VA4121 - Analysis of Practice (Part 1 of 2)

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Subject chain:	VA4121 VA4122
Administered by:	Discipline of Visual Arts

Available, at the discretion of the Head of College, to all students with a BVA or equivalent qualification undertaking the BVA Honours (Practice) degree. Except with the approval of the Head of School/Associate Dean, all subjects in a chain must be studied in consecutive teaching periods.

Students will undertake a number of tasks relating to the analysis of creating practice, process and product.

Learning Outcomes

• become competent in a range of research techniques;
• become familiar with advanced method and theory within the students field of specialisation;
• develop a critical appraisal and evaluation of current literature in the visual arts;
• further the students abilities in working as an independent researcher and artist by following an individual program or research.

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 communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
• The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• 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;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

VA4001 and VA4011 and VA4021

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Gordon Brown, Dr Stephen Naylor
Assessment:	integrated assessment across subject chain (%).

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.