| Semester 2, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Creative Arts |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MSTA or MARA
Overview
The course is designed to introduce and develop critical and creative skills and relate them to specific discipline areas
The course introduces historical and theoretical approaches to critical and creative thought through a variety of contexts and debates in order to develop the critical and creative thought processes of the student, including the application of this process to practical tasks relevant to specific student requirements.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students will have:
- an ability to identify key transitional moments in the history of creative thought;
- a demonstrated ability to identify critical and creative thought processes through practical examples;
- a demonstrated ability to critically reflect, and creatively develop theoretical and practical tasks in a collaborative context where appropriate.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The definition and formal processes of critical and creative thought | 14.00 |
| 2. | The value of critical and creative thought: from imagination to creative thought | 14.00 |
| 3. | Getting it right through getting it wrong: the dialectic of creative thought | 14.00 |
| 4. | The value of paradox, anomaly and contradiction | 14.00 |
| 5. | The value of play | 14.00 |
| 6. | Seeing double (seeing the same thing differently) | 14.00 |
| 7. | The role of collaboration in creativity | 16.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning document | No | 25 | 1,2,3 |
| Critique (written) | No | 25 | 1,2,3 |
| Reflection (personal/clinical) | No | 50 | 1,2,3 |