School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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  • Unit Title

    Arts Studio Project
  • Unit Code

    ADM3606
  • Unit Type

    Assessment Unit
  • Year

    2026
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    30
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Vahri MCKENZIE

Description

In this capstone unit, students apply integrated research, analysis, evaluation, leadership and producing skills through either an internship project with an arts company, organisation or cultural institution, or to their own original arts development project. Students who undertake original project development will produce supporting documentation that addresses the potential future implementation of the final project and will be encouraged to work collaboratively with graduating students from WAAPA. All students also prepare for future employment by creating a three-year post-graduation career plan and document their skills and accomplishments in an employment oriented online portfolio

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students will undertake an industry internship or develop an original arts project.

Prerequisite Rule

Students are required to have completed the former stage assessment unit ADM3603 Strategic Arts Leadership and Executive Producing.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students are required to complete ADM3604, and (MAN3121 or MKT3820 or SBL2100) concurrently or prior to completing the assessment unit ADM3606

Equivalent Rule

ADM3625

Capabilities

In this unit, students will be developing the following capabilities:

  1. Problem-solving
  2. Cultural Respect
  3. Collaboration
  4. Career Development Learning
  5. Learning Autonomy

Unit Content

  1. Communicating the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological approach to an arts leadership project or arts organisation assessment.
  2. Workplace/Studio observations and research, and application to relevant theory.
  3. The impact of different cultural environments on art form leadership and practice.
  4. The relationship between an arts project director and the administration, production, and performance/artistic team.
  5. Personal attributes required for arts employment or project leadership.
  6. The application of financial analytical skills.
  7. Self-reflection and peer assessment on internship or project evaluation outcomes.
  8. Industry networking, career planning and self-promotion through an employment oriented portfolio.

Learning Experience

WORK-BASED WIL

Attendance at a work site is required, complemented by on-campus and/or online learning as needed.

This is an Assessment Unit. Assessment Units are where students integrate, apply and demonstrate their learning from Learning Units.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

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 School Assessment Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
CompositePortfolio-based Task, Placement-Based Immersion Task
ONLINE
TypeDescription
CompositePortfolio-based Task, Placement-Based Immersion Task

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 Integrity in Assessment Units

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and all sources used must be correctly referenced, including artificial intelligence tools.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

  • Plagiarism: Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without correct referencing.
  • Fabrication: Including references or content that does not exist.
  • Falsification: Including misleading information, such as using citations to support unrelated information.
  • Unauthorised collaboration (collusion): Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work when an individual submission was required. This includes sharing your work with others for them to copy.
  • Contract cheating: Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit an assignment.
  • Cheating in exams: Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including a suspension or an expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Course Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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