School: Arts and Humanities

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.

  • Unit Title

    Field and Studio
  • Unit Code

    VIS2530
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Paul Gerard UHLMANN

Description

This unit investigates visual and literary relationships between field research and creative outcomes. Methodologies will be explored between such practices in both the humanities and the natural sciences. On-site exercises will enable the student to identify and apply different techniques and processes of undertaking research in the field, such as sampling, drawing, note-taking, photography, video and automatic writing. Excursions will be undertaken in a range of different sites (beach, bushland, landscaped sites) and will then be supplemented by developmental work in the studio. Students develop a proposal based on their research and identify achievable outcomes using media and techniques of their choice.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from VIS1305

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate their ideas in the form of a project proposal and timeline.
  2. Contextualise and articulate their ideas to relevant artists and field-based interdisciplinary projects.
  3. Develop artworks in the studio from field-based research.
  4. Generate informed and focused research in a variety of visual and/or textual formats.
  5. Identify and research elements from different outdoor sites using a variety of documentation processes and devices.

Unit Content

  1. Fact and fiction in relation to the field or site.
  2. Historical and contemporary models of field and studio.
  3. Micro and macro research processes.
  4. Relationship of field to studio.
  5. The field in literature.
  6. Tools for observation/perception.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 3 hour seminar

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures. Workshops. Demonstrations and field research.

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
ProjectField research portfolio50%
Creative WorkStudio outcomes based on field research50%

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: Arts and Humanities

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.

  • Unit Title

    Field and Studio
  • Unit Code

    VIS2530
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Paul Gerard UHLMANN

Description

This unit investigates visual and literary relationships between field research and creative outcomes. Methodologies will be explored between such practices in both the humanities and the natural sciences. On-site exercises will enable the student to identify and apply different techniques and processes of undertaking research in the field, such as sampling, drawing, note-taking, photography, video and automatic writing. Excursions will be undertaken in a range of different sites (beach, bushland, landscaped sites) and will then be supplemented by developmental work in the studio. Students develop a proposal based on their research and identify achievable outcomes using media and techniques of their choice.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from VIS1305

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate their ideas in the form of a project proposal and timeline.
  2. Contextualise and articulate their ideas to relevant artists and field-based interdisciplinary projects.
  3. Develop artworks in the studio from field-based research.
  4. Generate informed and focused research in a variety of visual and/or textual formats.
  5. Identify and research elements from different outdoor sites using a variety of documentation processes and devices.

Unit Content

  1. Fact and fiction in relation to the field or site.
  2. Historical and contemporary models of field and studio.
  3. Micro and macro research processes.
  4. Relationship of field to studio.
  5. The field in literature.
  6. Tools for observation/perception.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 3 hour seminar

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures. Workshops. Demonstrations and field research.

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
ProjectField research portfolio50%
Creative WorkStudio outcomes based on field research50%

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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