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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

314415 (v.1) Real and Imagined Worlds 301

Area: School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts
Credits: 25.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: This advanced unit explores the development of digital technologies as a continuation of humanity’s endeavours to relate how the physical, imagined and spiritual worlds have played important roles in cultural and social development. Starting from the cave paintings of Lascaux, and progressing through the artistic, philosophical and scientific approaches, students will be able to engage with the ways digital technologies enable us to record and reflect the real world as well as create imagined worlds that are complex, even “liveable” through virtual environments.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 100799 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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