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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

312341 (v.1) Studio Textiles - Cloth and Habitable Space 391

Area: Department of Art
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
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
Studio: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 312339 (v.1) Studio Textiles - Pattern and Meaning 292
OR
Admission into 151404 (v.5) Master of Applied Design and Art or any previous version
Syllabus: An exploration of the diverse role that textiles has played and continues to play in contemporary art and design practice, with a focus on habitable space. Students will undertake experimental three-dimensional explorations in cloth. Outcomes may include such forms as: installation, work for the body, object based work, architectural interventions, work for interior architecture, furnishing, or performance based work. Students will create a more focused body of work that extends previous research investigations. Projects may be individual or collaborative.
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: 100300 Visual Arts and Crafts (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External