ARTS221 to ARTS329

ARTS221 Design Studies 3                                                                        10cp

Prerequisites Visual Arts major/minor: 1 Visual Arts unit at introductory (100) level.

Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent, with the periods divided appropriately between lectures, discussions (both individual and group), independent research, on site investigations and museums.

Explores developments and principles within the design of environments, including theatre design, architectural design and landscape design. Projects integrate social, ecological, economic and aesthetic values in the design process. Photographic, filmic and computer-generated technologies, as well as traditional methodologies, are applied.

ARTS225 2D Studies 3                                                                               10cp

Prerequisites Nil.

Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, studio workshops, gallery visits.

This unit is designed to extend the development of concepts, processes and techniques as they relate to projects selected from two dimensional media areas such as advanced drawing, painting, print-media and photomedia. It continues the focus upon production methods but with increased attention on the conceptual contexts that arise as a result of making artworks.

ARTS 226 3D/4D Object Design 3                                                            10cp

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, studio workshops, gallery visits.

This studio-based unit will continue to build upon concepts, skills and knowledge about 3D, 4D and object design practice developed in previous units. Students will complete a series of project-based works such as site-specific, temporal, ephemeral or performance-based installations as well as works which explore concepts and skills related to object making. The relationship between their own work and current art practice should be evident in the works they make, and will be informed by the knowledge about art and design historical and theoretical contexts studied concurrently with this unit.

ARTS 227 Graphic Design 3                                                                      10cp

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation Computer laboratory classes, lectures, tutorials and small group practice.

This unit provides opportunities for students both to learn theoretical principles and to undertake projects in graphic design. Students will examine theoretical underpinnings of design briefs and proposals, and fulfil them in a way that shows an understanding of prevailing conventions. Practical skills in graphic design in a variety of media will be taught and applied in a range of projects. Knowledge about the historical and theoretical contexts of art and design acquired in art history and theory units that are components of this course will be applied to the students’ emerging practice.

ARTS228 Art and Design History and Theory 3                                      10cp

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, gallery and museum visits and/or flexible delivery.

This unit aims to broaden student’s awareness of key works in painting, sculpture and architecture as well as design, object-making, film and multi-media, and to deepen their understanding through the application of well formed critical analyses and historical forms of investigation. The spiritual and religious function evident in contemporary works of art and design will be examined in the course of this investigation.

ARTS229 Developmental Practice                                                           10cp

Prerequisites At least one unit at 200 level.

Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, studio workshops, gallery visits.

Students will select an area of specialisation, based upon previous studies undertaken in this course, to develop a more complex and resolved body of work. The work will consolidate and extend previous experiences in either 2D, 3D, 4D object or graphic design areas (or a combination of these). The unit will facilitate a smooth transition into year 3 specialist studies.

ARTS230 Studio Theory                                                                           10cp

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, studio workshops.

The unit Studio Theory will consolidate skills, knowledge, conventions and critical strategies that are essential to practice in the visual arts and graphic design areas. It will provide the foundation for the Year 3 units, Professional Practice and Collaborative Studies.

ARTS231 Art and Design History and Theory 4                                     10cp

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials and/or flexible delivery.

This unit aims to extend students’ understanding of the practical value of historical scholarship in the visual arts and to foster a corresponding autonomy in their capacity to undertake, formulate and apply knowledge drawn from historical sources to their own visual arts practice. Historical and theoretical autonomy is a twofold concept as applied in this course. First, students will be expected to undertake forms of inquiry that evidence an ability to originate, design, conduct and write a modest but independent investigation into traditional and contemporary issues in art and design history. Second, students will be expected to use critical theory in bringing a wide range of relevant evidence to bear on their artistic practice.

ARTS232 Volunteer Experience

This unit has no Credit point value as it is a field experience unit

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation Students undertake a period of voluntary service with a community organisation.

Australian Catholic University endeavours to develop students who are able to exercise moral and professional autonomy in a pluralistic society. The Mission Statement identifies the University as having a commitment to serving the common good with a fundamental concern for justice and equity, and for the dignity of all human beings. Recommendation 17 of the Implementation Plan for the Strategic Plan 1999 - 2008 supports the development of student awareness of social responsibility to the wider community. Graduates should be persons whose moral development is mature and who are professionally competent, and able to make significant contributions to the profession and the wider community. The Volunteer Experience unit enables students to contribute to community service in tangible ways that may enable ethical, spiritual and personal development.

ARTS234/ARTS110 3D/4D Object Design 1                                          10cp

Refer to ARTS110 for details.

ARTS235/ARTS112 Art and Design History and Theory 1                   10cp

Refer to ARTS112 for details.

