Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

This unit provides you with the opportunity to workshop your thesis, or the exegesis component of a creative practice project to a forum of staff, students and fellow Honours candidates. It also provides you with in-class writing practice and practical assistance in the assembly of the Honours project The seminar requires you to give a lucid, articulate and informative account of the findings to date, delivered as an oral presentation and to field questions and comments from the floor. It is envisaged that the series as a whole will foster a culture of rigorous enquiry and debate pertaining to creative industries research and creative practice issues.

Aims

This unit aims to expose you to presentations from researchers across a range of Disciplines within Creative Industries. You will then reflect upon these presentations and seek to relate them to your own research practice. The unit then gives you the opportunity to present the results of your research in a seminar format. The unit aims as well to provide adminstrative, academic and collegial support in relation to meeting the Honours submission deadline.

Objectives

On completion of this unit you should have:
1. Advanced skills in presenting your research before staff and students in a formal oral presentation and fielding questions in relation to your research;
2. Ability to participate effectively in informed critical discussion about research methdologies and creative practice issues;
3. Skills in reflecting on that discussion and applying pertinent ideas to your project;
4. Competencies in the methods of compiling and presenting a scholarly research document, and/or examinable creative practice, for examination by internal and external markers.

Content

The seminar program consists a number of in-class written and oral tasks and oneformal oral presentation of your reserch project. The use of audio visual support material, where appropriate, is encouraged. Each presentation will be followed by an open forum in which candidates are expected to field questions and comments from the floor. Each candidate is expected to invite their Supervisor to this forum and to be responsible for keeping their Supervisor up-to-date with the Unit's expectations.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

There will be a combination of in-class small group workshops of written materials, and in-class presentations of research findings.

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.

Faculty Assessment Information
To access complete Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information please refer to the Blackboard site for this unit.Students will be awarded a final grade on a 1 to 7 scale.

Assessment name: Proposal & Report
Description: (Formative) Seminar proposal and Progress Report
Relates to objectives: 3
Weight: 20%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Throughout Semester

Assessment name: Participation in workshop
Description: (Summative)
Participation in workshops on the written component of the Honours project, for example - an Abstract; a draft contents page and a one page progress report, a 'Health Check', on your project.
Relates to objectives: 2
Weight: 20%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Early-Mid semester

Assessment name: Presentation
Description: (Summative and Formative)
Presentation of research project. Assessment will be based on presentation (familiarity and ease with material; logical organisation; effective use of chosen modes of presentation; and ability to field questions/comments); and content (placement of research within broader field of enquiry; originality; and cohesiveness).
Relates to objectives: 1 & 3
Weight: 60%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Mid Semester

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

As appropriate for each seminar.

Risk assessment statement

There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this unit.

Health & Safety
You have an obligation to make yourselves familiar with and adhere to the workplace health & safety policy. Refer to the QUT Health & Safety web site: http://www.qut.edu.au/admin/hrd/healthsafehome.html

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 18-Sep-2012