Course Title: Australian Art and Culture

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3231

Course Title: Australian Art and Culture

Portfolio: DSC

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)

HUSO5158

City Campus

TAFE

360T Education

Face-to-Face

 Term1 2012,
Term1 2013

HUSO5168

Brunswick Campus

TAFE

360T Education

Face-to-Face

 Term1 2012

Course Contact: Baia Tsakouridou & Bloss Robertson

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254488

Course Contact Email: baia.tsakouridou@rmit.edu.au & bloss.robertson@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This module aims to familiarise learners who are speakers of languages other than English with aspects of Australian Art and Culture from both the past and present and the language required to describe aspects of Australian Art and Culture.

The module is included as an elective for use at different levels of the Certificates in ESL Framework. It may be contextualised to suit the needs and skills of learners in courses from Certificate I to Certificate IV.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

This module must be co-delivered and assessed with at least one of the language (Listening and Speaking or Reading and Writing) units from the Certificates in ESL. 



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

VPAM547 Australian Art and Culture

Elements:

1. Describe the features of one of the visual arts in Australia.
2. Investigate concepts of Australian identity and culture.
3. Investigate a local example of Australian art or culture.
4. Describe the features of an Australian film.

Learning Outcomes

Students will have understanding of the features of one of the visual arts in Australia and the features of an Australian film and be able to investigate concepts of Australian identity and culture and a local example of Australian art or culture. 


Overview of Assessment

To be assessed as competent the learner needs to demonstrate:

  • evidence of the ability to interpret information on visual arts
  • evidence of the ability to interpret information on Australian cultural identity
  • evidence of the ability to respond to local art and culture
  • evidence of the ability to interpret and respond to Australian films

You may be assessed by:

  • book review,
  • field trip/excursion reports,
  • reviews on presentations,
  • oral report.