ISSUES, METHODS AND CREATIVE PRACTICES RESEARCH
MSS4IAM
2020
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.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Felicity Collins
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Enrolment in AHA or AHCA or AHMS or co-ordinator's approval
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: CST5IAM OR CST4IAM
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: This subject is a core subject for Honours.
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
The Craft of Research
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Booth, Wayne., Columb, Gregory G., & Williams, Joseph M.
Year: 2008
Edition/Volume: third edition
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
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Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity & Grace
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Williams, Joseph M
Year: 1999
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Publisher: LONGMAN
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Felicity Collins
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.00 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 Thursday
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participation in 5 reading seminars in class (1500 words equivalent)Demonstrate the capacity to read and summarise scholarly arguments | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
Annotated Bibliographic Essay of 3000 words | N/A | N/A | No | 40 | SILO1, SILO5 |
Critical Review Essay of 3000 words | N/A | N/A | No | 40 | SILO3, SILO5 |