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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    History of the Arts

  • Unit Code

    ADM1250

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    10

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Susan Desley PEACOCK

Description

This unit is a study of history through the architectural, artistic, musical and theatrical expressions of selected periods in Western history.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Discuss the influence of historical and cultural precedents on contemporary styles.
  2. Describe how the arts of each period can be arranged into significant relationships within the history of ideas.
  3. Make connections between significant artforms and the political, social and economic contexts in which they were created.
  4. Select appropriate scholarly sources, including databases, online sources, and/or academic texts.
  5. Present scholarly ideas in an appropriate written academic format.

Unit Content

  1. A detailed investigation of the historical inter-relationships between major art forms of the time.
  2. An examination of selected historical epochs from Western culture.
  3. An examination within each epoch of social, political and religious forces which have shaped art.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered10 x 1.5 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

One three-hour seminar per week employing a range of audio-visual media.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment25%
Research PaperWritten Assessment 25%
EssayEssay 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    History of the Arts

  • Unit Code

    ADM1250

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    10

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Susan Desley PEACOCK

Description

This unit is a study of history through the architectural, artistic, musical and theatrical expressions of selected periods in Western history.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Discuss the influence of historical and cultural precedents on contemporary styles.
  2. Describe how the arts of each period can be arranged into significant relationships within the history of ideas.
  3. Make connections between significant artforms and the political, social and economic contexts in which they were created.
  4. Select appropriate scholarly sources, including databases, online sources, and/or academic texts.
  5. Present scholarly ideas in an appropriate written academic format.

Unit Content

  1. A detailed investigation of the historical inter-relationships between major art forms of the time.
  2. An examination of selected historical epochs from Western culture.
  3. An examination within each epoch of social, political and religious forces which have shaped art.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered10 x 1.5 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

One three-hour seminar per week employing a range of audio-visual media.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment25%
Research PaperWritten Assessment 25%
EssayEssay 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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