Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013

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

Rationale

This is the first of two professional practice units designed for artists to extend and improve their creative /performance practice through intensive (live and/or digital) studio-based exploration, either independently or collaboratively, combined with individual reflective analysis.

Aims

This unit aims to extend the reach of your creative / performance practice or move it into new directions through a self-directed project of original creative work, with mentoring advice and guidance from a supervisor in your discipline. The unit also aims to provide you with self-reflective and critical analysis skills to enable you to be an articulate and reflective practitioner.

Objectives

On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1. apply skills acquired and processes involved in the investigation of your creative / performance practice;
2. apply the development of your own creative identity and language of practice;
3. collaborate within and/or outside your discipline to create / produce / perform, with a public outcome, a work-in-progress or a completed work;
4. contextualise your practice through written reflection and analysis, drawing on the works of other artists and scholars in your field.

Content

Through negotiation with the Unit Coordinator and a supervisor appropriate to your investigation, you will:
- present an outline of the ideas and techniques to be explored in your project, as well as a resource assessment of personnel, venue/technical and production requirements (subject to the approval of your supervisor);
- realise your intentions for the project, providing the supervisor with a timeline and schedule for completion;
- write a reflective analytical paper to accompany the creative project for which a framework and assessment criteria will be developed with your supervisor.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

As this is a self-directed study, learning will occur according to the intention and structure of the creative / performance practice and analysis. Your supervisor will monitor your progress, providing mentorship and guidance, both with regards to the studio practice and the written reflection. Peer feedback is encouraged.

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 (CIFAI)
To access complete Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information please refer to the Blackboard site for this unit.FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
As outlined in the approaches to Teaching and Learning, formative assessment will occur through regular meetings with your supervisor to give feedback on the development of the creative work and the tools and readings being developed for analysis and contextualisation of the work.

Assessment name: Project (applied)
Description: (summative) Creation and Production. An examiner (the supervisor or a nominee) will assess the project according to specific criteria developed relating to the intentions, processes and outcomes of the creative / performance work.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2 & 3
Weight: 75%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: As agreed

Assessment name: Report
Description: (Summative) A reflective academic paper of 2,500 words contextualising the creative /performance project. Criteria will be developed with your supervisor according to the nature of the project.
Relates to objectives: 4
Weight: 25%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: After the project

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

Required Text

There is no set text for this unit.

Recommended References

Counsel, C. and Wolf, L. (2001) Performance Analysis, London: Routledge.

Foster, S. L. (1997) 'Dancing Bodies', in Desmond, J. (ed.) Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies in Dance, Durham and London: Duke University Press, pp. 235-257.

Fraleigh, S. (1987) Dance and the Lived Body; A Descriptive Aesthetics, London: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Mock, R (2000) Performing processes- Creating live performance, Bristol; Portland, Oregon: Intellect. KG 791 14

Sawyer, R. K. (1997)Creativity in Performance, Greenwich, Conn.: Ablex. (on order)

Schon, Donald, A. (1995) (2nd ed.) The Reflective Practitioner: how professionals think in action, Aldershot, England: Arena

Schechner, R. (2003) Performance theory, Routledge, London ; New York. QUT

Tharp, Twyla. (2003) The creative habit : learn it and use it for life : a practical guide New York: Simon & Schuster

Texts specific to your project will be suggested by your supervisor. You are expected to regularly access library and internet sources and performances/exhibitions relevant to your area of investigation.

Risk assessment statement

For dance students this unit will involve physical work primarily in purpose-built dance studios and industry standard performance venues. If projects are site-specific or in non-dance venues, you are required to comply with the standard health and safety regulations, and take appropriate precautions to minimise risks. Full physical participation in any class / rehearsal is subject to compliance with safe dance practice. Physical challenges are an inherent part of dance practice. The development of essential risk-management skills that minimise potential injury is a high priority with all lecturing staff and supervisors. You are taught safe dance principles as life-long learning skills and it is expected that you apply them in this unit. Due to the athletic nature of dance training, the dance department and its external supervisors will provide the necessary duty of care in emergency situations through its first-aid and health and safety arrangements. Access to on-campus doctors and dance physiotherapists is possible at short notice.

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