Course Title: Explore the history and social impact of creativity

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4227

Course Title: Explore the history and social impact of creativity

Portfolio: BUS

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)
EMPL7017C	City Campus	TAFE	650T Vocational Business Education	Face-to-Face	Term1 2012, Term1 2013, Term1 2014, Term1 2015

Course Contact: Sally Parrott

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5175

Course Contact Email: sally.parrott@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit applies to individuals who develop and apply knowledge of the history of creativity at a broad rather than deep level. Understanding the concept of creativity, how creative people think and how creativity has been applied through history can provide individuals with inspiration and ideas to take into their own work and lives.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	BSBCRT403A Explore the history and social impact of creativity
Elements:	1. Investigate the history of creativity
	2. Assess the impacts of creativity
	3. Evaluate the potential for enhancing creativity in own life

Learning Outcomes

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to explore the history and social impact of creativity.

Overview of Assessment

Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.

Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including assignments, journals, presentation and written or test. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.