School: Arts and Humanities

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

    Art History: Enduring Traces
  • Unit Code

    VIS2315
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Janien Elizabeth SCHWARZ

Description

Students learn to interpret art through contextual and formal analysis and articulate what they understand about creative expression made in response to cultural issues and themes including: the natural and built environment, identity and representation, spirituality and religion, politics and patronage, art, science and technology, aesthetics, and the impact of cultural institutions. This unit also develops an understanding of art materials, processes and genres (painting, printmaking, photography, architecture, sculpture, performance, fashion, craft, design, drawing and new media), cultural expression (Aboriginal, African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Western), and art styles and movements (such as the Renaissance, Romanticism, Expressionism, Postmodernism).

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply fundamental art and art historical terminology.
  2. Critically analyse and interpret visual phenomena in the context of historical evidence.
  3. Evaluate visual and art historical concepts in verbal and written forms.
  4. Explain the purpose and function of art.
  5. Outline the cross-cultural and global nature of art.

Unit Content

  1. Historical links between art, science and new technologies
  2. Personal functions of art and issues of authorship.
  3. Physical functions of art (architecture: the dwelling; large-scale design: the community; the crafts and industrial design).
  4. The social functions of art.
  5. The structure, media and classification of art.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures. Tutorials.

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
TestIndividual analysis of artworks and associated contexts65%
Research PaperResearch skills development and paper35%

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: Arts and Humanities

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

    Art History: Enduring Traces
  • Unit Code

    VIS2315
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Nien Elizabeth SCHWARZ

Description

Students learn to interpret art through contextual and formal analysis and articulate what they understand about creative expression made in response to cultural issues and themes including: the natural and built environment, identity and representation, spirituality and religion, politics and patronage, art, science and technology, aesthetics, and the impact of cultural institutions. This unit also develops an understanding of art materials, processes and genres (painting, printmaking, photography, architecture, sculpture, performance, fashion, craft, design, drawing and new media), cultural expression (Aboriginal, African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Western), and art styles and movements (such as the Renaissance, Romanticism, Expressionism, Postmodernism).

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply fundamental art and art historical terminology.
  2. Critically analyse and interpret visual phenomena in the context of historical evidence.
  3. Evaluate visual and art historical concepts in verbal and written forms.
  4. Explain the purpose and function of art.
  5. Outline the cross-cultural and global nature of art.

Unit Content

  1. Historical links between art, science and new technologies
  2. Personal functions of art and issues of authorship.
  3. Physical functions of art (architecture: the dwelling; large-scale design: the community; the crafts and industrial design).
  4. The social functions of art.
  5. The structure, media and classification of art.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures. Tutorials.

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
TestIndividual analysis of artworks and associated contexts65%
Research PaperResearch skills development and paper35%

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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