NM1103 - Contemporary Creative Cultures and Contexts

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

Available to all students

This subject introduces students to the emergence of popular cultures and explores the creative contexts that define these cultures. Theories of popular cultures will be examined alongside an exploration of the relationships between visual, sound and performance outputs. Key popular icons will be discussed and future directions relevant to the field examined.

Learning Outcomes

• comprehend connections between key developments of popular culture;
• formulate in-depth understandings of key contemporary information and debates relevant to popular icons and creative outputs.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	Mr Clive Hutchison
Lecturers:	Ms Debra Thomas, Dr Stephen Naylor, Miss Jak Henson, jc213236.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures - 2 hour lecture/week 13 hours tutorials - 1 hour tutorial/week
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (45%); presentations (55%).

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.