Unit Synopsis
This unit provides you with postgraduate-level knowledge of creative practice research methods to complement the completion of a creative project being undertaken in postgraduate creative industries, creative arts, and other related courses (including the Masters of Arts (by Research) and the Doctor of Philosophy courses. This unit is comprised of scholarly approaches to understanding research methods that are relevant to creative practice research, and provides you with a postgraduate level of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in creative practice research. This unit is designed to be taken in the early stages of a postgraduate course (the first six months of full time enrollment) to assist in the development of a rigorous understanding of research methodologies as appropriate to the creative and professional arts industries. This unit is suitable for those in creative, arts and professional fields with cognate undergraduate qualifications and/or experience, as well as creative, arts and professional workers already experienced in the field and others, who wish to gain postgraduate knowledge, skills and qualifications in creative practice research.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| 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 2 - 2020
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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 Postgraduate 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. Presentation | 40% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 60% |
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 5.00 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 72.73% 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: Evaluation feedback
Consider ways of improving the Moodle Navigation of the unit
Review the Moodle navigation for the unit and make improvement where appropriate.
In Progress
Source: Informal student feedback
At times, the readings for the unit are too targeted to some creative disciplines and not others
Review and update the reading list to ensure there is an appropriate spread of disciplinary content. Consider how class discussion could also improve the transferability of disciplinary content.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an advanced and integrated understanding of, and ability to develop and articulate, a suitable research question for an ongoing creative practice research project in the creative arts and creative industries, or other cognate discipline or professional area, at postgraduate level
- Research and apply theories of postgraduate research and research methodologies, with an emphasis on creative practice research
- Use written and oral communications skills to interpret and transmit elements of research project design within a creative arts, creative industries or cognate professional industries context
Not applicable.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Presentation | • | • | • |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | • |
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Presentation | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||