Research Methods in the Creative Arts (CREA40001)

This subject acquaints students with and examines the relationship between creative arts and design research and practice.

The seminar introduces students to a range of research methods and paradigms, covering key issues and practical skills relevant to the creative arts and design, and addressing methods drawn from the humanities and social sciences as well as those internal to their creative discipline.

The seminar assists students in refining their research question and developing a research methodology appropriate to their major project. In the seminar creative arts and design research skills, techniques and methodologies are demonstrated both by instruction and example.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• apply key research concepts and skills relevant to their chosen project;
• critically evaluate contemporary debates and methodological traditions in creative arts and design
• articulate a methodological framework appropriate for their project;
• interpret and apply codes of research conduct and ethical frameworks governing research in creative arts and design

Generic skills

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• engage in independent artistic practice;
• apply well-developed and flexible problem-solving abilities;
• effectively communicate the results of research and scholarship in oral, written and digital forms;
• formulate viable research questions;
• give and receive constructive feedback;
  
• critically evaluate relevant scholarly literature and practice;
• manage time to maximise the quality of research and scholarship;
• demonstrate awareness of, and facility with, scholarly conventions;
• display awareness of the relationship with and responsibility to the cultural environment and society; 
• practice and maintain respect for intellectual integrity, research and scholarship.