James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2014

NM1500 - Introduction to Visual Arts

Credit points: 03
Year: 2014
Student Contribution Band: Band 1
Administered by: School of Creative Arts (pre 2015)

Using a variety of resources including lectures, demonstrations and practical workshops, students learn strategies for developing concepts, formulating solutions and organisation of thought processes linked to visual ideas development using drawing as the medium. Essentially this is an introduction to Visual Arts as means of formulating, testing and experimenting with visualisation.

Learning Outcomes

Inadmissible
Subject
Combinations:
NM1502 VA1112 CV1520

Availabilities

Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2014
Coord/Lect: Gordon Brown.
Contact hours:
  • 13 hours lectures
  • 26 hours workshops/Seminars
    Assessment:in class assessment 1 (25%); research portfolio (50%); in class assessment 2 (25%).

    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.