GA3020 - Creative Industries Research and Placement

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Communication Design

Available to all students.

Students explore the creative arts industries via research projects, industry networking, professional placements and collaboration with peers. The outcomes of the research and investigation will provide students with a number of additional pathways for further exploration of and engagement with the creative industries.

Learning Outcomes

• an indepth understanding of the relevant creative industries;
• networking and industry engagement skills;
• pathways for further development and engagement with the professions.

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 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;
• 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.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

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:	10 hours workshops/Seminars 30 hours professional experience
Assessment:	interim seminar (15%); assignments (25%); statement of goals and aspirations (10%); final exam (40%); final reflective report (10%).

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.