Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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• Unit Title

  Workplace Integrated Learning: Project Practical 2

• Unit Code

  BPA3206

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

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Description

Students will complete their production of a major arts project, culminating in a performance, installation or exhibition. This can be achieved through placement with a professional arts practitioner, arts company or associated industry workplace environment. The unit will encourage students to contextualise their experiment and reflect on the investigative nature of their processes, gaining greater awareness into the ways through which creative processes can be valid and rigorous research. Students are expected to demonstrate the fusion of the analytical, creative and technical experiences developed throughout the course in this project.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from BPA3116

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PAD3206

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Articulate the analytical, creative and technical aspects of the project.
2. Conduct collaborative rehearsals and organisation of the practical project with students/professional industry participants from other arts disciplines.
3. Implement the design, direction and production of a significant creative arts project.
4. Situate the defined project in a contemporary arts environment.

Unit Content

1. Alignments between practice and the theoretical implications of that practice.
2. Creating an official working relationship with an industry partner where appropriate.
3. Exploration of different cultural impacts on area of study and international activities of significance.
4. Investigation of appropriate modes of analysis and evaluation of practical research questions.
5. Logistics of bringing the research project to fruition.
6. Strategies to explore the defined practical research questions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Independent study with supervision.

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 Board of Examiners.

Text References

• Pavis, P. (2003). Analyzing performance: Theater, dance and film. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• Macdonnell, J. (Ed.). (1986). Performing arts. Sydney: Cappa.
• Most texts derive from the student's area of study.
• Australian Academy of the Humanities. (1996). Creative investigations: Redefining research in the arts and humanities: Papers from the 1995 Symposium of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, edited by Margaret Mahony Stoljar. Canberra, ACT: The Australian Academy of the Humanities.
• Davis, H., & Scase, R. (2000). Managing creativity: The dynamics of work and organization. Buckingham: Open University Press.

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