Applied Project B (Design)

Subject THTR60038 (2013)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2013.

Credit Points: 25
Level: 6 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2013.

Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 24
Total Time Commitment:

240 Hours

Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

Contact

Faculty of the VCA and Music Student Centre
Ground Floor, Elizabeth Murdoch Building (Bldg 860)
Southbank Campus
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006

Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

In this subject students are able to further extend technical and creative knowledge learnt formally in the classroom. Students are assigned to placements on productions mounted either within or beyond the Victorian College of the Arts. The placements introduce the student to the complexity of the production process in areas that they may not be familiar with and to the collaborative nature of the work within the different fields of performance.

Objectives:

On completing this subject students will be able to:
• work productively and creatively at various levels, both as an individual and as a team member, in a wide variety of visual/performing artist environments;
• demonstrate skills in the gathering and organisation of research materials;
• effectively document the creative process.

Assessment:

Production Placement supervisor reports; 80%
Presentation of peer and self-assessment reports; 10%
Participation in Production Placement seminar 10%

It is a requirement of this subject that students attend a weekly production placement seminar with their supervisor and with other students working in the same area. Successful completion of peer and self-assessment reports is a hurdle requirement.

Prescribed Texts: None
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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

On completing this subject students will have developed the ability to:
• plan, create and evaluate small-scale creative projects;
• work with another artist in an open and constructive way;
• take full responsibility for one’s creative work;
• apply theory to practice;
• solve problems.

Links to further information: http://www.vcam.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Creation

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