CCI304 Communication and Creative Industries Project 2 (16)

This subject consolidates the students' learning over their course of 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.

Availability

Session 2 (60)
On Campus
Bathurst Campus
Wagga Wagga Campus
Online
Bathurst Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: CCI304. 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 Information and Communication Studies

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 disicplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity;
  • be able to apply their 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

Indicative Assessment

The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of CCI304 in Session 2 2021. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).

Item Number
Title
Value %
1
Major project proposal
20
2
Individual student plan
30
3
Major project
50

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: June 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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