VA2901 - Sculpture 2A

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of Visual Arts

Available to all Students

Students will explore sculpture as an area of specialization within the visual arts. Emphasis will be on the consolidation of technical skills and processes and the development and expression of a personal vision. Students will gain experience in using techniques such as flexible moulding, casting in wax, fiberglass, bronze etc and welding. Students will gain experience in research and experimentation, the development of ideas, and their synthesis and translation into creative outcomes

Learning Outcomes

• to demonstrate an understanding of safe work practices;
• to develop problem-solving skills to assist in creative decision-making and critical inquiry in fine art;
• to gain an appreciation of the inherent qualities of processes and techniques in the studio major area of sculpture;
• to identify, employ and demonstrate proficiency in key competencies necessary to visual arts practice.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products.

Prerequisites:	VA1031 or VA1032
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	VA2031 and VA2032 and VA2033 and VA2034 and VA3921

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coordinator:	Dr Stephen Naylor
Lecturers:	Dr Stephen Naylor, jc158342.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours practicals
Assessment:	two practical projects (40% each) (80%); research journal/visual diary (20%) (20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	In order to establish the authenticity of work submitted for assessment, attendance at practical classes is compulsory. Rolls are kept and work submitted by students with an attendance of less than 80% will not be eligible for assessment unless prior approval has been obtained in writing from the lecturer.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.