Field Based Project B

Subject CCDP70004 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 25
Level: 7 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 1, Southbank - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Semester 2, Southbank - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 34 hours in seminars or tutorials
Total Time Commitment: 34 hours in Semester 1 or 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirments for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.
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Coordinator

Dr Lachlan Macdowall

Contact

Student and Academic Services, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, 234 St Kilda Road, Southbank Vic 3006 Tel: 03 9685 9419
Subject Overview:

Students will implement their CCD field based project plan as developed in Field Based Project A. Students will undertake their project and document the application of CCD theory integrated in their specific art practice methodology; and evaluate their collaborative project management model, including their methodology for community research and planning.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • undertake advanced work in the area of community culturalural development practice;
  • encourage professional work practices;
  • promote critical reflection on the role of the professional artist working in the wider community;
  • create a climate of research, critical analysis and discourse relating to ‘best practice’ in contemporary community cultural development practice, and
  • encourage the consolidation of community cultural development praxis.
Assessment: A written report of 4,000 words, documenting all the stages of project implementation (50%); presentation of project outcomes to a panel of professionals (50%).
Prescribed Texts: Nil
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

At the completion of the subject students should be able to:

  • exhibit extensive theoretical and practical knowledge of their discipline including relevant professional knowledge, skills, discipline and ethics as they relate to a practising artist working in diverse CCD contexts;
  • demonstrate capacities for artistic imagination, creativity, transformation and interpretation;
  • demonstrate practical skills in respect of critical analysis, problem solving, report writing, team work and oral and written communication;
  • demonstrate a flexible and innovative approach to the national and international challenges for the professional artist working in CCD practice in the 21st century;
  • work at various levels, both as an individual and as a team member, in a wide variety of artistic and community environments;
  • contribute to a range of cross-sectoral environments as artistic collaborators and leaders;
  • demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary cultural developments and new ideas;
  • critically and creatively engage with topics of cultural significance across communities;
  • understand and appreciate how all the arts connect with the broader society and contribute to its social and economic development, and
  • understand their relationship with and responsibility to their cultural environment and society.
Links to further information: http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Master of Community Cultural Development Practice (By Coursework)

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