Concepts and Creativity 2 (Production) (THTR20032)

Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)

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This subject provides the students with a context for understanding contemporary performing arts practice by introducing them to a broad cultural and historic perspective of creative endeavour including but not limited to visual art, architecture and performance in all forms.

This subject includes an embedded program in academic literacy skills of analysis, discussion, essay writing, research and information retrieval.

Intended learning outcomes

Students completing this subject should:



  • have a understanding of the history of visual forms and skills in visual analysis;
  • have a understanding of the principal methods of analysis employed in research of visual form;
  • have developed oral skills for the discussion of visual forms and skills in essay writing relevant to the discipline of performing arts history, including presenting an argument, marshalling and documenting evidence, and basic bibliographic skills.

Generic skills

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • exhibit verbal and written communication skills
  • 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;
  • present opinions and analysis in classroom discussion;
  • 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