CCI306 Communication and Creative Industries Project 4 (16)

This subject consolidates the students' learning over their course of (secondary specialisation) study and provides a foundation for life-long learning. It is organized around thematic project labs which develop professional-standard practice. Students will reflect critically on personal and professional roles and challenges, including the value of environmental, political and economic diversity in the communication and creative industries.

No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2020.

Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Communication and Creative Industries

Assumed Knowledge

This subject assumes that students are highly proficient and independent communication and creative industries practitioners with a minimum of two years practice/study.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to complete a complex project to professional standards for external/professional-clients/commissioners/audiences;
  • be able to work independently and as effective collaborative practitioners;
  • be able to critically appraise and justify their disciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity;
  • be able apply individual communication and creative practices in any of a number of research-led thematic domains for the benefit of their communities;
  • be able to critically reflect on professional issues in communication and creative industries including environmental, political and economic diversity towards evidenced capacity as a change-maker; and
  • be able to critique both their own work and that of their peers.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • Researching and managing complex projects from planning to evaluation
  • Professional behaviours, project management and critical reflection on roles in groups
  • Producing a body of work to specific briefs and external demands
  • Principles of reflective practice and life-long learning
  • Environmental, economic and political diversity in global communication and creative industries
  • Thematic Domains: The Digital Innovation Lab
  • Thematic Domains: The Performance Futures Lab
  • Thematic Domains: The Ecocritical Practices Lab
  • Thematic Domains: The Speculative Fictions Lab
  • Thematic Domains: The Creative Regions Lab
  • Thematic Domains: The Media Studies Lab
  • Thematic Domains: Emergent labs/themes as appropriate

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2020. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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