NM1101 - Media and Culture

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Available to all students

This subject introduces students to the key philosophical and theoretical underpinnings relevant to western cultural practices and in particular the creative arts. The history and development of high art will be examined using individual and collective investigations. These investigations will draw on aspects of human perception and mediums of representation across the broad spectrum of the creative arts outputs over time.

Learning Outcomes

• identify specific and significant artworks in a world history context;
• identify and describe significant movements and periods in a world history context;
• illustrate an overview of the history of the creative and performing arts;
• argue the relevance of an historically significant artist to changes in art practice;
• demonstrate a correlation between past practice and contemporary practice in the arts.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• 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 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 speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Gordon Brown
Lecturers:	Dr Gordon Brown, Dr Steven Campbell, Ms Katja Fleischmann, Miss Jak Henson.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials 13 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (20%); tutorial presentation/paper (30%); timeline assignment/e-gallery (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.