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Contemporary Art and Biomedicine (CREA10001)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online Semester 2 - Online |
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Contemporary Art and Biomedicine: Looking Making Thinking is an online subject that introduces students to fundamental approaches used by artists to explore ways of seeing and thinking about biomedicine. Students investigate how art has informed science and medicine in order to deepen their understanding of the ways in which biomedicine issues have been represented and can be represented creatively.
Through the lens of biomedicine, students are immersed in an innovative and artistic consideration of the process of observation, response and perception. Topics to be explored include cancer, non-binary, post human, im/mortality, respiration, chimera, placebo, death and euthanasia, connoisseurship and interpretation, visuality and reality.
Through online content, including interviews with leading exponents, podcasts and interactive activities, students will be supported in fulfilling the assessment i.e. developing creative responses (i.e. making art) to biomedical concerns.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- identify direct connections between creative self-expression and scientific inquiry;
- explain how works of art communicate biomedical concerns;
- explore possible alternatives to represent a biomedical issue using a creative process;
- create a new artwork for a biomedical concern using a creative viewpoint.
Generic skills
- Be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning;
- be adept at learning in a range of ways, including through information and communication technologies;
- examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a range of disciplines;
- expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects;
- have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems;
- have a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment.
Last updated: 19 April 2024
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: 19 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Written description and interpretation of a work of art
| Early in the teaching period | 20% |
Prepare (500 words equivalent) and present a 5min videoed critique (500 words equivalent) applying biomedicine lens to an artwork
| Mid teaching period | 25% |
Completion of set quizzes and extension activities
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Create an artwork based on a biomedical issue
| During the assessment period | 35% |
Last updated: 19 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator David Sequeira Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 48 hours, comprising one 1-hour online lecture and 1 hour engaging in online discussion forum, and up to 2 hours of independent creative work per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 - Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator David Sequeira Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 48 hours, comprising one 1-hour online lecture and 1 hour engaging in online discussion forum, and up to 2 hours of independent creative work per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 July 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 6 August 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021
Last updated: 19 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- 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 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 (Production)
- 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.
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
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 19 April 2024