| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | Critical Studies 6 |
| Unit ID: | PACAC3006 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (PACAC3005) |
| Co-requisite(s): | (CPPRO3104) |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 100103 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
Critical Studies 6 is designed to assist performing arts students in the acquisition of arts-industry survival skills. Teaching will be focussed on taking the student from an overview of core values pertinent to existence as a practising artist to the practical activities associated with industry. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Understand the nature of an artistic career |
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| K2. | Recognise the Australian network of performing arts companies |
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| K3. | Understand how arts funding bodies operate |
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| K4. | Investigate approaches to personal marketing for performing artists |
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| K5. | Determine approaches to grant application writing |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Develop project and collaborative skills |
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| S2. | Compare grant writing and presentation models |
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| S3. | Integrate a broad range of approaches to performing arts practice |
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| S4. | Organise a staged approach to self-generated project design |
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| S5. | Explore a broad range of performing arts business models |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Demonstrate an understanding of Australia contemporary performing arts practice |
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| A2. | Propose and pitch performing arts projects |
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| A3. | Analyse examples of arts discourse |
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| A4. | Outline a personal approach to the uses of social media in artistic promotion. |
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| A5. | Practice engagement with arts representatives |
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| Unit Content: |
•Critical Studies 6 is designed to assist performing arts students in the acquisition of arts-industry survival skills. Teaching will be focussed on taking the student from an overview of core values pertinent to existence as a practising artist to the practical activities associated with industry.
•Ethics and performance
•Engagement with potential employment areas
•Grant application preparation
•Approaches to personal marketing
•understanding current concerns in artistic practice from the performer’s perspective |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, S2, S3 | Engagement in workshops and seminars on industry preparation. | Studio Engagement | 20-30% | | 2. | K3, K5, S1, S4, S5, A2 | Presentation of a project concept, culminating in the writing of a grant application | In-house presentation | 10-30% | | 3. | K1, K4, S2, S5, A1, A4 | Preparation and presentation of 'industry tools.' | Summative essay | 10-30% | | 4. | S3, A1, A3, A5 | Upload of promotional material | Screen presentation | 30-50% |
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