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This major is a practice-based visual arts program offering focused investigation across a range of two and three-dimensional studios including drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. Through critical theory and potential cross-experimentation with existing studios such as glass, design, fashion, writing, film and video, animation, and photography, students are immersed within visual culture to develop hybrid and traditional approaches to their creative praxis. The major is complemented by a rigorous conceptual focus to enable the student to develop their professional studio practice through a contemporary and historic lens. Students develop the confidence to exhibit publicly and to identify career opportunities in teaching, curating, independent studio practice, and with private and public arts agencies and institutions. The major culminates in a significant public exhibition, which further enhances the emphasis placed on professional practice.
This unit set 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. In particular please check the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.
All students are required to provide a folio. Students will also be required to attend an interview.
On Campus at Mount Lawley
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| VIS1303 | Introduction to Drawing | 15 |
| VIS1305 | Materials and Methods: Approaches to Studio | 15 |
| VIS1401 | Contemporary Art: Exploring Body, Time and Place | 15 |
| VIS2315 * | Art History: Enduring Traces | 15 |
| VIS2519 | Painting: Old Country, New Visions | 15 |
| VIS2520 | Journaling and Drawing | 15 |
| VIS2525 | Printmaking: Mapping Self and World | 15 |
| VIS2530 | Field and Studio | 15 |
| VIS2545 | Artists Books: Materiality of Word and Image | 15 |
| VIS3501 | Praxis in a Globalised Visual Culture | 15 |
| VIS3503 | Creativity and Reflexivity | 15 |
| VIS3531 | Sculpture: Art and Environment | 15 |
| VIS3530 | Painting Life and Death | 15 |
| VIS3535 | Photographic Printmaking | 15 |
| VIS3550 | Project Research and Development | 15 |
| VIS3560 | Independent Project | 15 |
* Students will be assessed to see if they have achieved the ECU minimum standard of English language proficiency in this unit. Students who don't meet the minimum standard will be provided with appropriate English language support and development.
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.
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