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

    Painting Studio 2
  • Unit Code

    VIS3120
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Gregory John PRYOR

Description

Working from diverse source material such as drawings, text, photographs and objects, students will undertake both perceptual and conceptual approaches to painting. This unit addresses the history and contemporary practice of painting. Students will be encouraged to develop creative personal responses in their image making that are informed and enhanced through theoretical and critical group discussions.The program will allow for an engagement with a variety of painting materials.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed Foundation Studio (old code VIS1305) before being allowed to enrol in this unit.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VIS2506 and then VIS3530

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Summarise different historical approaches to painting practice.
  2. Produce works that explore the relationship between form and content.
  3. Collect and generate relevant source material as the basis for a final painting.
  4. Create paintings informed by research processes.

Unit Content

  1. Art historical and cross-cultural practices in painting.
  2. The role of paint and painting processes in the development of ideas.
  3. Critical analysis of paintings in progress.
  4. Interpretive approaches to photographic source material.
  5. Expanded painting beyond two dimensional conventions.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars are further developed through structured workshops and demonstrations. In combination with advice and guidance from the lecturer, this critical engagement combined with exploration and experimentation through practical workshops informs the artwork that the student will develop.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment (textual and visual) Contextual Research15%
PortfolioPortfolio (VISUAL) Painting Materials and Processes30%
Creative WorkCompositional Planning15%
Creative WorkFinal work40%

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

    Painting Studio 2
  • Unit Code

    VIS3120
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Gregory John PRYOR

Description

Working from diverse source material such as drawings, text, photographs and objects, students will undertake both perceptual and conceptual approaches to painting. This unit addresses the history and contemporary practice of painting. Students will be encouraged to develop creative personal responses in their image making that are informed and enhanced through theoretical and critical group discussions.The program will allow for an engagement with a variety of painting materials.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed Foundation Studio (old code VIS1305) before being allowed to enrol in this unit.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VIS2506 and then VIS3530

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Summarise different historical approaches to painting practice.
  2. Produce works that explore the relationship between form and content.
  3. Collect and generate relevant source material as the basis for a final painting.
  4. Create paintings informed by research processes.

Unit Content

  1. Art historical and cross-cultural practices in painting.
  2. The role of paint and painting processes in the development of ideas.
  3. Critical analysis of paintings in progress.
  4. Interpretive approaches to photographic source material.
  5. Expanded painting beyond two dimensional conventions.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars are further developed through structured workshops and demonstrations. In combination with advice and guidance from the lecturer, this critical engagement combined with exploration and experimentation through practical workshops informs the artwork that the student will develop.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment (textual and visual) Contextual Research15%
PortfolioPortfolio (VISUAL) Painting Materials and Processes30%
Creative WorkCompositional Planning15%
Creative WorkFinal work40%

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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