School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Planning and Executive Producing
  • Unit Code

    ADM2420
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Helen Kathryn RUSAK

Description

This unit further develops knowledge and skills gained in units such as Financial Processes in the Arts, Managing People and Arts Production Planning. It examines in detail the project planning and management activities undertaken by an Executive Producer when mounting an arts production. The focus is on operational planning and accommodating all project inputs from rehearsal to acquittal to ensure successful project management outcomes.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from ADM1340, ADM1415

For COURSE_CODE NOT IN Y20 Do Permission required Otherwise true

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Determine the roles and decision making requirements of an Executive Producer by engaging in the full project planning process.
  2. Employ an integrative project management process.
  3. Generate accurate and comprehensive project management plans.

Unit Content

  1. Planning, scheduling and controlling a project.
  2. Project implementation considerations.
  3. Project team and resources management.
  4. The roles of an Executive Producer and variations in international contexts.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationProject Pitch10%
AssignmentProject Plan50%
ProjectProject Acquittal and Presentation40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Planning and Executive Producing
  • Unit Code

    ADM2420
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Helen Kathryn RUSAK

Description

This unit further develops knowledge and skills gained in units such as Financial Processes in the Arts, Managing People and Arts Production Planning. It examines in detail the project planning and management activities undertaken by an Executive Producer when mounting an arts production. The focus is on operational planning and accommodating all project inputs from rehearsal to acquittal to ensure successful project management outcomes.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from ADM1340, ADM1415

For COURSE_CODE NOT IN Y20 Do Permission required Otherwise true

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Determine the roles and decision making requirements of an Executive Producer by engaging in the full project planning process.
  2. Employ an integrative project management process.
  3. Generate accurate and comprehensive project management plans.

Unit Content

  1. Planning, scheduling and controlling a project.
  2. Project implementation considerations.
  3. Project team and resources management.
  4. The roles of an Executive Producer and variations in international contexts.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationProject Pitch10%
AssignmentProject Plan50%
ProjectProject Acquittal and Presentation40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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