Online Courses Handbook 2003

140121 v.2 Associate Degree in Art

Introduction
This course develops levels of competence in conceptualising, observing and analysing visual information to express visual images in a variety of media. It is interdisciplinary in nature and encourages consideration of the potential for incorporating conceptual and technical approaches from a variety of sources. Students focus creative work in a variety of disciplines including painting, fibre or textiles, printmaking, sculpture, jewellery or three-dimensional design, photography, installation and performance and audio-visual technologies.

Course Entry Requirements/Prerequisites
None. Interview and folio, as required.

Specific Requirements
STAT elements considered are E and either V or Q.

Note
Students may be required to participate in field trips and/or short term internships during semester or in the mid-semester breaks.

Recognition of Prior Learning
Applications for recognition of prior learning are assessed on an individual basis.

Duration and Availability
The course is two years full-time or equivalent part-time study at the Curtin University of Technology - Kalgoorlie Campus. Some units are also available through external study.

Course Organisation
The course has a common first year to introduce the basic concepts and philosophy of contemporary visual arts practice and provide an initial experience in all of the major studio disciplines taught within the School. This enables those with a limited previous experience in fine art, visual arts or crafts practice to explore a wider range of art practice and to make a choice of major and minor studies in second year. Alternatively, the first year allows those with some prior training to develop an understanding of alternative forms of contemporary practice as a stimulus for new directions and learning. In second year, students elect a major studio area, a visual culture unit and a visual research unit. All are encouraged to undertake units offered by other teaching schools on the Kalgoorlie campus.

Additional Course Expenses
Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks, readers and other vital study materials. In addition, students may also need to contribute some of the cost of consumables, which varies depending on the area of study. Some units within this course may have a field component, for which costs may be incurred.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit

Year 1 Semester 1

12941 v.2 # Visual Research 191 4.0 25.0

1780 v.6 Visual Culture - Introduction to Visual Culture 191 3.0 25.0

1927 v.8 ** Studio 191 12.0 50.0

100.0

Year 1 Semester 2

12942 v.2 # Visual Research 192 4.0 25.0

1782 v.6 Visual Culture - Issues in Contemporary Art 192 3.0 25.0

1928 v.8 ** Studio 192 12.0 50.0

100.0

Year 2 Semester 1

12943 v.2 ** Studio 291 12.0 50.0

12944 v.2 # Visual Research 291 3.0 25.0

SELECT 1 OPTION 25.0

100.0

Year 2 Semester 2

12945 v.2 ** Studio 292 12.0 50.0

12946 v.2 # Visual Research 292 3.0 25.0

SELECT 1 OPTION 25.0

100.0

Optional Units to Select From in Year 2 Hrs/Wk Credits

11046 v.5 Aboriginal Art 318 3.0 25.0

11609 v.5 Visual Culture - Art Theory and Criticism 303 3.0 25.0

11610 v.5 Visual Culture - Art in the Age of Revolution 304 3.0 25.0

11611 v.3 Visual Culture - Modernism in Art 305 3.0 25.0

11612 v.3 Visual Culture - Exploring Postmodernism 306 3.0 25.0

11613 v.3 Visual Culture - Art and Popular Culture 307 3.0 25.0

11614 v.3 Visual Culture - Australian Art History 308 3.0 25.0

11615 v.4 Visual Culture - Gender Issues in Art 309 3.0 25.0

11616 v.3 Visual Culture - Professional Practice 310 3.0 25.0

11617 v.3 Visual Culture - Art and Spirituality 311 3.0 25.0

11618 v.3 Visual Culture - Art and Public Space 312 3.0 25.0

11619 v.3 Visual Culture - Western Australian Art History 313 3.0 25.0

11620 v.4 Visual Culture - Research 399 3.0 25.0

11622 v.3 Visual Culture - Art and the Environment 315 3.0 25.0

12064 v.3 Visual Culture - Art and Psychoanalysis 321 3.0 25.0

12065 v.3 Visual Culture - Research South East Asian Visual Culture 322 3.0 25.0

12068 v.3 Visual Culture - Modernist and Postmodernist Perspectives-South East Asia 319 3.0 25.0

# Visual Research includes a program of drawing units and/or complementary study units.

** A 12 hour studio-based research commitment is compulsory.