Course Title: Context And Culture Level 2
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5048
Course Title: Context And Culture Level 2
Portfolio: DSC
Nominal Hours: 48.0
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
VART5142 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
340T Art |
Face-to-Face |
Term2 2008 |
Course Contact: Kellyann Geurts
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472
Course Contact Email: kellyann.geurts@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
In this course students identify and analyse diverse cultures and sub-cultures and their relationship to the arts.
This course presents a broad view of the major conceptual concerns associated with contemporary visual arts practice. These concepts and their historical precedents are discussed within local, regional, and international contexts. Context & Culture links with Contemporary Art Studies by aiming to present a broader view of theoretical issues, sociological concepts and their impact on the Visual Arts. Tuition will be conducted in the form of lectures.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
VART5146 – Context & Culture Level 1
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VBS652 Context And Culture Level 2 |
Learning Outcomes
1. Discuss major sociological concepts
2. Analyse the relationship between art, morality and reality in diverse cultures and sub-cultures
3. Evaluate the role of art criticism and promotion within the art industry
Overview of Assessment
Essay (80%)
Theory Journal (20%)