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Visual Arts Education Major

Code MABUTK

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About this Major

Equips students with the skills and knowledge to teach Years 7 to 12 Visual Arts, with an emphasis on visual literacy foundations.

Emphasis is also placed upon collaborative teaching processes, whilst acknowledging the importance of individual creative practice.

Code

MABUTK

Availability & Campus

Location Availability
Joondalup
Mount Lawley
South West
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Details

Structure

Students are required to complete 10 Content units and 2 Curriculum units. Content units educate students in the subject area and the Curriculum units explain how to teach the subject area to others.

Content Units
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
AED3210Ceramics Studio15
VIS1800Foundations of Art Practice 115
VIS2815Time-based Art15
VIS1820Painting15
VIS1805Dialogues with Art15
VIS2800Printmaking + Artists Books15
VIS1815Foundations of Art Practice 215
CUR4210Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation15
Plus 2 units from:
VIS1810 ^Drawing15
PHO1625 ^Camera Work and Lighting 15
PHO2605 ^Film Photography and Darkroom Practices15
DES1600 ^Design Foundations15
DTM1104 ^Materials Design and Technology 115
DTM1105 ^Materials Design and Technology 215
DTM2104 ^Materials Design and Technology 315
DTM2105 ^Materials Design and Technology 415
PHO2610 ^Photography Reimagined15
PHO3605 ^Photography and Visual Storytelling15
Curriculum Units
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
AED2203Art Education Foundations15
AED2323Planning and Teaching Secondary Art Education15

^ Core Option

For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.

Student handbook

Notes

Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical visual arts education challenges.
  2. Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise complex visual arts learning experiences.
  3. Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate discipline specific responses.
  4. Use digital technologies and literacies to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sources.
  5. Communicate disciplinary knowledge and values in professional and public contexts.
  6. Demonstrate global awareness and respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence.
  7. Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable and ethical values.
  8. Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practice.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities

Graduates will be eligible to seek employment in both government and non-government secondary schools teaching Visual Arts, and have the option to also work as specialist Kindergarten to Year 6 Visual Arts teachers.

Possible future job titles

Visual Arts Teacher

This Major can be studied in the following courses

Experiences

Student stories

Every unit from my degree has been helpful and I have been able to put the skills I have learnt into practice in the classroom.

I have a love for art that I wanted to be able to share with others, so I decided to study Secondary Education at ECU with a major in Visual Arts. I believe ECU is the best university for Teacher Education as they have a variety of disciplines, and provide so much real life experience in classrooms.

I was a bit nervous about going out on practicum placement at first, but this experience helped confirm that teaching was the career I want to pursue.

Secondary teaching student, Alexander Gibbs with high school arts students on a teaching practicum.

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