Courses & Units
Professional Practices 2B FSA783
This unit is available within the following courses: Graduate Diploma of Visual Communication; Master of Visual Communication; Graduate Diploma of Fine Art and Design; Master of Fine Art and Design.
Full-time students will enrol in FSA782 and FSA783 concurrently in the same semester; and part-time students will enrol in FSA782 and FSA783 over two consecutive semesters.
Introduction
Professional Practices 2A & 2B aims to facilitate your creative capacity and skills development to enable you to produce professional art, design or curatorial work through the development and realisation of one or more self-directed projects.
Projects are supervised by academic staff and developed within one of the following specialisations: Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Time Based Media, Visual Communication and 3D Design.
In Professional Practices 2A & 2B you will continue to clarify and advance your MFAD project/s by building on your contextual, theoretical and studio-based investigations as outlined in your proposal, completed in Professional Practices 1A & 1B. You will continue to develop and refine one or more self-directed projects towards final resolution as a body of exhibition work in Professional Practices 3A & 3B. In addition to creating a portfolio of visual work, you will maintain a journal documenting primary and secondary research and write a brief summary of your progress.
Summary
| Unit name | Professional Practices 2B |
|---|---|
| Unit code | FSA783 |
| Credit points | 25 |
| College/School | College of Arts, Law and Education School of Creative Arts and Media |
| Discipline | Arts |
| Coordinator | Doctor Toby Juliff |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
| Level | Postgraduate |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- develop and manage a self-directed creative project.
- engage in creative thinking and problem solving to generate ideas through process and exploration.
- identify and apply appropriate technical skills, materials and processes to realise creative concepts.
- document your creative process through a research journal.
- working independently and within teams.
- develop an awareness of the social, ethical and cultural responsibilities of an artists or designer.
- give oral and written presentations to peers, and engage in argument and critical analysis of art and or design.
Fee Information
| Field of Education | Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 | Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 | Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 | Domestic Full Fee 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not applicable |
1 Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
2 Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
3 Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
4 Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.
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Requisites
Prerequisites
FSA779 AND FSA781Teaching
| Assessment | Report|Journal (10%)|Report (10%)|Portfolio (80%) |
|---|---|
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required |
Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes. |
Links | Booktopia textbook finder |
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