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Major Project (Visual Art) (FINA40003)
HonoursPoints: 75On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Year Long
Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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At the time of selection the written outline of the proposed major project is submitted. This provides the framework for developing the lines of inquiry taken by the student. Through the course of independent research students undertake their year-long project under the guidance of their individual supervisor for presentation at the end of the academic year.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject will:
- enable students to complete an independently devised major project;
- prepare students for research-led graduate study;
- provide students of proven ability to undertake advanced work in their chosen discipline;
- develop the student’s capabilities, as a better informed, skilled and more articulate artist;
- develop a high level of artistic practice and further develop analytical, critical and research skills;
- promote critical reflection on the work produced and the artist’s role in society; produce professional practitioners in the fine arts;
- produce professional practictioners in the fine arts.
Generic skills
On completing this subject, students will have acquired key skills including:
- the ability to engage in independent and contextually-informed artistic practice;
- well developed and flexible problem-solving abilities appropriate to the discipline;
- the capacity to effectively communicate the results of research and scholarship by oral and written means;
- an ability to formulate viable research questions;
- a capacity for critical evaluation of relevant scholarly literature and artistic practice;
- an ability to manage time and to maximise the quality of research and scholarship;
- an understanding of, and facility with, scholarly conventions in the discipline area
- an understanding of the relationship with and responsibility to the cultural environment and society; respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethic of research and scholarship
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Applicants are required to have completed a major study in a Fine Arts discipline and attained a three-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree or equivalent qualification at H2B standard or equivalent.
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Visual Art presentation of major (studio) project in exhibition conditions, the work or works deemed to be the successful outcome of the investigative process. | N/A | |
Two reviews take into account the student's progress against the following criteria: Course engagement, Project development, Studio use. Student's sight and sign their progress reports and formal feedback is given to students who are deemed to be at risk. | Mid semester | N/A |
Supervisors also complete a progress report outlining progress with the project, detailing any major changes to the original project, frequency of contact and any problems encountered. | Mid-year | N/A |
Additional details
A single mark is assigned at the end of the year. The research project will be assessed at the end of the academic year in the assessment period with an assessment weight of 100%.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Year Long
Coordinator Cate Consandine Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Seminars, group tutorials and contact with supervisors as appropriate. Total time commitment 720 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 May 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Year Long contact information
Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Contact Hours: Seminars, group tutorials and contact with supervisors as appropriate. Total Time Commitment: 720 hours
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- 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: 31 January 2024