Course Title: Produce prints
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5234
Course Title: Produce prints
Portfolio: DSC
Credit Points: 0
Nominal Hours: 50.0
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) |
VART5994C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
340T Art |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2009,
Term2 2009, Term2 2012 |
Course Contact: Ninna Cikoja
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472
Course Contact Email: TAFEArt@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course describes the skills and knowledge required to produce prints through the exploration and application of a range of techniques, tools, equipment and materials. As such the course covers a range of techniques. It is a specialisation unit and refers to a specific art form.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
It is highly recommended that this unit be assessed in conjunction with the following units:
- CUVCOR03B Develop, refine and communicate concept for own work
- CUVCOR08B Produce drawings to represent and communicate the concept
- CUVCOR12B Review history and theory for application to artistic practice.
- CUVCRS08B Document the work progress
- CUVCRS14B Prepare, store and maintain finished work.
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
CUVVSP45B Produce prints |
Elements: |
Explore printmaking techniques to plan work |
Prepare and maintain resources for the production of prints |
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Realise prints |
Learning Outcomes
This course will provide you with a focus on the acquisition of essential industry skills.
On completion of this course you will be able to:
- Prepare and maintain physical resources for the production of prints
- Use and test print making techniques
- Produce prints.
You will also have an understanding of:
- Occupational health and safety procedures
- Physical properties and capabilities of the most commonly used materials, tools and equipment
- Techniques, materials and tools and the way they can be adapted and extended in print making work
- Approaches to print making and the work of key practitioners
- Elements and principles of design (introductory level)
- Historical and theoretical contexts (introductory level)
- Copyright, moral rights and intellectual property issues.
Overview of Assessment
To demonstrate competency in this course, you will need to complete the following evidence of assessment to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback on all assessment. On completion of this course, you will receive graded assessment.
Assessment may incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of essential underpinning knowledge.
Your ability to produce prints will be assessed by:
- Participation and practical demonstration of class based activities culminating in the practical demonstration of an ability to select and apply appropriate techniques and media to communicate a concept.
- Observation (with questions and answers) of safe and healthy preparation & maintenance of equipment, materials and work spaces. This is conducted three times per semester.
- Review of visual journal by teacher/assessor against specified criteria
- Review of portfolio of prints by a group of teachers/assessors.