Creative Projects-Digital Technologies

Subject EDUC10049 (2014)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2014.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 1 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2014.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 24 hours
Total Time Commitment:

Attendance at all classes (tutorial/seminars/practical classes/lectures/labs/online classes) is obligatory. Failure to attend 80% of classes will normally result in failure in the subject.
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 Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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Call: 13 MELB (13 6352)

Subject Overview:

This subject allows students with little formal arts backgrounds to explore creativity, design and innovation through the arts (music, drama and visual art) using digital technologies. Students will examine a number of artistic contemporary compositional techniques in order to create their own multimedia presentations. They will reflect on this process and their approach to the development, management and final outcome of the project.
Learning Outcomes:

Students will have:

  • An enhanced understanding and critical awareness of the nature of creativity, design and digital technologies;
  • The ability to design a digital technology project that incorporates students’ original compositions;
  • An enhanced capacity to undertake independent research including the ability to seek out and utilise new technologies;
  • An enhanced capacity to apply imaginative, creative and innovative approaches to a given project;
  • The capacity to apply new concepts to their critical interpretation of familiar and new information and experiences.
Assessment:

There will be three items of assessment:

  • Tutorial presentation (20%);
  • Software review (20%);
  • Project with reflective journal (end of semester) (60%)

Word limit 4000 words or equivalent
Prescribed Texts:

Course readings will be provided
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

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

Links to further information: http://education.unimelb.edu.au/study_with_us/breadth/creative_projects_digital_technologies#creative
Related Breadth Track(s): Creativity, the Arts and Learning Communities
Creativity, the Arts, and Young People

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