Faculty of Regional Professional Studies (Bunbury)

School: Regional Professional Studies

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

    Pre-modernism
  • Unit Code

    CCC2100
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit considers the central preoccupations of selected historic periods in Western arts and culture, from the Greeks to the Victorians. It will focus on the key movements and cultural products that emerged from the selected periods including art, design, architecture, media, theatre and literature and assess their influence on and relevance to contemporary arts and culture.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 60 credit points

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically evaluate the relationship between creative arts practice and historic context.
  2. Identify aspects of creative arts practice from the Greeks to the Victorians.
  3. Synthesise relationships between the history of ideas and selected key movements in art, design, architecture, media, theatre and literature.
  4. Understand the influence of historical and cultural precedents on contemporary styles and cultural products.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to the central preoccupations and styles of selected historic periods from Western arts and culture.
  2. Relationships between forms of art, design, architecture, media, theatre or literature and the ideas of their time.
  3. Relevance of the selected periods or cultural products and practices to contemporary arts and culture.
  4. Strategies for assessing texts in context.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, audio-visual presentations.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyResearch paper on selected theme, movement or individual30%
Tutorial PresentationPresentation on selected theme, movement or individual20%
ProjectResearch essay or creative project50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyResearch paper on selected theme, movement or individual30%
PresentationPresentation of case study with images and text, such as Powerpoint20%
ProjectResearch essay or creative project50%

Text References

  • Kishlansky, M. (Ed.). (2008). Sources of the West: Readings in Western civilization Vol. 1. (7th ed.). New York & London: Pearson Education.
  • Janaro, R. P. & Altshuler, T. C. (2012). The art of being human: The humanities as a technique for living. (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education.
  • Bishop, P. E. (2011). Adventures in the human spirit. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Sayre, H. M. (2010). Discovering the humanities. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Matthews, R. T., Platt, F. D., Noble, T. F. X. (2011). The Western humanities Vol. 1. (7th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Website References


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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Faculty of Regional Professional Studies (Bunbury)

School: Regional Professional Studies

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

    Pre-modernism
  • Unit Code

    CCC2100
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit considers the central preoccupations of selected historic periods in Western arts and culture, from the Greeks to the Victorians. It will focus on the key movements and cultural products that emerged from the selected periods including art, design, architecture, media, theatre and literature and assess their influence on and relevance to contemporary arts and culture.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 60 credit points

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically evaluate the relationship between creative arts practice and historic context.
  2. Identify aspects of creative arts practice from the Greeks to the Victorians.
  3. Synthesise relationships between the history of ideas and selected key movements in art, design, architecture, media, theatre and literature.
  4. Understand the influence of historical and cultural precedents on contemporary styles and cultural products.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to the central preoccupations and styles of selected historic periods from Western arts and culture.
  2. Relationships between forms of art, design, architecture, media, theatre or literature and the ideas of their time.
  3. Relevance of the selected periods or cultural products and practices to contemporary arts and culture.
  4. Strategies for assessing texts in context.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, audio-visual presentations.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyResearch paper on selected theme, movement or individual30%
Tutorial PresentationPresentation on selected theme, movement or individual20%
ProjectResearch essay or creative project50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyResearch paper on selected theme, movement or individual30%
PresentationPresentation of case study with images and text, such as Powerpoint20%
ProjectResearch essay or creative project50%

Text References

  • Bishop, P. E. (2011). Adventures in the human spirit. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Matthews, R. T., Platt, F. D., Noble, T. F. X. (2011). The Western humanities Vol. 1. (7th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
  • Kishlansky, M. (Ed.). (2008). Sources of the West: Readings in Western civilization Vol. 1. (7th ed.). New York & London: Pearson Education.
  • Janaro, R. P. & Altshuler, T. C. (2012). The art of being human: The humanities as a technique for living. (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education.
  • Sayre, H. M. (2010). Discovering the humanities. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Website References


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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