
Participation in 5 reading seminars in class | Demonstrate the capacity to read and summarise scholarly arguments | 20 | 02, 03, 04 |
Annotated Bibliographic Essay of 3000 words | 40 | 01, 05 | |
Critical Review Essay of 3000 words | 40 | 03, 05 |