EMA116 Creative Arts 1: Arts experience (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Curriculum Studies (CURIC)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject is designed to develop a broad appreciation of the skills, values, attitudes and knowledge of the academic disciplines of the creative arts. It introduces students to the concepts and ideas of Creative Arts through the application of an integrated arts approach. Students are required to apply, compare, analyse, synthesise and evaluate ideas and concepts across the art forms through an authentic and meaningful combined arts experience.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga | Session 2 |
| Internal | Bathurst |
| Internal | Wagga Wagga | Session 3 |
| Distance | Albury-Wodonga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EMA116
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate an appreciation of the theory, practice and industry of the disciplines of Dance, Drama, Visual Arts and Music.
- have engaged in making, appreciating, performing, organising sound and listening in an exploration of each of the art forms of Dance, Drama, Visual Arts and Music as they develop their own Creative Arts practices and critical appreciation.
- be able to exemplify skill in manipulating and critiquing the concepts and elements which underpin the Creative Arts in an integrated arts approach.
- be able to recognise the relationship between creative artists, their work, their world and their audience, in different cultures from the past and the present.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
-The critical appreciation of Dance, Drama, Visual Arts and Music practice in a range of contexts including contemporary, Aboriginal and works from the past. -The making, appreciating and performing of Creative Arts works. -The devising and performing of student Creative Arts pieces. -The examination of Creative Arts theory and Practice and creative arts education theory and practice.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.