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Unit Synopsis
The creative industries is one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic sectors; and yet it is only in the last couple of decades that the arts has been seen as an industry at all. In this unit, you will explore how the creative arts industries sit on the international stage and within the broader Australian context. You will consider how the combination of ideas, talent, hands-on skills and the entrepreneurial spirit can be effectively applied within creative industry. You will investigate the history of the creative arts from medieval craftsmen, to renaissance and later artists, to modern day creative practitioners.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 1 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Essay | 40% |
| 2. In-class Test(s) | 60% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 3.50 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 23.53% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Self-reflection
In the 2019 offering students were assessed with two assessments rather than three. Students responded well to this system, and unlike last year, no one failed the course outright.
Continue the double assessment system next year.
N/A due to discontinued unit
Source: Self-reflection
With two public holidays to contend with, scheduling was again an issue. One lecture had to take place in the semester break. Unfortunately not one student attended, on campus or via zoom.
That CQU institute a policy for dealing with rescheduling of classes that fall on public holidays.
N/A due to discontinued unit
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Describe the concept of creativity as it applies to the creative industries and the role it plays in Australian society
- Compare and contrast the creative industries in Australia with creative industries internationally
- Discuss the role of the creative arts at the local, national and international level.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Essay | • | • | • |
| 2 - In-class Test(s) | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 1 - Essay | • | • | • | ||||||||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) | • | • | |||||||||