VA3212 - History and Theory of Creative Arts

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of Visual Arts

Available to all students

This program seeks to explore Popular Culture in the new millennium via an investigation in past and contemporary art forms, including Visual Arts, Architecture, Literature/Theory, Music, Film and Theatre. It will investigate the role of the artist in the new millennium, with reference to properties of spatiality, the electronic arts, performance arts, film television and theatre. All challenge the traditional notions of the artist/performer as the eye and voice of the creative and visual world. The artist in the new millennium is challenged by the 'new world' of communication much as the painters a century ago were challenged by the camera.

Learning Outcomes

• develop research skills that contribute to informed and reflective insight into the subject matter being discussed;
• develop an awareness of the theories underpinning current arts practice;
• gain an insight in contemporary arts and cultural issues in the new millennium.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

VA2212

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Coordinator:	Dr Stephen Naylor
Lecturers:	Mr Ron McBurnie, Dr Stephen Naylor.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (20%); (30%); essays (40%); (10%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Attendance at 80% of classes is a requirement to pass this subject
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Coordinator:	Dr Stephen Naylor
Lecturer:	Miss Angela Meyer.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (20%); (30%); essays (40%); (10%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Attendance at 80% of classes is a requirement to pass this subject

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.