| Effective Term: | 2024/20 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | Writing about the Arts |
| Unit ID: | VCHAT2006 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (BAWRT1001 or BAWRT1002 or VCHAT1012) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (VCHAT3006) |
| ASCED: | 100301 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit is designed in two distinct parts. The first component will focus on the exploration and analysis of different forms of Writing for the Arts. Topics covered may include reviews, both journalistic and scholarly, formal critiques, descriptive (Ekphrastic) writing, theoretical/historical analysis and criticism, contemporary issues commentary and debates, and writing for creative arts industry publications. The second component of the unit allows for students to tailor their writing to their arts discipline of interest.
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| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
| 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: |
(On successful completion of the unit the students are expected to be able to):
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| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Identify the characteristics and usages of various modes and genres of writing about the arts |
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| K2. | Understand and critically evaluate the cultural role of writing about the arts. |
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| K3. | Align understanding of production of writing about the arts within the creative arts industry |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Experiment with different modes and genres of writing about the creative arts |
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| S2. | Analyse and evaluate various examples of writing about the arts |
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| S3. | Develop a mode of autonomous practice |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Research and evaluate role and significance of various forms of writing about the arts in terms of historical or contemporary impact |
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| A2. | Present an intermediate level of skills in a selected mode and genre of writing about the arts. |
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| Unit Content: |
This unit is designed in two distinct parts. The first component will focus on the exploration and analysis of different forms of Writing for the Arts. Topics covered may include reviews, both journalistic and scholarly, formal critiques, descriptive (Ekphrastic) writing, theoretical / historical analysis and criticism, contemporary issues commentary and debates, and writing for creative arts industry publications. The second component of the unit allows for students to tailor their writing to their arts discipline of interest.
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| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | Learning outcomes
(KSA) | Assessment task
(AT#) | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | K2, S1, S3, A2 | AT2, AT3 | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | S3 | AT2, | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2 | AT1, AT2, AT3 | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | S1, A2 | AT2, AT3 | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | A1, A2 | AT1, AT2, AT3 |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, S2, A1. | Develop portfolio of examples consisting of various modes and genres of writing about the creative arts with brief appraisals of each. | Portfolio | 15-25% | | 2. | K1, K2, S1, S2, A1, A2 | In response to a topic designed for Intermediate-level students, analyse, evaluate and report on the role of a specific form of writing about the arts. | Report | 25-35% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, S2, S3, A2, | Research and write a focussed paper (or series of papers depending on chosen genre) on a creative arts issue, addressing a topic designed for Intermediate-level students. | Paper/s | 40-60% |
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