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Concepts and Creativity (DRAM10017)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Semester 1
Overview
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This first year level subject will introduce students to a brief history of arts practice, and to ways of seeing, understanding and thinking about their own art form and its relationship to other forms of performing arts. Two approaches will be introduced concurrently:
1. A series of one and a half hour lectures on key aspects of the history and modern context of the respective art forms – e.g. Dance, Production or Theatre.
2. A series of one and a half hour seminars, in which practical examples of the art forms will be viewed, and ways discussed of how to view them in relation to their form and their intentions. All first year Performing Arts students will attend these seminars and a seminar group will consist of representatives from each training area.
This subject includes an embedded program in academic literacy skills of analysis, discussion, essay writing, research and information retrieval.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject will:
- provide a comprehensive overview of arts forms (specifically, dance, production and theatre), and enable students to contextualise their own work within its larger historical and theoretical framework;
- introduce new ways of viewing arts practice, in order to deepen appreciation of the work of practitioners;
- encourage and facilitate discussion amongst students from different training courses, to enable them to understand, appreciate and learn from the work of other artists;
- develop an appreciation and understanding of the aspects of different artistic languages and the specific materials with which artists work
Generic skills
• On completing this subject students will be able to:
• understand how to place their own practice within a wider historical (political, social, aesthetic) context;
• discuss work with other practitioners in a constructive and informed manner;
• lead a discussion and to present ideas articulately and clearly;
• listen and respond to the ideas of others without pre-judgment.
• understand research practices as a result of preparing materials for online discussion and essays;
• present opinions and analysis in classroom discussion;
• argue clearly and logically as a result of the planning and writing of essays;
• utilise effective library research skills, including the development of search strategies to find information from a variety of quality information resources, including online databases, books, journals, internet, and a variety of multimedia-rich resources;
• demonstrate effective time-management skills.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Class participation, in class throughout the semester (10%)
- Research presentation: Students will work in assigned groups to prepare a Pecha Kucha presentation demonstrating research into a social or artistic movement. Presentation 10 minutes, during week 7 (12.5%)
- Referenced presentation transcript and image files (900 words) due during week 7 (22.5%)
- Research Paper: Students will write a research-based essay on an artist with a large and prominent body of work who inspires them (1500 words), week 9 (40%)
- Manifesto: Students will frame a short artistic statement for their own practice reflecting on information gained from the lecture and tutorial content, due during week 11 (15%)
Hurdle requirements: Students must attend 80% of all scheduled classes and attempt all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Matthew Delbridge Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 26 Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
120 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) Course Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre Practice) Course Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) - Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022