CV3001 - Creative Arts In Industry

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Available to all students.

This subject provides students with strategies and pathways to develop an understanding of and connections with the creative arts industries. An understanding of the creative arts industries is achieved through research and investigation strategies in order to develop global understandings of such areas as funding streams, valuation strategies, grant writing, employment structures and career opportunities. Connection with creative arts industries is achieved via the study of a range of topic areas including personal and professional promotion and development strategies, business case studies and investigations, and personal/career reflections.

Learning Outcomes

• an understanding of creative arts industries within global, national and local settings;
• insights and understandings relevant to the creative arts industries which enable career development strategies and networking opportunities;
• self-promotion and self-marketing skills.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• 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 learn independently and in a self-directed manner.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

GA3110 PT3320 MU2431 NM3101 NM3102

Availabilities
Cairns, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Face to face teaching (Classes are held weeks 1, 4, 7, 10 and 13. Individual consultations occur in the other weeks via email and LearnJCU.)
Coord/Lect:	Professor Ryan Daniel.
Contact hours:	5 hours lectures 10 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).

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.