ARTS236/ARTS114 3D/4D Object Design 2                                          10cp

Refer to ARTS114 for details.

ARTS237/ARTS116 Art and Design History and Theory 2                   10cp

Refer to ARTS116 for details.

ARTS310 Design Studies 4                                                                      10cp

Prerequisites ARTS210 Design Studies 1, ARTS211 Design Studies 2; and ARTS221 Design Studies 3.

Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent, with the periods divided appropriately between lectures, discussions, both individual and group, student research, on site investigations.

Consolidates student project outcomes through the analysis and production of specific contemporary developments and issues in graphics media, object design, applied and decorative design, and the design of environments.

ARTS315 Three–Dimensional Studies 4                                                 10cp

Prerequisites ARTS215 Three–Dimensional Studies 1, ARTS216 Three–Dimensional Studies 2, and ARTS220 Three–Dimensional Studies 3.

Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.

A continuing study of issues and trends of contemporary three–dimensional forms, including methods of production, tools, techniques and procedures of shaping and forming 3–dimensional works of art. This unit will also include research methodologies, interpretation of visual systems and resolved folio production.

ARTS319 Two–Dimensional Studies 4                                                    10cp

Prerequisites ARTS200 Two–Dimensional Studies 1, ARTS201 Two–Dimensional Studies 2, and ARTS219 Two–Dimensional Studies 3.

Teaching Organisation Lectures, studio practice, excursions to public and commercial galleries.

Designed to extend the advanced development of concepts, processes and techniques as they relate to projects in advanced 2D media. This unit continues the focus of study upon personal production methods but with an increased attention to the conceptual and expressive possibilities offered by these activities.

ARTS324 Art and Spirit                                                                            10cp

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, visits to museums, galleries and religious institutions, and/or flexible delivery.

This unit investigates art and design from the perspective of spirituality and faith. Set in the form of case studies that range over selected cultures and times, the unit examines artistic activity in relation to religious faith, spirituality and ritual.

ARTS325 Professional Practice                                                               10cp

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, excursions and fieldwork. A number of visits to arts-related professional organisations and other appropriate professional settings will be undertaken throughout the semester. Students will be required to keep a journal or diary documenting such visits that will form the basis of a report.

This unit will prepare students for professional practice as artists, graphic designers, art historians, art writers or other arts-related professionals. The emphasis of the unit is on the vocational and organisational aspects of practice and theory, understood in the context of case studies undertaken in the field.

ARTS326 Internship                                                                                 10cp

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, seminars prior to undertaking the internship, conducted during the mid-year recess in appropriate workplace settings, although there is provision for it to occur at other times during the semester.

In this unit students are required to work as an apprentice (assistant) to an artist, graphic designer, critic, art historian, craftsperson, museum or gallery manager or curator who will function as a mentor. The student will undertake an ethnographic inquiry into the practice of the assigned mentor, prior to the preparation of a work proposal. The work proposal must be approved by both the University and the mentor before commencement of the internship. The internship will provide a vocational focus for students as they prepare for a diversity of careers in visual arts and design practice.

ARTS327 Self-Directed Studies 1                                                            10cp

Prerequisites At least 1 unit at 200 level.

Teaching Organisation Students will work independently on self-initiated projects under the guidance of assigned lecturers or mentors.

Self-Directed Studies 1 is a unit of monitored studio or theoretical work in the student’s specialisation, namely graphic design, studio-based art or art history and theory. For the specialisations in graphic design or studio-based art the student will pursue research towards the production of a substantial body of work demonstrating an understanding and refinement of concepts central to their emerging, individual approach to practice. For the specialisation in art history and theory, students will, on a contractual basis, commence research for the long essay to be submitted at the conclusion of their course.

ARTS328 Collaborative Studies                                                               10cp

Prerequisites Nil

Teaching Organisation Students will be involved in group activities that contribute to a major project, as well as field visits to institutions such as significant art galleries, design studios and museums.

This unit prepares students for the graduating exhibition, to be held at the conclusion of their course. Project management strategies will be applied in the context of critical collaboration between all students. These strategies will prepare them for all aspects of the exhibition. Exhibition contexts, philosophies and policies will be examined in depth.

ARTS329 Self-Directed Studies 2                                                            10cp

Prerequisites Self-Directed Studies 1

Teaching Organisation Students will work independently on self-initiated projects under the guidance of assigned lectures or mentors.

Self-Directed Studies 2 continues the program of monitored studio or theoretical work in the student’s specialisation, commenced in Self-Directed Studies 1. For the specialisations in graphic design or studio-based art the resolved body of work will be presented for possible inclusion in the Graduating Exhibition. For the specialisation in art history and theory, students will complete a long essay on a contractual basis.