Introduction to Printmaking Processes (FINA20033)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
For information about the University’s phased return to campus and in-person activity in Winter and Semester 2, please refer to the on-campus subjects page.
About this subject
Contact information
Summer Term
Coordinator
Celeste Chandler
Breadth Coordinator for Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
Contact
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment (including quota), class registration, special consideration enquiries:
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, attendance or subject matter enquiries:
Celeste Chandler
Semester 1
Coordinator
Celeste Chandler
Breadth Coordinator for Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
Contact
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment (including quota), class registration, special consideration enquiries:
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, attendance or subject matter enquiries:
Celeste Chandler
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
| Availability(Quotas apply) | Summer Term February Semester 1 July Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject will require either partial or full attendance in person over the winter intensives period. For more information please check the LMS.
This subject will introduce students to the unique possibilities inherent in printmaking processes, with a technical focus on monotype, relief and intaglio techniques. Alongside this workshop focus, students will be introduced to the key historical moments in the evolution of printmaking through an introductory lecture, which encompasses the fundamental technological innovations that have impacted upon printmaking, as well as the major terms of reference that will allow students to engage with printmaking terminology within a workshop environment.
Within the workshop, students will be encouraged to explore their own work and utilise a selection of techniques by engaging with ideas of repetition, difference, and variation. This subject is designed to explore printmaking processes and technology as a vehicle for imaging ideas and image production, as well as to motivate and involve students in analytical thinking about visual perception. It also includes an induction into the Printmaking workshop, with an emphasis on Occupational Health & Safety.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- comprehend and apply fundamental skills and techniques and gain knowledge and understanding of a range of methods and materials to enable confidence in exploring and experimenting with a variety of working processes within printmaking;
- confidently navigate a professional printmaking workshop and motivate students to comfortably create visual outcomes within this environment;
- establish foundations for a practical understanding and application of sound occupational health and safety practices;
- exhibit evidence of skill development pictorially, technically and conceptually as a means of independent image making.
Generic skills
At the completion of the subject students should be able to:
- display an awareness of the graphic possibilities of a variety of concepts, materials and practices;
- exhibit evidence of skill development both pictorially and technically as a means of independent image making;
- demonstrate capacities for artistic imagination, creativity, transformation and interpretation;
- demonstrate practical skills in respect of critical analysis and problem solving;
- demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary art, cultural developments and new ideas.
Last updated: 5 April 2025
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: 5 April 2025
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
February
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A final portfolio will be produced that demonstrates an appropriate level of understanding of the processes, skills and techniques that are being demonstrated. This will be assessed through visual outcomes that exhibit a clear understanding of the materials and processes inherent to printmaking, as well as adhering to the guidelines of working in a professional printmaking studio. Appropriate support and resource material including a visual diary should be submitted for assessment alongside the Final Portfolio. | Day 10 | 75% |
Essay
| Day 17 | 25% |
Ongoing feedback is provided to students through the subject's duration via individual and group discussion. Additionally, a progress review will take place midway through the subject, taking into account the following criteria: course engagement; work development. | From Day 2 to Day 3 | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% class attendance is required. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
July
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A final portfolio will be produced that demonstrates an appropriate level of understanding of the processes, skills and techniques that are being demonstrated. This will be assessed through visual outcomes that exhibit a clear understanding of the materials and processes inherent to printmaking, as well as adhering to the guidelines of working in a professional printmaking studio. Appropriate support and resource material including a visual diary should be submitted for assessment alongside the Final Portfolio. | Day 10 | 75% |
Essay
| Day 17 | 25% |
Ongoing feedback is provided to students through the subject's duration via individual and group discussion. Additionally, a progress review will take place midway through the subject, taking into account the following criteria: course engagement; work development. | From Day 2 to Day 3 | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% class attendance is required. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Semester 1
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A final portfolio will be produced that demonstrates an appropriate level of understanding of the processes, skills and techniques that are being demonstrated. This will be assessed through visual outcomes that exhibit a clear understanding of the materials and processes inherent to printmaking, as well as adhering to the guidelines of working in a professional printmaking studio. Appropriate support and resource material including a visual diary should be submitted for assessment alongside the Final Portfolio. | From Week 10 to Week 12 | 75% |
Essay
| During the examination period | 25% |
Ongoing feedback is provided to students through the subject's duration via individual and group discussion. Additionally, a progress review will take place midway through the subject, taking into account the following criteria: course engagement; work development. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% class attendance is required. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Semester 2
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A final portfolio will be produced that demonstrates an appropriate level of understanding of the processes, skills and techniques that are being demonstrated. This will be assessed through visual outcomes that exhibit a clear understanding of the materials and processes inherent to printmaking, as well as adhering to the guidelines of working in a professional printmaking studio. Appropriate support and resource material including a visual diary should be submitted for assessment alongside the Final Portfolio. | From Week 10 to Week 12 | 75% |
Essay
| During the examination period | 25% |
Ongoing feedback is provided to students through the subject's duration via individual and group discussion. Additionally, a progress review will take place midway through the subject, taking into account the following criteria: course engagement; work development. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% class attendance is required. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Summer Term
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A final portfolio will be produced that demonstrates an appropriate level of understanding of the processes, skills and techniques that are being demonstrated. This will be assessed through visual outcomes that exhibit a clear understanding of the materials and processes inherent to printmaking, as well as adhering to the guidelines of working in a professional printmaking studio. Appropriate support and resource material including a visual diary should be submitted for assessment alongside the Final Portfolio. | Day 10 | 75% |
Essay
| Day 17 | 25% |
Ongoing feedback is provided to students through the subject's duration via individual and group discussion. Additionally, a progress review will take place midway through the subject, taking into account the following criteria: course engagement; work development. | From Day 2 to Day 3 | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% class attendance is required. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 5 April 2025
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Celeste Chandler Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Six hours per day for 10 days. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 21 January 2020 to 3 February 2020 Last self-enrol date 23 January 2020 Census date 31 January 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 February 2020 Assessment period ends 13 February 2020 Summer Term contact information
Coordinator
Celeste Chandler
Breadth Coordinator for Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and MusicContact
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment (including quota), class registration, special consideration enquiries:
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, attendance or subject matter enquiries:
Celeste Chandler
- February
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Celeste Chandler Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Coordinator
Celeste Chandler
Breadth Coordinator for Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and MusicContact
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment (including quota), class registration, special consideration enquiries:
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, attendance or subject matter enquiries:
Celeste Chandler
- July
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Six hours per day for 10 days. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 17 July 2020 to 28 July 2020 Last self-enrol date 20 July 2020 Census date 24 July 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 31 July 2020 Assessment period ends 7 August 2020 - Semester 2
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020
Additional delivery details
This subject is delivered either partially or fully in-person in Second Half Year 2020. Please ensure you are able to attend any essential in-person requirements or speak to Stop 1 about alternative subject options.
Quota
This subject has an enrolment quota of 20 students per availability for SUMMER, FEBRUARY and JULY availabilities, and 40 for Semester 1 and Semester 2, and places are limited. Places will be allocated until the quota is reached. Enrolment in this subject is not guaranteed.
Last updated: 5 April 2025
Further information
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This subject contributes to the following:
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 5 April 2025